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Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU

Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025

Jeremy Corbyn's My London: dinners at Mestizo and Café Metro

MP Jeremy Corbyn loves Mexican food, picks up books at Foyles and can’t resist a trip to Park Theatre

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025

Nicola Sturgeon wrongly excluded colleagues from Covid decisions, inquiry finds

Official report condemns handling of pandemic by leaders of the UK’s devolved nations

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

Double blow for Starmer as Burnham refuses to rule out leadership challenge and PM popularity hits record low

Most Labour voters see the PM and Chancellor Rachel Reeves negatively (52% and 57% respectively), according to a new YouGov poll

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2025

PM says special educational needs ‘raised with me more than any other issue’

Sir Keir Starmer made his comments during a visit to a school breakfast club in Reading.

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2025

Could you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play our interactive budget game

Can you pull the levers of power to deliver a successful budget? Can you keep backbenchers happy without upsetting the bond markets? And can you do it all while keeping the books balanced? Try our budget 2025 game, and maybe develop a bit of sympathy for Rachel Reeves

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

Burnham refuses to rule out challenging for Labour leadership

The mayor of Greater Manchester suggested questions over his leadership ambitions are part of the problem with Westminster culture.

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2025

‘Devastating to think of lives that could have been saved under different PM’, say Covid bereaved – as it happened

Findings of inquiry into handling of pandemic by Boris Johnson’s government paint picture of delay and inaction

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

People are right to ask ‘what is the point of Labour?’ when it can’t agree on anything

Who knows where this government’s credibility will be after next week’s exceptionally difficult budget, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little

Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025