Nato head: Britain must show ‘credible path’ of annual defence budget increases Mark Rutte said Britain will need to steadily increase defence spending to meet Nato target of 3.5% of GDP by 2035 The Guardian - UK · Sep 17
Leaked No 10 papers show Labour’s desperate final bid to save Starmer Former prime minister’s successor Andy Burnham has announced a number of the measures in the blueprint The Independent UK · Sep 17
Iceland boss warns Andy Burnham: Stop acting like Father Christmas UK’s former cost-of-living tsar, Richard Walker, warned the prime minister he needed to start making ‘unpopular decisions’ in the upcoming Budget The Independent UK · Sep 17
Sadiq Khan mocks Zack Polanski by speaking to him in Urdu ‘I thought as the member is so proficient in Urdu, that I would speak in Urdu’, London mayor quips at Green leader The Independent UK · Sep 17
Former cabinet secretary who got £860k payout after 14 months takes House of Lords seat Sir Chris Wormald left his role as head of the civil service back in February The Independent UK · Sep 17
Zack Polanski suffers blow as George Galloway stands in Holborn by-election sparking furious row Chris Williamson resigns as Deputy Leader of the Workers Party of Britain over Mr Galloway’s decision to contest the north London by-election Evening Standard · Sep 17
Zia Yusuf, Son of Immigrants, Calls 13.1m Foreign-Born UK Population 'Unprecedented Betrayal' Reform UK's Zia Yusuf cited Office for National Statistics figures showing 13.1 million foreign-born people in the UK in 2024, but the reported 143% increase covers two decades. International Business Times UK · Sep 17
‘Made in Europe’ law threatens UK plans for reset with EU Government sources say legislation aimed at China poses a risk to British businesses and must be addressed The Guardian - UK · Sep 16
Nato leader warns of ‘most dangerous and complex security environment in a generation’ Mark Rutte asks UK and Europe to ‘provide hard power Nato needs’ in face of geopolitical uncertainty The Guardian - UK · Sep 16
Minister dismisses Burnham’s past Trump criticism as ‘politics’ as PM and president set to meet this week The leaders have spoken twice on the phone but have been at odds over issues including the Falkland Islands and Northern Ireland The Independent UK · Sep 16
Huge row emerges in Holborn by-election as George Galloway confirmed to run A ROW has emerged after George Galloway announced he would stand as a candidate in the by-election for Keir Starmer’s former seat in order to… The National (Scotland) · Sep 16
Count Binface reveals decision on whether he’ll stand in by-election for Starmer’s old seat Count Binface has announced whether he is standing as a candidate to succeed Sir Keir Starmer in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. The Independent UK · Sep 16
‘We need to get it right’: union gusto for Burnham will face make-or-break tests TUC conference rings with praise for new No 10 team, but battles loom over workers’ rights and north sea drilling The Guardian - UK · Sep 16
Pro-Palestine activist who painted slogans on Churchill statue in Parliament Square cleared of criminal damage Olax Outis cleared of causing more than £7,000 of damage by spraying statue of former Prime Minister with red paint Evening Standard · Sep 15
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15 Polling turns politics into one big game. There are too many of them – and that does us no good Surely that’s the lesson the Reform polling furore should teach us. Politics should be about actually helping people, not mastering the line on a graph, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
Evening Standard · Sep 15 Sadiq Khan sworn into House of Lords four years after calling for its abolition The Mayor of London took his place in the House of Lords on Tuesday afternoon
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15 Help-to-buy scheme delivered ‘very high value for money’, review finds Exclusive: George Osborne’s programme to reduce costs for first-time buyers delivered £25bn in social value in UK last year
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15 Tuesday briefing: How to understand Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s joint call for change In today’s newsletter: Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin have signed an agreement for greater powers, as pressure grows on Westminster over the UK’s future
The Independent UK · Sep 14 Starmer’s cabinet secretary handed record-breaking payout worth over £2,000 a day after being forced out Lord Wormald’s payout equates to around £2,000 for each day in his role as cabinet secretary
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14 Top civil servant sacked by Starmer received record £860,000 payout Special approval needed for amount that surpassed what Chris Wormald was ‘contractually entitled to’
The Independent UK · Sep 14 Former Metropolitan Police detective to stand for Reform UK in Holborn and St Pancras by-election Former counter-terrorism commander Pete Newman, who responded to the aftermath of the July 7 bombings, will contest the seat vacated by Sir Keir Starmer
Evening Standard · Sep 14 Parties announce candidates to fight Labour and Greens in Holborn by-election Labour has chosen Sagal Abdi-Wali, the leader of Camden Council, while the Greens’ candidate will be leader Zack Polanski.
Evening Standard · Sep 14 Lib Dems and Tories announce candidates for Holborn and St Pancras by-election The by-election in Sir Keir Starmer’s former seat will take place on October 8.
Evening Standard · Sep 14 Zack Polanski gets huge boost in Holborn by-election battle between Greens and Labour An independent candidate backed by 7,300 voters at the 2024 general election in the north London constituency is urging them to support the Green leader
The Independent UK · Sep 14 Nigel Farage more unpopular than ever, new poll shows Nigel Farage now has a net favourability rating of -45, identical to Sir Keir Starmer’s score just before his resignation as prime minister