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The deputy leader of the Labour group on Tower Hamlets council in east London has resigned from the party after Sir Keir Starmer made reference to Bangladesh when answering a question about the deportation of illegal migrants. In a statement posted on X, Councillor Sabina Akhtar said: “I can not be proud of the party any more when the leader ...

The leader of the UK’s Labour Party, Keir Starmer, has claimed that Bangladeshi migrants, among others, are not being removed from the UK. Discussing asylum seekers, Starmer said in an interview to The Sun on Monday that “at the moment, people coming from countries like Bangladesh are not being removed, because they’re not being processed”. His comments were later backed ...

Former home secretary Suella Braverman has told the BBC she still has the 24-hour personal protection she was given while in government because of the threats and harassment she receives. On a recent trip to a supermarket, she said people called her “a genocidal bleep” in front of her children. The government announced a £31m budget for security for politicians ...

Sir Ed Davey has called for a review of betting laws, following revelations that parliamentary candidates are being investigated by the Gambling Commission for alleged bets on the election. The Liberal Democrat leader said he had previously bet on the outcome of elections but drew a distinction between what he described as “having a flutter” and having inside knowledge before ...

Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s anti-immigration Reform UK party, faced strong criticism Saturday after saying that the West provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reports AFP. In an interview with the BBC on Friday, Farage said “we’ve provoked this war”, while adding that “of course” it was Russian president Vladimir Putin’s “fault”. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters that Farage’s claim ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Thursday he was “incredibly angry” after more Conservative Party figures were put under investigation over alleged bets placed on the UK general election date. Facing questions on the growing scandal from an audience of voters on live television, the beleaguered leader said any election candidates or officials found to have broken rules would be kicked ...

Labour will lift “the Conservatives’ onshore wind ban in England” within days of coming to power, Ed Miliband told an industry conference in Manchester earlier. It is part of a massive deregulation of the UK’s planning system that lies at the heart of Labour’s growth strategy. At the top of the list of the projects Labour wants to usher through ...

Millions of people not yet registered to vote are being urged to sign up ahead of the deadline later. Tuesday is the last day for voters to register in time for the general election, with the deadline 23:59 BST on 18 June. Just over 2.1 million people have registered since the election was called in May, government data shows. Registering takes ...

Except for some torrential downpours, King Charles III’s highly choreographed offical birthday parade passed off successfully on Saturday, as Catherine, Princess of Wales, made a well-received partial return to public duties. But a small band of anti-monarchists did not keep to the meticulously planned script, booing the royals as they appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony, waving their protest placards ...

The moods of the two main parties’ general election campaigns do not tell us what will happen on 4 July. But as we pass the halfway stage in the long slog to polling day, they do give us a strong flavour of how candidates, strategists and officials think this election is going for them. And right now, the moods of ...