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In the first vote of its kind, the House of Lords has called for the new UK-Rwanda treaty to be delayed until Kigali improves its asylum procedures. Peers backed a non-binding motion urging the government not to ratify the treaty, by 214 votes to 171. The treaty, signed in December, is central to Rishi Sunak’s scheme to deport asylum seekers ...

The UK will not hesitate to take further military action against Houthi targets in Yemen if the group continues Red Sea attacks, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told MPs. Mr Sunak said the UK was not seeking confrontation with the Iran-backed group, but would continue to act in self-defence. It follows overnight strikes with the US in Yemen. Labour leader ...

Two people have died and tens of thousands of homes remain without power after Storm Isha battered the UK with gusts of up to 99mph. Transport services largely recovered on Monday though some roads remained closed and rail lines blocked, while dozens of schools were shut. The next storm due to hit the UK and Ireland has been named Storm ...

A new storm is set to hit the UK later with gusts of wind of up to 80mph (128km/h) and a risk to life. Storm Isha has prompted amber weather warnings for wind in much of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland from 18:00 GMT. Yellow rain warnings are also in place in most areas. Isha is the ninth named storm to ...

King Charles III’s aim of a ‘slimmed-down’ monarchy came in for scrutiny on Friday, as questions were asked about who will stand in for him while he goes into hospital, reports AFP from London. The 75-year-old British head of state will undergo prostate surgery next week, forcing him to cancel public engagements. At the same time, his daughter-in-law Catherine, Princess ...

Rishi Sunak came under attack from Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday ahead of a crunch vote on the Government’s Rwanda Bill. The Labour leader criticised the PM over the 4,250 people identified for removal from the UK that the Home Office has lost contact with and branded the flagship immigration policy a “farce”. It comes as ...

The Labour Party would need a record swing in votes at the next general election to win a majority in the House of Commons, according to analysis of the new electoral map. The next election will be fought on new constituency boundaries, redrawn to reflect population changes and to try to even out voter numbers in each area. An analysis ...

Schools have been closed and travellers are facing disruption following snowfall across parts of the UK. Weather conditions led to more than 100 school closures in Scotland and dozens in Merseyside. Temperatures fell below freezing across the UK overnight, as biting winds continued to blow in from the north. Met Office yellow warnings for snow and ice are in place ...

Sir Keir Starmer has denied changing his position on whether the government has to give MPs a vote on any plans by the UK to take military action. The Labour leader backed the US-UK air strikes in Yemen, launched without a parliamentary vote. He told the BBC on Sunday a vote was only needed when “deploying troops”. During his leadership campaign ...

Winds from the Arctic will bring some very cold weather early next week. There will be some widespread frosts with temperatures as low as -10C (14F) in rural parts of the UK. The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for snow and ice in northern Scotland on Sunday and Monday, and Northern Ireland on Monday, with snow possible elsewhere ...