UK ministers lobby Trump to avert backlash against social media ban
A YouTube advertisement at Westminster underground station. Elon Musk, the owner of X, has already pushed back against the UK’s…
If the UK wants to rejoin the European Union, it first needs to understand it | Timothy Garton Ash
Pro-EU campaigners outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, December 2025. ‘Labour should fight the next election without any…
Ban on Palestine Action was lawful, court of appeal rules
A man is arrested during a protest in support of Palestine Action. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA man…
Starmer confirms social media ban for under-16s, saying this is a ‘big moment for our country’ – UK politics live
Starmer confirms the ban is happening. double quotation markToday is a big moment for our country. This is a big…
‘A giant of the labour movement’: Roy Hattersley, former Labour deputy leader, dies aged 93
Roy Hattersley was made deputy leader under Neil Kinnock and was made a life peer in 1993 as Baron Hattersley…
New defence secretary to ‘reprioritise’ UK plan for military spending, say sources
Dan Jarvis (left) with Keir Starmer and the chief of defence staff, Sir Richard Knighton, at No 10. Photograph: Simon…
Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
Teenagers in the UK will soon face new restrictions on their use of apps such as X, TikTok and Instagram.…
Wes Streeting plans to increase high-skilled immigration if he becomes PM
Wes Streeting plans to increase high-skilled immigration if he becomes PM Leadership hopeful to also say tax revenues from new…
‘Labour had their chance – they flopped.’ Two days in Makerfield show me the scale of Burnham’s task | John Harris
Andy Burnham at Platt Bridge community centre in the Makerfield constituency where he is standing as the Labour candidate in…
Illegal dump becomes ‘symbol of north-south divide’ at heart of Makerfield byelection
Some residents say the illegal dump’s continued existence shows how far the north has been forgotten and left behind. Photograph:…