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The second tranche of documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US will be published on Monday, three sources involved in the process have told the BBC. While Number 10 has refused to confirm the publication date, a government spokesperson said the latest batch “will be among the largest publications ever laid in Parliament”. Lord ...

The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the collapsed asylum agreement that was cancelled by Keir Starmer shortly after he took office, an international court has ruled. The Rwandan government had sought to sue the UK for more than £100m, saying it had breached the terms of the deal. Signed by the previous Conservative government, ...

Shabana Mahmood’s plan to house more asylum seekers in former army barracks is facing a major hurdle after the high court ruled that a policy change forcing torture victims to share rooms was unlawful. According to a judgment seen by the Guardian, the government failed in its duties when it forced survivors of trafficking, torture and other serious forms of ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : A condolence and prayer meeting in memory of the late Shafiul Alam Babu was held at a center in east London, at the initiative of the traditional Sunamgonj Jela Shometee UK. On Monday (May 25) Evening, the Sunamgonj Jela Shometee UK organized a condolence meeting and prayer mahfil in memory of the organization’s former joint secretary, ...

The UK has recorded its all-time highest May temperature as part of London reached 34.8C on Monday. That provisional figure, recorded in Kew Gardens, also surpassed the hottest bank holiday Monday on record – 33.3C on the August bank holiday in 2019. Wales has also experienced its hottest May day, reaching 32.2C at Hawarden Airport in Flintshire. “This heat would ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has described a case in which three teenage boys were spared custodial sentences over the rape of two girls as “appalling”. He added that it was “right” that the sentences given by a judge at Southampton Crown Court were being reviewed by the attorney general. Two girls, then aged 15 and 14, were raped in ...

Andy Burnham has said UK net migration “needs to fall further”, after new government figures showed it had almost halved since 2024. Labour’s by-election candidate in Makerfield said people on the doorstep have “raised their concerns about immigration” with him. He added the latest figures on net migration – the difference between those entering and leaving the country – show ...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage failed to pay a debt of £9,400 and had a County Court judgment imposed against him in 2024. The judgment, which is publicly available on an official national database, shows that the County Court Online service made the finding against the Reform UK leader almost two years ago. The basic facts of the ruling do ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : Councillor Barrister Mushtaq Ahmed has been elected as the new Speaker of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council in the United Kingdom. At the same time, Lansbury Ward Councillor and former Cabinet member Iqbal Hossain has been elected as the Deputy Speaker . Working in a restaurant in the UK, returning to education at the ...

It is a “personal decision” for Sir Keir Starmer whether he chooses to fight any potential leadership contest, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said. She told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that Sir Keir had “shown before that he’s up for a fight” and “I wouldn’t write off the prime minister”. The PM has defied calls to step down ...