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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Ukraine talks ‘moving in positive direction’ in allied meeting, PM says

The Prime Minister said Ukraine had ‘proposed some constructive changes’.

The Independent UK

Budget 2025: 1.7 million workers to pay more income tax due to Reeves’s ‘stealth tax’

It will mean £140 more in tax for hundreds of thousands of earners

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves wants to achieve these five things with her Budget – it won’t be easy

BUDGET 2025: The chancellor took on her role wanting nothing more than economic growth, but her priorities have now dramatically changed, as political editor David Maddox explains

The Independent UK

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‘I didn’t start it’: Starmer apologises for ‘six seven’ uproar during school visit

Prime minister jokes that he may be ‘put in detention’ after appearing to encourage classroom hysterics

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump to send envoy to Russia - but will only meet Putin and Zelensky when deal is final

Trump says the countries are ‘very close’ to a peace deal as Russian strikes target Zaporizhzhia

The Independent UK

UK will ‘never falter’ in support for Ukraine, says PM ahead of coalition call

Sir Keir Starmer updated the Commons after the G20 summit last week.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer Apologises After Being Told Off by Teacher for Doing '6-7' Meme During School Visit

Sir Keir Starmer apologised after prompting pupils to join the viral '6-7' trend during a school visit in Peterborough, where a teacher jokingly reminded him, the gesture is banned in classrooms.

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World is so close to ending Aids pandemic but must keep funding ‘miracle’ drugs, UN chief warns

IN FOCUS: Cutting-edge prevention drugs – hailed as being able to reduce new infections to zero – could see the end of the Aids pandemic, as long as funding continues amid massive cuts, UNAIDS chief tells chief international correspondent Bel Trew

The Independent UK

Liverpool parade crash trial – latest: Paul Doyle ‘turned celebration into mayhem’ when he drove into fans

Paul Doyle, 54, admitted 31 offences at Liverpool Crown Court over the incident at Liverpool FC’s victory parade

The Independent UK

Zelensky and Starmer discuss next steps in effort to find Ukraine peace deal

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said ‘we see many prospects that can make the path to peace real’ after talks with the US in Geneva.

Evening Standard

Starmer apologises after encouraging pupils to take part in viral trend: ‘I didn’t start it, Miss’

‘You know children get into trouble for saying that in school,’ the teacher toldthe prime minister after he participated in the viral ‘6-7’ trend with pupils

The Independent UK

Most Britons say Andrew should give evidence to US Congress over Epstein – poll

US politicians have criticised the former prince for his ‘silence’ after he missed a deadline to respond to their request to sit for an interview.

Evening Standard

Why Keir Starmer's home will avoid Chancellor's 'mansion tax' set to hit thousands of Londoners

Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a surcharge – estimated at an average of £4,500 – on homes in the highest council tax bands in her Budget

Evening Standard

Starmer ‘told off’ by teacher after encouraging students to do 6-7 trend during school visit

Sir Keir Starmer participated in the viral 6-7 trend with primary school children during a visit to Peterborough.

The Independent UK

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UK politics: No 10 says no final decisions after leak reveals jury trials might be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers – as it happened

Downing Street does not deny that justice secretary, David Lammy, is considering scrapping juries for most trials

Euronews

What’s at stake in the UK Autumn Budget? Here are the points to watch

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces the challenge of raising an estimated £20-30bn, with both her and the government’s credibility on the line.

Evening Standard

'Fed up': Minister slams talk of coronation for Wes Streeting after coup against Keir Starmer

The Health Secretary’s allies are said to be pushing for him to be installed as Labour leader, and PM, rather than a contest against a Left-winger such as Angela Rayner

Evening Standard

Kyiv hit by deadly Russian airstrikes as international talks to end war intensify

Vladimir Putin’s forces bombard Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with drones and missiles, striking at least two residential buildings and killing two people

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Evening Standard

Starmer to host call with Ukraine’s coalition of the willing allies

The Prime Minister will host a call on Tuesday after efforts over the weekend between the US and Kyiv to broker a truce with Russia.

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage describes schoolboy racism claims as ‘banter in a playground’ and says he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’

The Reform UK leader was accused of making racist and antisemitic comments to classmates while at Dulwich College but said he never did so ‘with intent’

The Independent UK

Two thirds of voters want Reeves to cut spending rather than hike taxes in Budget

Sir Keir and his chancellor Rachel Reeves are facing a make-or-break Budget this week, with the chancellor expected to increase taxes to plug the gaps in the public finances

The Independent UK

Reeves must use Budget to restore public trust in party, Scottish Labour leader warns

Anas Sarwar issued a warning days before the chancellor delivers her make-or-break Budget - with crucial elections in Scotland in May threatening to decide Keir Starmer’s future as PM

The Independent UK

This is what Europe must do to call Putin’s bluff on Ukraine

COMMENT: Making Ukraine a member of Nato would send the powerful message to Putin that the West, like the Kremlin, can act with confidence on the world stage, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin sinks Trump’s hope of peace deal by Thanksgiving

Moscow says European counterproposal ‘does not work for us’ in sign that both sides remain far apart

Evening Standard

Starmer met Chinese premier at G20 amid Beijing trip rumours

The two leaders are understood to have greeted each other only briefly during a ‘brush-by’ rather than holding formal bilateral talks.

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