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This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereDuring her BBC Breakfast interview Kemi Badenoch claimed that the government has dropped the plans for five local inquiries into grooming gang, or child rape scandals, that were announced in …
Olivia Bloomfield has supported Terrestrial Energy since 2018 and says she is ‘scrupulous’ in following rulesA Conservative peer faces questions over her long-running support for a Canadian nuclear technology company hoping to develop the next generati…
This live blog is now closedOne person probably more enthusiastic than most about the prospect of Universal opening a theme park in the UK is the Lib Dem leader Ed Davey. He is a great fan of outdoor activity-related photocalls, and he’s been at it aga…
PM tells MPs on the Commons liaison committee that ‘we are doing everything we can to ensure there is a bright future for Scunthorpe’Half of Britons (51%) think the government should impose retaliatory tariffs on imports from the US, according to polli…
Exclusive: Richard Harpin pauses donations in move insiders say will result in closure of party’s northern HQ• UK politics live – latest updatesOne of the Conservatives’ biggest donors has stopped funding the party in a move insiders believe will resul…
Prime minister says ‘no one is pretending tariffs are good news’ during speech on car industryIn his Times article Keir Starmer describes the Trump tariffs as “the beginning of a new era”. He has been saying this at least since last Thursday, when he s…
Analysis suggests prioritising projects that give quick local results may hold back support for populismAreas that received money from the last government’s much-criticised levelling up fund tended to have lower votes for Reform UK in the general elect…
Labour and Tories’ reluctance to criticise US president could pave way for gains in May’s council and mayoral ballotsThe Liberal Democrats are stepping up their anti-Donald Trump messaging this weekend in the hope of using dislike of the US president a…
Labour accuses Nigel Farage’s party of ‘mass rebrand’ after research into nominations of former ConservativesMore than 60 of Reform UK’s council candidates standing in this year’s elections are defectors from the Conservative party, according to resear…
Union says the government should intervene directly and force the council to settle the disputeTrump claims Starmer ‘very happy’ about tariffsDowning Street has refused to confirm President Trump’s claim that Keir Starmer was “very happy” about the tre…