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                Getty Images The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones will be tested for the...              
            
                The Irish Sea border for food and agricultural products will not be dismantled until 2027, a UK...              
            
                Getty Images Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (R) and chair Zia Yusuf following the party’s new policy...              
            
                Conservative MP George Freeman has been told he will not face a parliamentary standards investigation for lobbying....              
            
                Joe Pike Political correspondent Getty Images In politics the summer holidays offer a major opportunity for opposition...              
            
                Leila Nathoo, political correspondent & Daniel Kraemer File on 4 Investigates PA Media Jess Phillips said authorities...              
            
                Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has described illegal immigration as a “scourge” which is affecting the country...              
            
                Paul Lynch BBC Shared Data Unit Alex Forsyth Political correspondent Getty Images Croydon, south London, where the...              
            
                Iain Watson Political Correspondent, BBC News PA Media Border Force officers processing the first small boat migrants...              
            
                Getty Images/THE THIN BLUE PAW Jeremy Clarkson and police dogs have featured among the petitions on the...              
            
                People convicted of crimes in England and Wales could find themselves barred from going to pubs, concerts...              
            
                Reform UK is pledging mass deportations of asylum seekers who arrive in the UK in small boats....              
            
                Jo Holland A political divide appears to be opening up between young women and young men –...              
            
                Eleanor Lawson BBC News, West Midlands University of Wolverhampton Lord Swraj Paul was the first person of...              
            
                Former Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP, the Rev Martin Smyth, has died at the age of 94....              
            
                Reform UK has added six new members to the party’s decision-making board, including Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Dame...              
            
                111,000 people wanted the right to stay in the UK in the year to June Source link              
            
                Conservative leader encourages Tory-led councils to consider launching legal challenges Source link              
            
                The government is seeking to appeal the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the...              
            
                BBC The government is targeting people who continue to claim child benefit after leaving the UK, in...              
            
                Glenn Campbell BBC Scotland political editor PA Media Jeremy Balfour has been MSP for Lothian since 2016...              
            
                Leila Nathoo Political correspondent Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images The government is planning a crackdown on...              
            
                Rob England and Tom Edgington BBC Verify Getty Images The prime minister has made tackling illegal immigration...              
            
                Dame Annette Brooke, who became the longest-serving female Liberal Democrat MP, has died aged 78. Dame Annette...              
            
                NurPhoto via Getty Images Newly released Home Office data paints a mixed picture of how the government’s...              
            
                Getty A record 111,000 asylum applications were made to the UK during the year to June, but...              
            
                Oscar Bentley & Kate Whannel Political reporter Getty Images Protesters calling for the closure of The Bell...              
            
                Laura Hammond BBC News, East Midlands BBC Reform UK swept away the Tories’ majority on the council...              
            
                Labour has lost almost 200,000 members in the past five years, according to the party’s latest annual...              
            
                Getty Images New Home Office data shows the number of visas issued to people who want to...              
            
                Danny Fullbrook & Louise Parry BBC News, Buckinghamshire Greystoke The plans for the landfill site in Iver...              
            
                A woman who was jailed for stirring up racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport attack...              
            
                Eleanor Lawson & Will Jefford BBC News, West Midlands Bob Jefford St George flags have appeared in...              
            
                Billy Kember Politics investigations correspondent Phil Kemp Political reporter MOD/Crown Copyright/2021 The Ministry of Defence has admitted...              
            
                Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is encouraging Tory-controlled councils to consider launching legal challenges against the use of...              
            
                Jacob Morris Newyddion S4C UK Parliament Former Conservative MP Sarah Atherton says she “still has a lot...              
            
                Getty Images A string of protests took place outside The Bell Hotel in Epping over the summer,...              
            
                Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged over possession of indecent images. The 52-year-old,...              
            
                Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images Asylum seekers moved out of a hotel in Epping should not...              
            
                The UK has signed a new deal with Iraq aimed at speeding up the return of migrants...              
            
                Councils across England are poised to take legal action to remove asylum seekers from hotels in their...              
            
                Iain Watson Political correspondent Getty Images A protest outside the Bell Hotel in Epping that took place...              
            
                Tom Edwards Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester BBC Several mini roundabouts have been covered with paint in...              
            
                BBC Jarrow and Gateshead East MP Kate Osborne is under investigation for allegedly breaching spending rules A...              
            
                The deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council has been removed from the role after three months in...              
            
                A council has won its High Court bid to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at...              
            
                Jacob Panons BBC News, South East National Highways The tunnels will be located to the east of...              
            
                The deputy leader of Worcestershire County Council has resigned, three months into the role. David Taylor, from...              
            
                Joe Pike Political correspondent EPA Sir Keir Starmer has called US President Donald Trump’s commitment to security...              
            
                The Green Party is on the brink of choosing its new leader. Source link              
            
                Charlotte Sexton BBC Newsnight Getty Images The government needs to stop children using virtual private networks (VPNs)...              
            
                Jeremy Corbyn “capitulated” over the definition of antisemitism while leader of the Labour party, fellow MP Zarah...              
            
                Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent Reuters The prime minister previously said the UK will recognise...              
            
                In all of Sir Keir Starmer’s interventions on a possible Ukrainian peace process, there seems to be...              
            
                The Irish War of Independence reaches its bloody climax. Source link              
            
                Simon Jones & Ruth Comerford BBC News Getty Images More than 2,500 migrants have crossed the Channel...              
            
                A group of between 30 and 50 critically ill and injured Palestinian children will be evacuated from...              
            
                Iain Watson Political correspondent House of Commons Afzal Khan, the UK’s trade envoy to Turkey, has resigned...              
            
                Helen Catt Political correspondent BBC Warning: This article contains strong language The video opens with some white...              
            
                Thousands of Afghans brought to safety in the UK have had their personal data exposed, after a...              
            
                Charity boss and theologian Krish Kandiah has offered what he called an “olive branch” to Robert Jenrick...              
            
                Getty Images From a “tough” childhood, to jokes shared with famous faces, Sir Chris Bryant MP details...              
            
                Preparations are under way in Alaska, for a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Source link              
            
                UK PM says there is a ‘viable chance’ of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine Source link              
            
                UK PM says there is a ‘viable chance’ of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine Source link              
            
                The Liberal Democrats have called for a review of the terrorism law used to arrest hundreds of...              
            
                Getty Images Harry Potter author JK Rowling has posted a review of Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir JK Rowling...              
            
                Aimee Dexter BBC News, Essex Dominic Casciani BBC Home and Legal Correspondent BBC A High Court judge...              
            
                Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands BBC Birmingham City Council said “unauthorised items” being hung on street...              
            
                Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is to have the Labour party whip returned next month, the BBC has...              
            
                A Labour councillor who called for far-right protesters’ throats to be cut at an anti-racism rally has...              
            
                The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “could be the first step”...              
            
                Joe McFadden and Josh Elgin Getty Images The government is partnering with TikTok influencers to warn people...              
            
                Hull and East Yorkshire mayor Luke Campbell says he has “no regrets” about taking on the position....              
            
                Paul McLaren BBC Scotland News Reuters Vance arrived at Turnberry just weeks after President Trump also played...              
            
                Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called on the prime minister to allow him to appoint peers...              
            
                More than 11,000 households in England have had their homes repossessed by bailiffs following a no-fault eviction...              
            
                A Labour councillor who called for far-right protesters’ throats to be cut acted “completely out of character”...              
            
                Reuters Liam Shaw is subject to a restraining order for two years which states he must have...              
            
                Simon Dedman BBC political reporter, Essex PA Media James McMurdock quit Reform UK last month, and now...              
            
                EPA US Vice-President JD Vance has arrived in Scotland during his visit to the UK. Vance is...              
            
                Simon Finlay Local Democracy Reporting Service LDRS Kent County Council said that “difficult money-saving decisions will be...              
            
                Reuters The pictures from last week’s sit-in protest in Parliament Square over the banned group Palestine Action...              
            
                There is a “viable chance” of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer...              
            
                As crossing hit 50,000 under labour, BBC Verify’s Ben Chu looks at the data behind small boat...              
            
                PA Media The trial of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over corruption allegations has formally begun in Bangladesh....              
            
                Sima Kotecha Senior UK correspondent Getty Images Some police officers told the BBC sharing suspect’s ethnicity risked...              
            
                Foreign Secretary David Lammy has admitted he did not have a rod licence to go fishing with...              
            
                Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has said he was pelted with bottles and had a knife pulled...              
            
                Getty Images George Reid was presiding officer from 2003 to 2007 Former Scottish Parliament presiding officer Sir...              
            
                Welsh Labour politician Hefin David has died suddenly, aged 47. Mr David had been Member of the...              
            
                Kate Whannel Political reporter Anadolu via Getty Images A report produced by the Trump administration says the...              
            
                Police will be encouraged to disclose the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high-profile and sensitive...              
            
                The Trump administration has significantly rewritten and downscaled the US government’s annual report on global human rights...              
            
                The much anticipated book by Scotland’s former first minister is now on sale. Source link              
            
                Peter Walker BBC News, Essex PA Media Several people have been arrested and charged over disorder during...              
            
                US Vice-President JD Vance is meeting Conservative shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick at the house where he...              
            
                The number of migrants to cross the English Channel in small boats since Labour came to power...              
            
                BBC Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir Frankly is now on sale, slightly earlier than expected after newspaper serialisations and...              
            
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
         
         
        