UK politics
‘National security on the line’: Starmer’s bid to save British Steel from Chinese owners amid tariff crisis
The UK parliament has been recalled for just the fifth time since WWII for an emergency vote to pass a bill taking assets into public control.
- Rob Harris
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UK health minister sacked after wishing for elderly constituent’s death
The Labour MP from England’s north-west also shared racist and antisemitic comments in a WhatsApp group called “Trigger Me Timbers”.
- Rob Harris
Starmer in the middle: Trump wedges British PM
Keir Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place in the growing transatlantic spat between the US and the European Union.
- Joe Barnes and Ben Riley-Smith
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- Elon Musk
How Elon Musk put a decades-old UK sex abuse scandal back on agenda
In a series of vitriolic posts, the tech mogul has falsely accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other Labour MPs of enabling Britain’s grooming gangs, a decade-old scandal involving a series of child sex abuse cases.
- Rob Harris
Liz Truss threatens Keir Starmer with legal action over claims she ‘crashed the economy’
The letter states that the request “is made in the context of the basic levels of civility which is due between senior politicians”.
- Rob Harris
Elon Musk turns on Nigel Farage, calls on him to quit as Reform party leader
Musk has repeatedly posted on X about UK politics since Labour was elected in July. Now the billionaire thinks Nigel Farage should step down.
- Rob Harris
Musk ready to offer up to $158m to help Nigel Farage become a political force in Britain
Nigel Farage has acknowledged rumours that the tech billionaire is considering a multimillion-pound donation to his populist Reform UK party.
- Tony Diver
Two million Brits already want another election. Even the PM says he’s not surprised
Keir Starmer, who won July’s general election in a landslide, has suffered the biggest fall in approval ratings of any prime minister in the modern era.
- Rob Harris
Tories install Kemi Badenoch as first black leader of Conservatives
Kemi Badenoch will become the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, vowing to return the once dominant party to its founding principles to win back voters who handed the Conservatives their worst election defeat in July.
- Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill
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