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Parliament will be recalled for a rare Saturday sitting to pass an emergency law aimed at saving British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant from imminent closure. Sir Keir Starmer said the legislation would allow ministers to “take control” of the Lincolnshire site and stop its Chinese owner from closing its blast furnaces. The move opens the door to a full nationalisation of ...

Police officers smash through the back doors of a bright, modern barber shop in the market town of Shrewsbury. Inside they immediately detain two men – who we are later told are Kurdish asylum seekers. Both men are later released. It is the first of six raids that day where police seize thousands of pounds in cash and illicit vapes. ...

The Duke of Sussex was “singled out for different, unjustified and inferior treatment” in a decision to downgrade the level of security he receives in the UK, the Court of Appeal has heard. Prince Harry is making his latest legal challenge after the High Court upheld the decision that he should not be provided with the same level of police ...

Two Labour MPs who were denied entry to Israel have said they are “astounded” by the decision. Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang have said it is “vital” that parliamentarians are able to “witness first-hand” the situation on the ground in the occupied Palestinian territories. The current war in Gaza began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas fighters launched an attack ...

The attention of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been drawn to a news item published in print media regarding a letter from the legal team of Tulip Siddiq, the former UK Anti-Corruption Minister who had to step down on the charges of corruption recently, reports BSS. ACC Chairman Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen at a press briefing on Sunday at its ...

The “world as we knew it” is over and the UK “stands ready” to use direct state intervention to shelter industries from the US tariff storm, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday. US President Donald Trump’s imposition of sweeping tariffs on Wednesday shows that “old assumptions can no longer be taken for granted,” Starmer said in a op-ed for the ...

The UK’s first response to US tariffs should not be to jump into a trade war, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said, as the government braces itself for the announcement of widespread taxes on imports. US President Donald Trump will set out his plans for fresh levies on goods coming into his country in remarks to be delivered from the ...

The elections watchdog is examining Labour’s spending on Angela Rayner’s general election battle bus following Conservative complaints. The Tories claim 24 Labour MPs may have broken the law by not declaring a visit from the battle bus in their election expenses. They are calling on the Electoral Commission to launch a full inquiry into what they say is an abuse ...

The United Kingdom’s foreign secretary gave assurances of Britain’s interest in the Western Balkan region while visiting Kosovo on Wednesday, urging both Kosovo and Serbia to make progress in normalization talks. David Lammy was on the second day of a visit to Kosovo where he met with its senior officials, calling on Pristina to form a new Cabinet quickly following ...

The UK government is working with Mauritius to finalise a deal on the future of the Chagos Islands, Downing Street has said. Under the proposed agreement, Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but allow the US and UK to continue operating a military base on one of the islands for an initial period of 99 years, ...