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Who is Alaa Abd El-Fattah? The British-Egyptian activist facing calls to be stripped of citizenship

The freed Egyptian dissident is at the centre of a row over past social media posts

Evening Standard

Tories repeat calls to strip activist of UK citizenship amid ‘insincere’ apology

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that if he were in government, he would be ‘making sure’ Alaa Abd El-Fattah was deported.

Evening Standard

Government reviews 'information failures' amid row over activist's vile tweets

Calls are growing for Alaa Abd El-Fattah to be stripped of citizenship after ‘abhorrent’ tweets calling for violence towards Zionists and the police

Evening Standard

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In Pictures: Trump, tears and taxes feature in the best political images of 2025

The Press Association’s photographers captured some extraordinary moments in UK politics throughout the year.

Evening Standard

Alaa Abd El-Fattah apologises, says some posts were twisted out of meaning

He flew to the UK on Boxing Day and was reunited with his son, who lives in Brighton, after a travel ban was lifted.

Evening Standard

Foreign Office probes handling of Egyptian activist case amid calls to deport him

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who recently arrived in the UK after years of imprisonment in Egypt, maintains that some of his social media posts have been ‘completely twisted out of their meaning’

The Independent UK

Starmer faces calls to strip UK citizenship from Egyptian activist

Posts have emerged dating back to 2010 in which the activist appears to call for violence towards Zionists and the police.

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US capitalism casts millions of citizens aside, yet Badenoch and Farage still laud it

Rightwing parties want to follow in US’s footsteps of minimal government intervention, but at what cost?

The Guardian - UK

The key moments that could ‘decide fate of Keir Starmer’ next year

Lord Robert Hayward has warned of a number of heavy Labour defeats in 2026

The Independent UK

Heavy Labour losses in May could decide Starmer’s future – expert

Gains in London councils such as Westminster or Barnet could help shore up Kemi Badenoch’s position as Conservative leader, an expert said.

The Independent UK

Tories: Farmers’ personal cost not forgotten despite inheritance tax change

Labour’s watered-down plans will see the relief threshold for farmers raised from £1 million to £2.5 million.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer encourages Britons to ‘reach out’ to others this Christmas

Prime minister calls on people to show kindness to friends or family as leaders broadcast their festive messages

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer admits many ‘still struggling with cost of living’ in Christmas message

The Prime Minister urged Britons to ‘do our bit’ over the festive period and ‘reach out’ to others

Evening Standard

Starmer says many ‘still struggling with cost of living’ in Christmas message

The prime minister urged Britons to ‘do our bit’ over the festive period and ‘reach out’ to others

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Keir Starmer focuses on high cost of living in Christmas message

The prime minister said ‘we should each do our bit’ as he urged Britons to ‘reach out’ to friends, relatives and neighbours

The Conversation

We analysed 73,000 articles and found the UK media is divorcing ‘climate change’ from net zero

In October 2024, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch declared herself a “net zero sceptic”, but “not a climate sceptic”. Most recently she doubled down, announcing plans to scrap the 2030 ban on new petrol cars in a 900-word Sunday Telegraph article that did not mention climate change once.

Evening Standard

No 10 denies dodging scrutiny after axing afternoon press briefings

No 10 conceded the changes would be ‘difficult’ and kept ‘under review’ but insisted they were necessary to ‘modernise’ Government communications.

The Independent UK

UK car industry ‘on track’ to meet 2025 EV sales target

The mandate requires at least 28 per cent of cars sold to be zero-emission

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer will ‘absolutely’ still be prime minister by next Christmas, says Labour chair – as it happened

Anna Turley says people will start to ‘see and feel’ change in public services and cost of living from next year

The Conversation

What the year in polls tells us about Reform’s growth – and Labour and Tory losses

In the year and a half since Labour won a landslide in the 2024 general election, over 400 polls have been published. Combined, these polls tell a story of a government and its traditional opposition party losing support and fringe parties gaining ground. The big question this poses is whether…

Evening Standard

Fury as millions of voters face elections being delayed for another year as government plans hit setback

Ministers have written to 63 councils scheduled to hold elections in May 2026

The Guardian - UK

Merry Christmas, Keir Starmer: despite everything, you’re still the best man for the job

Rumours of the prime minister’s demise are premature. Yes, the polls look bad – but these days they reflect little more than voters’ passing whims, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

UK government strategy to protect women and girls from violence ‘seriously underfunded’

Campaigners welcome plans but say poor funding means Labour’s ambitions unlikely to be met

Evening Standard

How support for Labour crumbled in Britain in 2025 with Rachel Reeves' popularity plunging

Backing for the Tories also fell, went up slightly for Reform UK, was unchanged for the Liberal Democrats while the biggest gainers this year were the Greens

The Guardian - UK

From Keir as Eliot Ness to Radon Liz on YouTube – the 2025 alternative politics awards

With the Christmas recess stopping our politicians causing more havoc, it’s time for the Guardian’s parliamentarian of the year awards

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