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“What an absolute bloody shambles!” When we tell you that this is the unvarnished view of a Labour MP now willing to back Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s benefits plans, you get a sense of how much anger this row has provoked and is still provoking. And there are still plenty who are not happy and still either pushing for further ...

A national investigation into “systemic” failures in NHS maternity care has been launched by the Government after families were “gaslit” in their search for the truth, the Health Secretary has said. Wes Streeting said that “up and down” the country “maternity units are failing, hospitals are failing, trusts are failing, regulators are failing” and there was “too much passing the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has warned of a “risk of escalation” to the Middle East and beyond the region, as he calls for a return to the negotiating table after the US bombed Iranian nuclear sites overnight. The prime minister said he wanted to “reassure the British public that we’re doing everything we can to stabilise the situation” and find a ...

New soldiers should be offered a £10,000 bonus to rapidly boost troop numbers to deal with an increasingly unpredictable world, the Lib Dems have said. The government should also distribute pamphlets to make sure every British home is “war-ready” and able to deal with blackouts and chaos caused by the outbreak of conflict or cyber-attacks, Lib Dem Leader Sir Ed ...

A British man has been arrested on suspicion of espionage and terrorism offences in Cyprus. He allegedly surveilled the RAF Akrotiri base on the island and is suspected of having links with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, local media reported. RAF Akrotiri is the UK’s most important airbase for operations in the Middle East. The Philenews website said the man was arrested ...

Dame Esther Rantzen has appealed to the House of Lords not to block a bill giving terminally ill adults in England and Wales the right to an assisted death, after it was backed by MPs on Friday. The Terminally Ill Adults Bill was passed by 314 votes to 291 in the House of Commons – but will need to go ...

A security review has been launched across UK military bases after pro-Palestinian activists broke into RAF Brize Norton and sprayed two military planes with red paint. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the action as “disgraceful”, saying it was an “act of vandalism”. Footage posted online by Palestine Action on Friday showed two people inside the Oxfordshire airbase in darkness, ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called on US President Donald Trump to exercise restraint regarding any potential military action against Iran, warning that there is a “significant risk of escalation” in the region. Speaking on Thursday, Starmer emphasized the need for all parties to pursue a diplomatic resolution, stating, “There have been several rounds of discussions with the United ...

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a formal investigation into allegations of embezzlement and money laundering involving nearly Tk 2,000 crore against Bangladesh’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Saida Muna Tasneem, and her husband, Generation Next Fashions Ltd Chairman Towhidul Islam Chowdhury. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, ACC Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen confirmed the initiation of ...

Sir Keir Starmer has hit back at potential rebels in the Labour Party over his plans to cut the benefits bill, insisting “we have got to get the reforms through.” MPs will vote in the coming weeks on a package of measures aiming to cut the benefits bill by £5bn by 2030 – including making it harder for disabled people ...