Rare Brexit 50p coin - only two known in the world - worth over £40k Around a million coins marking the planned Brexit day of 31 October 2019 had to be melted down and recycled The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025
Voices: Dominic Cummings was right: Labour MPs should have voted for Theresa May’s Brexit COMMENT: Keir Starmer should take his cue from Cummings in pursuing his EU ‘reset’ and seek a customs union with the EU. The director of the Vote Leave campaign supported it – among other surprises, writes John Rentoul The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025
How Dominic Cummings tried to help Jeremy Corbyn become prime minister Dominic Cummings offered to help Jeremy Corbyn become prime minister before the 2019 general election, a new book has claimed. The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025
EU to ‘play tough’ with Starmer in post-Brexit reset Sir Keir on Monday will become the first prime minister to attend a dinner with EU leaders since Brexit The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025
Five years on, Brexit is still the gift that keeps on taking THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In 2025, regret is the general consensus – and given how little we’ve gained and how much we’ve lost, it’s more than understandable The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025
Scotland knows Brexit is holding Britain back. Why won’t Labour admit it? Five years after we left the EU, people are still paying the price. We’re ready to work with Westminster to forge closer bonds with Europe, says Scotland’s first minister John Swinney The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025
Brexit: Even Leave voters now doubt that quitting the European Union was a success Exclusive: Poll finds that four times as many Brits say decision to leave was more of a failure than a success Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025
Steve Coogan shines in Brian and Maggie, a love letter to the political interview 4/5 In his latest TV show, writer James Graham turns his attention to the 1989 showdown between journalist Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025
Heathrow third runway: A complete timeline of events leading up to proposed expansion Its not the first time we’re hearing about a third runway; the discussion traces back a few decades Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025
Key dates in Heathrow expansion saga It was reported in 2001 that ministers were ‘seriously considering’ building a third runway at the west London airport. Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025
Heathrow third runway: a saga of promises, protest and U-turns With Reeves looking set to approve the contested expansion, here is a timeline of 21 years of changing policy The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2025
The truth about parental brainwashing – and why many of us are guilty of it LET’S UNPACK THAT: As Elon Musk dubs his four-year-old son X Æ A-12 an ‘enthusiastic Trump supporter’, Charlotte Cripps asks why some parents insist on pushing their own ideologies onto their young children – whether it’s their sociopolitical stances or their taste in clothes The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025
Will Boris Johnson keep his bulldozer promise on a third runway at Heathrow? Brief letters: Airport expansion | A good German word for bad coffee | Seats and sensibility | DeepSeek disaster | HMS Achilles The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025
Sadiq Khan to attend MIPIM property conference on French Riviera in push for growth Previous mayors Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson were regulars at the annual event - but the current mayor has never gone before Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025 Trump’s calls with British leaders reportedly left staff crying from laughter Trump has not yet spoken with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer since taking office on Monday
The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025 Back by unpopular demand, the great Heathrow expansion show. If only planes ran on hot air Rachel Reeves flies back from Davos to lead a revival of the aviation perennial. Labour hated the idea before, but growth won’t grow itself, will it, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025 Sadiq Khan challenged over his decision to raise council tax in City Hall row The mayor was asked why he was reaching ‘deeper into Londoners pockets’, while Sir Sadiq blamed the legacy of the Tories’ austerity programme
The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025 Challenge the orthodoxy and get Boris Johnson’s 40 new hospitals built Letters: Infrastructure spending means investment in people, writes Netti Pearson, while Ann Eastman suggests corporate opportunities for the NHS and Brandi Leach calls on UK billionaires to be philanthropists
The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025 KemiKaze shows she doesn’t do sorry in first broadcast as Tory leader She longs to distance herself from Boris, Liz and Rishi – but it’s as if she has given up already
The National (Scotland) · Jan 23, 2025 Tories' 'suspicion of the Scots' hindered UK's Covid response, former Welsh FM says THERE was an “inherent suspicion” in the way the UK government dealt with its devolved counterparts during the Covid pandemic because they were…
The Conversation · Jan 22, 2025 Controversy over compensation for Gerry Adams does nothing to deliver truth and justice to Troubles victims Each episode of the Netflix adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s book Say Nothing, which addresses the IRA’s tactic of disappearing alleged informers, ends with a disclaimer: “Gerry Adams has always denied being a member of the IRA or participating in any IRA violence”. The series suggests Adams’s role was as…
The National (Scotland) · Jan 21, 2025 Boris Johnson hails Donald Trump's 'strong leadership' in glowing inauguration review BORIS Johnson has given Donald Trump a glowing review as he attended his inauguration. arguing new president will provide “strong leadership”…
The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025 Donald Trump returns with boast of golden age for America built on oil and tariffs After taking the oath of office, America’s 47th president tells crowds in freezing cold Washington DC he was ‘saved by god to make America great again’
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025 Work on some of Boris Johnson’s ‘40 new hospitals’ will not start until 2039 Health secretary calls Tory plan ‘a work of fiction’ as Lib Dems accuse Labour of a ‘double betrayal’ of the public
Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025 From Liz Truss to Laurence Fox: The motley crew of Brits swarming to Trump's inauguration Nigel Farage is not the only Brit in Washington DC – although you might not believe it