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Prince Andrew could face Commons scrutiny over title and peppercorn-rent mansion

MPs could find a way to debate the prince’s conduct despite Government reluctance to allocate parliamentary time.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Lucy Powell, Sacked by Starmer Weeks Ago, Now Elected as Labour's Deputy Leader

Lucy Powell has been elected deputy leader of the UK Labour Party, defeating Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson in a contest shaped by internal discontent and recent electoral setbacks.

International Business Times UK · Oct 25, 2025

Tories pledge to stop 35,000 crimes if elected

The pledge came as the party set out further details of its ‘Policing Plan’, which includes proposals to recruit 10,000 new police officers.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Labour demands clarity on Tory plan to strip thousands of right to stay in UK

Anna Turley says legally settled people threatened by Katie Lam’s proposals deserve urgent clarification

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2025

Congratulations for Connolly as victory in presidential election looks imminent

The leaders of Ireland’s main political parties have congratulated the independent candidate.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Catherine Connolly needed Sinn Fein support – McDonald

Leaders of parties which backed the independent candidate have been congratulating her ahead of an expected decisive victory.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Labour’s new deputy leader says party must pay more heed to its members

Exclusive: Powell, who was sacked as Commons leader by Starmer in September, says government should stop trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2025

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Taverne dies aged 97

A former Labour Treasury minister and the first director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lord Taverne became a Lib Dem peer in 1996.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2025

Left-Wing Independent Connolly Set to Shake Up Irish Politics

Leftwing independent Catherine Connolly is on course for a historic presidential win, marking Ireland's most significant ideological shift in decades.

International Business Times UK · Oct 25, 2025

Voices: Has Britain become ungovernable (again)?

COMMENT: It could be that Keir Starmer is no good as either prime minister or party leader, but, John Rentoul argues, we ought to look back to the 1970s and consider another theory: that he has been asked to take on an impossible job

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025