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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer next week, a commission spokesperson said on Thursday, as he continues a charm offensive to reset ties between the UK and the European Union. “There will be a meeting between the President and Prime Minister Starmer next week,” said the spokesperson, without providing further details. Starmer ...

Poplar and Limehouse MP calls for money from corruption and economic crime by members of Sheikh Hasina’s discredited government to be returned to the people of Bangladesh Apsana Begum MP has written to the National Crime Agency (NCA) probing what steps have been taken to investigate and freeze all UK-based assets owned by Mr Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, the former Land Minister ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out plans to crackdown on crime as she said the government would attempt to halve knife offences in a decade. In a speech to Labour conference, Cooper said police would be given new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour, off-road bikes and shoplifting. The government would also pass a new law to ban the sale ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says she does not believe she has broken parliamentary rules over declaring a stay in a New York flat owned by a Labour donor. She told the BBC that Lord Waheed Alli was a friend and the trip had been a “personal holiday” but she had been “transparent” by disclosing her use of the apartment ...

Sir Keir Starmer, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Chancellor Rachel Reeves will not accept any further donations for clothing after a row over gifts, a Downing Street source has said. The prime minister has faced growing criticism after it emerged he had received more than £16,000 for work clothing and spectacles for him, and further money for his wife, ...

Brexit red tape on British businesses has caused goods trade between the UK and EU to slump and the problem is getting worse, a study has warned. Many smaller UK producers have given up exporting small amounts to the EU after facing more rules and regulations, a report by Aston University Business School has found. Between 2021 and 2023, the ...

Everywhere you go in the party conference centre at Brighton you keep seeing the same number – 72. That’s how many MPs the Liberal Democrats now have – and they have been celebrating that fact all week. It’s a dramatic increase on the 15 MPs they had before the election and represents a record number of seats for the party. ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised “a new era” in cross-border cooperation to tackle people smuggling gangs ahead of talks on Monday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, part of his push to reset Britain’s relations with Europe. Starmer has put renewing ties with European leaders at the top of his diplomatic agenda since winning an election in July, ...

Sir Keir Starmer may have broken parliamentary rules in failing to declare clothes bought for his wife by Labour donor Lord Waheed Alli. According to the Sunday Times, the donations also covered the cost of a personal shopper and alterations for Victoria, both before and after the general election. The prime minister reportedly approached parliamentary authorities on Tuesday to make ...

Tensions rise as Starmer and Biden prepare to hold talks about allowing Ukraine to use UK-made Storm Shadow missiles against targets across the border British diplomats of spying and withdrew their accreditation. Starmer has dismissed Putin’s warnings, saying the Russian president has it in his power to end the conflict.