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Starmer and Dutch PM agree ‘further co-operation’ on illegal migration

Sir Keir Starmer met Dick Schoof in Downing Street on Thursday evening.

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2025

Assisted Dying Bill: Doctors required to discuss other options with patients

Kim Leadbeater has written to MPs, stressing that it is important to ‘enhance’ the proposed legislation where necessary.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Commons Speaker pays tribute to his father, former Labour MP Doug Hoyle

Sir John Major was among the dignitaries who attended a memorial service for Lord Hoyle in Westminster on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025

Lammy: UK to give £20m more in aid funding for Sudan refugees

Some 3.6 million refugees have fled to countries including Egypt, Chad and South Sudan.

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2025

David Lammy warns against hierarchy of suffering as Sudan crisis forgotten

Britain’s foreign secretary has renewed calls for an international effort to end fighting in the North African country nearly two years after civil war broke out

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025

Powell thanks Sunak for ‘big misjudgment’ on last day he could have called poll

Lucy Powell said Rishi Sunak made a ‘big misjudgment for the Tory party, but a good decision for the country’ by calling the election for July 4.

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025

Starmer set for talks with Trump as UK seeks to shore up ‘special relationship’

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he expected Sir Keir Starmer to make an early trip to Washington.

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025

Smiling Sophie: New photo of Duchess of Edinburgh as she marks 60th birthday

The duchess is set to celebrate the milestone at home with the Duke of Edinburgh on Monday at her Bagshot Park home.

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2025

Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright dies aged 95

The widow of Lord Olivier won Golden Globes for Enchanted April and Stalin.

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025

Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal ‘on the brink’ of agreement, says David Lammy

Mr Lammy said a deal to enable the ‘rebuilding of Gaza with Israel safe and secure’ will allow the region to ‘move forward in an atmosphere of peace’.

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025