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The possibility of Heathrow airport being expanded by a rival company has moved a step closer.

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Wes Streeting has quit as UK Health secretary, paving the way for a leadership challenge and plunging Keir Starmer’s

Wes Streeting has quit as health secretary, paving the way for a leadership challenge and plunging Keir Starmer’s premiership

Ireland’s consumer price inflation rate accelerated last month, numbers on Thursday showed, with utility prices climbing.

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Angela Rayner has said she has been cleared of deliberate wrongdoing in an investigation over her tax affairs, paving the way

The UK economy grew strongly in the first quarter of 2026, driven by the services sector, according to data from the Office

Keir Starmer faces another day of questions over his future as Wes Streeting mulls whether to mount a challenge for the UK

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to earn the public’s ‘trust’ and regain ‘control’ of immigration as he set out plans for

The UK government could fast-track EU rules into law without giving MPs a vote under legislation brought forward in the King

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer retains ‘full confidence’ in Wes Streeting as Health secretary, even as he looks set to resign

Wes Streeting met Keir Starmer for crunch talks that lasted less than 20 minutes this morning amid claims the UK Health

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised a package of measures to set a ‘new direction for Britain’ as he battled to save his

Wes Streeting has been to Downing Street for crunch talks that lasted less than 20 minutes this morning as the UK prime

The Scottish National Party will attempt to force a vote on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s future with an amendment to the

A third UK minister has resigned from the government, criticising Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a lack of ‘bold, radical

A prominent UK minister has resigned from Keir Starmer’s government, piling pressure on the embattled Labour leader to quit

An influential group of Labour MPs has called for a renewal of the party’s economic strategy to create a ‘more active state’

Cabinet ministers came out of their meeting backing Keir Starmer, after the UK prime minister vowed to fight on despite

Keir Starmer is defying mounting calls for him to quit, telling a meeting of his Cabinet that the country ‘expects us to get

The first UK minister has resigned from Keir Starmer’s government, piling pressure on the beleaguered Labour leader to quit.

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UK long-term borrowing costs have surged to a fresh 28-year high and the pound weakened as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s

One of the UK prime minister’s closest aides declined to say whether Keir Starmer would lead his party into the next election

Keir Starmer vowed to prove his ‘doubters’ wrong as he fought back against calls for him to quit.

The UK prime minister said

Keir Starmer vowed to prove his ‘doubters’ wrong as he fought back against calls for him to quit.

The UK prime minister said

A Cabinet minister has backed Keir Starmer to remain as UK prime minister for a full decade as Labour MPs continued to call