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Independent
14/07/2025 11:50:15 PM
Doctors and Streeting set for showdown talks to avoid 5-day NHS strike
Brexit: Most people in major EU nations want UK to rejoin, poll finds
Labour minister hints at tax hikes for middle class and wealthy
Peter Mandelson says Trump should expect ‘warm reception’ on UK visit
Which tax rises could be introduced to fill UK’s financial black hole?
Reform UK selects 18-year-old to run county council
What is Starmer’s ‘one-in, one out’ migrant deal and will it work?
Kemi Badenoch privately opposing energy project in her constituency
Starmer’s migrant deal a ‘publicity stunt that won’t win back voters’
How Rayner became the most influential figure in government – for now
Unite boss accuses Rayner of ‘totally and utterly abhorrent’ behaviour
Just one in three back doctor strikes, poll shows
Trump ‘denied chance to address parliament’ during UK state visit
Why is Angela Rayner abolishing ‘first past the post’ for mayors?
Labour clashes with unions as Unite says party is not on workers’ side
Macron is right – Brexit is to blame for Britain’s immigration crisis
UK accused of treating migrants like commodities to trade in new deal
Yvette Cooper refuses to criticise Macron’s Brexit swipe
Peter Mandelson says Trump should expect ‘warm reception’ on UK visit
Labour minister hints at tax hikes for middle class and wealthy
Starmer’s migrants return deal a ‘publicity stunt that won’t win back voters’
Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain want UK to rejoin EU, poll finds
‘Labour’s version of Rwanda’: Readers divided over migration deal
Doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, says union chief
UK and France agree ‘groundbreaking’ one in, one out migration deal
Starmer ‘accepts invite’ to visit Trump during expected Scotland trip
Ed Miliband quietly drops ‘zonal’ electricity pricing – why?
UK and France agree ‘groundbreaking’ one in, one out migration deal
Starmer ‘accepts invite’ to visit Trump during expected Scotland trip
Ed Miliband quietly drops ‘zonal’ electricity pricing – why?
Watch in full: Starmer and Macron to unveil migrant return deal
Threat of Iranian attacks on UK comparable to Russia, watchdog warns
Reform councillor suspended after being charged with assault at Pride
Latest Tory defection to Reform leaves only one question for Badenoch
Britons should be forced to vote, says charity as turnouts drop
How many migrants cross the Channel – and how many are stopped?
Ex-Tory chairman defects to Farage’s Reform in blow to Kemi Badenoch
Starmer hopes of ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal hanging in the balance
JD Vance attends Disneyland - despite vowing to 'fight back' against ‘woke’ company
Pete Hegseth forced to repost 'embarrassing’ Metallica drone video due to one awkward reason
Phillipson’s fury that child was placed in caravan at cost of £75,000
Starmer and Macron will join forces on nuclear deterrents
Kemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits
Life after power: What do former prime ministers do all day?
Infected blood victims facing ‘new layer of pain’ over compensation
Watch: Macron’s state visit to UK begins with royal welcome
‘I meant it!’: Ex-minister reacts to viral comment caught on hot mic
Government makes deal with Google to provide free tech for UK public services
PM opens door for stealth tax extension as he tries to balance books
Donald Trump preparing to visit UK in coming weeks
BBC Politics
14/07/2025 11:50:09 PM
Health secretary and BMA to meet in bid to avoid strikes The meeting with Wes Streeting will take place next week, the doctors' union confirms.
More rules being considered to keep children safe online Attribution
Electric cars will be cheaper to buy, pledges minister Attribution
Labour not defending workers, says Unite after Rayner row Attribution
MP Rupert Lowe cleared by standards watchdog Attribution
Reeves disappointed after economy unexpectedly shrinks Attribution
UK-France migrant deal 'robust' against legal challenges, Cooper says Attribution
Ex-Reform MP investigated by standards commissioner Attribution
Ban on ticketless football fans set to become law Attribution
Ex-MP faces two-year wait for betting offences trial Attribution
Government code aims to stop unfair parking charges Attribution
Rayner in deepening row with union over bin strikes Attribution
Is there a secret formula for election-winning slogans? Attribution
Welfare cuts: What are the Pip and universal credit changes? Attribution
Norman Tebbit: Outspoken hero of the Conservative political right Attribution
A year in power - BBC correspondents assess how Labour are doing Attribution
Nick Robinson: Starmer told me he'd met every challenge. But things look bad right now - very bad Attribution
From our Political Editor Chris Mason
Starmer and Macron plead for patience in an impatient world Attribution
Migrant deal will be seen as failure if numbers don't fall Attribution
What happens inside the government's crisis room Attribution
Rachel Reeves' tears raise big questions at top of Labour Attribution
Humiliation for Starmer as he loses control of Commons Attribution
Labour might be down, but it's not necessarily out - voters reflect on a year in power Attribution
Starmer's stormy first year: Why his political honeymoon was so short-lived Attribution
Crisis - which crisis? Israel-Iran another huge challenge for government Attribution
Labour tiptoed cautiously through its first year - will it now decide to escape its own shadow? Attribution
The country where the left (not the far right) made hardline immigration laws Attribution
Watch: PM talks about his 'good personal relationship' with Trump. Video, 00:01:01Watch: PM talks about his 'good personal relationship' with Trump Attribution
Chancellor Rachel Reeves: 'I had a tough day' Video, 00:00:32Chancellor Rachel Reeves: 'I had a tough day' Attribution
The Briefing Room. Why is there a row about disability benefits? Audio, 29 minutesThe Briefing RoomWhy is there a row about disability benefits? Attribution
In Our Time. Civility: talking with those who disagree with you. Audio, 51 minutesIn Our TimeCivility: talking with those who disagree with you Attribution
How welfare bill compromises have weakened Starmer. Video, 00:00:35How welfare bill compromises have weakened Starmer Attribution
15:10 13 JulyNew farming subsidy absolutely right, minister says, published at 15:10 13 JulyNew farming subsidy absolutely right, minister says Attribution
12:57 13 JulyMore rules being considered to keep children safe online , published at 12:57 13 JulyMore rules being considered to keep children safe online Attribution
11:18 13 JulySome school staff earn less than minimum wage - union, published at 11:18 13 JulySome school staff earn less than minimum wage - union Attribution
06:05 13 JulyPlanning bill is sowing division, says Tory MP, published at 06:05 13 JulyPlanning bill is sowing division, says Tory MP Attribution
Beds, Herts & Bucks
16:36 12 JulyDUP leader calls for unionist parties to co-operate, published at 16:36 12 JulyDUP leader calls for unionist parties to co-operate Attribution
Northern Ireland Politics
12:23 12 JulyLabour not defending workers, says Unite after Rayner row, published at 12:23 12 JulyLabour not defending workers, says Unite after Rayner row Attribution
20:38 11 JulyReform selects 18-year-old to run £2bn council, published at 20:38 11 JulyReform selects 18-year-old to run £2bn council Attribution
Coventry & Warwickshire
19:26 11 JulyLib Dem leader says SEND parents 'should not worry', published at 19:26 11 JulyLib Dem leader says SEND parents 'should not worry' Attribution
18:38 11 JulyRayner in deepening row with union over bin strikes, published at 18:38 11 JulyRayner in deepening row with union over bin strikes Attribution
18:01 11 JulyMP Rupert Lowe cleared by standards watchdog, published at 18:01 11 JulyMP Rupert Lowe cleared by standards watchdog Attribution
17:58 11 JulyCouncil's first Reform UK member elected, published at 17:58 11 JulyCouncil's first Reform UK member elected Attribution
14:05 11 JulyBan on ticketless football fans set to become law, published at 14:05 11 JulyBan on ticketless football fans set to become law Attribution
13:37 11 JulyEssex MP investigated by standards commissioner, published at 13:37 11 JulyEssex MP investigated by standards commissioner Attribution
06:15 11 JulyNever seen that lady in my life, pupils say of FM, published at 06:15 11 JulyNever seen that lady in my life, pupils say of FM Attribution
06:11 11 JulySites chosen for new state-backed Welsh windfarms, published at 06:11 11 JulySites chosen for new state-backed Welsh windfarms Attribution
06:00 11 JulyStarmer and Macron plead for patience in an impatient world, published at 06:00 11 JulyStarmer and Macron plead for patience in an impatient world Attribution
00:38 11 JulyIs there a secret formula for election-winning slogans?, published at 00:38 11 JulyIs there a secret formula for election-winning slogans? Attribution
23:00 10 JulyUK to return some migrants to France within weeks, PM says, published at 23:00 10 JulyUK to return some migrants to France within weeks, PM says Attribution
20:54 10 JulyCouncillor calls man-made global warming a 'hoax', published at 20:54 10 JulyCouncillor calls man-made global warming a 'hoax' Attribution
16:43 10 JulyBilly Bragg on the appeal of populist politicians. Video, 00:00:46, published at 16:43 10 JulyBilly Bragg on the appeal of populist politicians Attribution
15:45 10 JulyCounty Hall sale to be pulled says council leader, published at 15:45 10 JulyCounty Hall sale to be pulled says council leader Attribution
15:13 10 JulyEx-Tory chairman Jake Berry defects to Reform UK, published at 15:13 10 JulyEx-Tory chairman Jake Berry defects to Reform UK Attribution
14:57 10 JulyYounger children to join £1 youth bus fare scheme, published at 14:57 10 JulyYounger children to join £1 youth bus fare scheme Attribution
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Politics.co.uk
13/12/2024 12:31:53 PM
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The Spectator
14/07/2025 11:50:15 PM
How Live Aid ruined pop music
Why I’ve changed my mind about climate change
Wimbledon’s Royal Box has become naff
Why shouldn’t we call children ‘naughty’?
Why should the hunt for the next Archbishop of Canterbury be ‘inclusive’?
Jewish doctors are sick of the BMA
Wimbledon’s Royal Box has become naff
Why the Lords doesn’t have to accept the Assisted Dying Bill
The UK should not have to ration water
Sunday shows round-up: Labour defends its ‘one in, one out’ migrant scheme
In defence of Christian Horner
Reform is right to reject Liz Truss
Thatcher hit job piece backfires
Twenty years of failing to solve the migrant crisis
English schools are failing disadvantaged children
Norman Tebbit, forgiveness and my father, the IRA bomber
ITV’s Transaction is painfully unfunny
Wimbledon’s Royal Box has become naff
How Live Aid ruined pop music
The UK should not have to ration water
Why I’ve changed my mind about climate change
The intense and consuming stupidity of George Monbiot
Grey zone warfare is here. Britain must catch up
What Jake Berry’s defection to Reform means
Badenoch is right: the benefits bill could cripple Britain
The intense and consuming stupidity of George Monbiot
Starmer and Macron won’t fix the Channel migrant crisis
Four bets for today and tomorrow From Spectator Life
Why are so many English people pretending to be Irish? From Spectator Life
Why we worship the Wimbledon Wags From Spectator Life
The slow delights of an OAP coach tour
Why shouldn’t we call children ‘naughty’? From Spectator Life
What’s wrong with taking selfies in galleries? From Spectator Life
Wimbledon’s myth of elitism From Spectator Life
Peerless: the purge of the hereditaries The House of Lords is very old, but not quite continuous. In 1649, shortly after the execution of King Charles I, the Cromwellian House of Commons passed an act which said: The Commons of England assembled in parliament, finding by too long experience, that the House of Lords is useless and dangerous to the People
Good Lords: the House is losing some of the best
Norman Tebbit transformed the country for the better
The man who’s destroying Spain
The slow delights of an OAP coach tour
How to holiday White Lotus-style: Billionaire Playground reviewed
A contradictory staging, but the music floods the ear with splendour: Semele at the Royal opera reviewed
Watch the 1978 version instead: Superman reviewed
Grayson Perry has pulled off another coup at the Wallace Collection
The greatest photography exhibition of all time 
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What we get wrong about modernism
Venice is a city of love and menace From Spectator Life



New Statesman

14/07/2025 11:50:15 PM
A day out with Jeremy Corbyn’s new party
Can they really replace Labour?
The British “wealth exodus” is a big fat myth
Labour will lose to the resident doctors
The mutation of jihad
Starmer and Macron cement a new special relationship
Unite’s dirty war on Angela Rayner
Trump-Dependence Day in Washington DC
Britain faces another showdown with the bond market
If Jake Berry is the answer, what’s the question?
The five-day doctors’ strike is the last thing Labour needs
Inside Robert Jenrick’s New Right revolution
The shadow justice secretary’s gonzo stunts are dragging British politics into uncharted territory. By Harry Lambert
Immigrants did not cause Britain’s social housing shortage
Don’t tell Emmanuel Macron – but he’s a normal politician now
Oasis are the greatest Irish band of all time
Can jury-less trials save our justice system?
On freedom vs motherhood
School catering firms make millions while children eat Bad Pie
1. Why is everyone so “unserious”?
A close reading of Keir Starmer’s favourite word.
2. Donald Tusk’s self-own
Angela Rayner’s forward march
The Deputy Prime Minister is the biggest Labour winner from the fraught last month.
Starmerism is disintegrating
No one wants to pay to fix Britain
The bond market has rescued Rachel Reeves from Keir Starmer
Why the public will keep gambling on Nigel Farage
The welfare crisis no one is talking about
Don’t tell Emmanuel Macron – but he’s a normal politician now
The president’s ambitions were Jupiterian. Now they lie in ashes.
Trump-Dependence Day in Washington DC
Israel’s hollow victory
Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill is a big, beautiful opportunity for the Democrats
Ayatollah Khamenei faces a nuclear nightmare
How Benjamin Netanyahu beat America First
Los Angeles, Donald Trump and the moronic inferno
SEND: Labour’s next backbench battle
Was exorcising “the ghost of Jeremy Corbyn” a fatal mistake for Labour?
One year of Labour rule
Welfare reform concessions are humiliating for Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves
The Leopard and the ruins of history
The thwarted Marxist of Balliol
Theodore Roosevelt, the Tories’ new philosopher-king
The prophet of the new right
David Rieff foretells the fate of woke
The left after Trump
Six journeys that changed the world
The 20th century, for better and for worse, was the communist century. By Robert Service
Oasis are the greatest Irish band of all time
The Great Men of history 2.0
The picturesque picaresque of Barry Lyndon
Lena Dunham has made TV funny again
Lana Del Rey’s Deep South fantasia
Henley Regatta’s parade of manners
Let the non-doms leave
Is Nigel Farage right about the Bank of England?
Britain’s industrial strategy in an age of energy crises
What the Treasury can learn from Donald Trump
Welcome to HMO Britain
How AI could transform Wigan
Local government is adopting AI, but careful thought is needed
Learning from the past makes better policy
Does the UK need an AI Act?
Ed Miliband’s quiet victory
At what cost assisted dying?
Inside Robert Jenrick’s New Right revolution
The left’s losing streak
Immigrants did not cause Britain’s social housing shortage
Mrs Thatcher’s bastards
Mental health: The productivity puzzle
Digital sovereignty should sit at the core of the UK’s AI strategy
Energy storage must not be overlooked on the road to net zero 
Cyber attacks are evolving – so too must government response