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Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers to The Sandman – the seven best shows to stream this week

A documentary about the devastating events of 20 years ago will really stick in your mind, while Neil Gaiman’s fantasy series wraps up for good

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2025

OPINION - Keir Starmer's welfare vote nightmare hides a bigger problem: Britain just can't go on like this

One of the perils of being a PM is all the foreign junkets … the Nato meetings, the G7 get-togethers, the one-to-ones with Donald Trump. It’s part of the job of course, but it can present the incumbent with some awful dilemmas: which would you rather…attend a glamorous summit about…

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2025

Voices: Don’t blame Morgan McSweeney – this welfare mess is Keir Starmer’s fault

COMMENT: The prime minister will survive the rebellion over benefits cuts, because he will cave in to his MPs’ demands on welfare – but from here on, things will only get worse for him, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025

China considers lifting sanctions on UK parliamentarians as relations warm

Exclusive: Restrictions to be reviewed as embassy official says ‘UK-China relations are showing a positive momentum’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025

Voices: Rachel Reeves has bet all our money on Wes Streeting saving the NHS

With the cost of living and immigration being too severely impacted by outside factors, backing the NHS was the right choice – and delivering results on health is Labour’s best chance of winning the next election, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2025

Voices: Starmer and Reeves are back from the brink – here’s what they must do next

INSIDE WESTMINSTER: After a spending review that came as a relief to many Labour backbenchers, the government must now start making the case for the ‘inevitable’ tax rises in the autumn that will be needed to deliver better public services, says Andrew Grice

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2025

Global experts met in East London to try and fix the mental health crisis — their solutions will surprise you

At South by Southwest London the big ideas, says Claudia Cockerell, were about curing the planet’s minds

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025

Voices: Look away, Sir Keir! Labour’s bible has given its verdict on you

COMMENT: The New Statesman’s new editor is a critical friend of the prime minister – very critical, as it turns out, writes John Rentoul (a former deputy editor of the magazine)

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025

Cherie Blair says Barbara Taylor Bradford was ‘inspiration to me and millions’

The author died at the age of 91 on November 24 last year following a short illness.

Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025

Liam Neeson remembers ‘brilliant’ Barbara Taylor Bradford in memorial message

The ‘grand dame of blockbusters’ died on November 24 last year following a short illness.

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025