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UK Returns Chagos Islands to Mauritius in Landmark Deal—But Resettlement Questions Remain

Prime Minister Keir Starmer emphasised the base's critical role in national security and intelligence operations.

International Business Times UK

Labour ‘should not aim to copy right-wing populism but offer new solutions’

“When parties don’t have new ideas, they reach back for old ones, or imitate others,” a new report says

The Independent UK

Labour ‘should not aim to copy right-wing populism but offer alternatives’

The IPPR also said Labour cannot rely on rehashing the ideas of ‘yesterday’s men’ to maintain public trust.

Evening Standard

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UK and France slam Netanyahu's 'wrong side of humanity' attack on Starmer, Macron and Carney after DC shootings

Armed forces minister Luke Pollard flatly rejected the accusations made by Israel’s Prime Minister

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch Just Took Keir Starmer Apart and It Was Brutal to Watch

After months of what felt like playing it safe, Kemi Badenoch finally found her stride at Prime Minister’s Questions and tore into Keir Starmer in a way that had the Commons buzzing

The Fashion Central

Is Angela Rayner positioning herself for a Starmer succession race?

Whoever leaked deputy PM’s memo to the Telegraph, some believe it will have helped her leadership chances

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Starmer’s U-turn: change direction – or keep losing support

Editorial: Labour’s pivot to welfare cuts and targeting of rightwing voters has backfired. If the party leadership won’t adapt, the public will move on

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Starmer defends Chagos deal as Badenoch criticises multibillion ‘surrender tax’

Sir Keir Starmer said the agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius secured the ‘vital’ Diego Garcia military base.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s winter fuel allowance ‘U-turn’ sets him on a tricky path with backbenchers and voters

The U-turn is a long and, depending on your point of view, honourable or dishonourable tradition in British politics. Now Keir Starmer has been accused of following this tradition after heavily hinting the UK government is reconsidering last year’s decision to deny the winter fuel allowance to millions of pensioners.

The Conversation

Net migration to UK down by half in 2024 compared with year before

Office for National Statistics estimate shows fall from 860,000 in 2023 to 431,000 last year

The Guardian - UK

UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after last-minute legal delay

Under the agreement, the UK will pay Mauritius €120 million each year to lease back their military base for at least 99 years.

Euronews

Yeah but no but yeah but no but surrender. Life’s just one big betrayal for Kemi and co

Be it winter fuel, criminal justice, the EU or Chagos Islands, never miss a chance to try to rewrite Tory history

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan distances himself from Starmer with vow to ‘stand up for trans Londoners’ after Supreme Court ruling

Sadiq Khan’s response to the ruling was a stark contrast with his party leader Sir Keir Starmer

The Independent UK

Starmer accused by Israel of 'emboldening the forces of terror' after embassy workers killed in Washington DC

Israeli ministers hit out at prime minister in wake of ‘anti-semitic’ shootings in US capital amid tensions over UK Government position on Gaza

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Starmer ‘on wrong side of history’ after Israeli embassy shooting, Netanyahu says

Western leaders have this week heavily criticised Israel’s ‘egregious’ actions in the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Migration in numbers: Who is coming to the UK and why?

IN FOCUS: Net migration is down to just 431,000, the lowest level in over three years, while illegal immigration via small boats and asylum-related migration remains high. Data correspondent Alicja Hagopian reports.

The Independent UK

Voices: Well done, Rishi – you handed Keir Starmer his immigration ‘win’ on a plate

COMMENT: By taking office just as net migration was passing its peak, the prime minister has been a lucky general, says John Rentoul – but there is more than meets the eye in new figures showing it has halved in a year

International Business Times

UK Net Migration In 2024 Fell By Half To 431,000

Net migration to the UK dropped by half in 2024, the latest official figures showed on Thursday, in what will be a welcome boost for under-fire Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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The Independent UK

Global leaders are condemning the fatal attack on 2 Israeli Embassy staffers. Here's what they said

Global reactions are pouring in after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum

The Independent UK

Fewer study and work visas lead to halving in net migration in the UK in 2024

Fewer work and study visas contributed to a near-halving in net migration into the U.K. — the number of people moving to the U.K. minus the number of those moving abroad — in 2024

International Business Times

UK Court Reviews Chagos Islands Deal After Last-minute Legal Block

A British court on Thursday was reviewing the government's deal to return the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after imposing a last-minute block on the accord.

Evening Standard

What do the latest migration figures show?

The drop has been driven by a fall in the number of people coming to the UK to work and study.

The Independent UK

A deal on the disputed Chagos Islands faces more hurdles. Here's what to know

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been barred from signing it by a British judge

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner wanted migrant benefits cut in latest pushback against Reeves, leaked memo suggests

The leak appears to be the latest in a briefing campaign against the deputy prime minister, who has pushed back on Labour’s economic policies

The Independent UK

How more pensioners could be eligible for winter fuel payment after government U-turn

Undoing last year’s policy change would wipe out the £1.5 billion in savings

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