More than 100 Labour MPs call on PM to stop assisted dying bill being blocked
Letter sent to Starmer claims ‘small number of peers have been using procedural tactics’ to stymie its progressMore than 100 …
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High levels of debt on essential UK bills are the ‘new normal’, warn campaigners
Average arrears for housing, utilities and council tax for low-income households all rose last yearHigh levels of debt on essential …
Fewer Britons giving to charity, study says, with donations down by £1.4bn
Charities Aid Foundation says giving no longer a ‘deeply embedded cultural norm’ amid rising cost of livingBritain is rapidly losing …
UK plans to send minesweeping drones to help reopen strait of Hormuz
Government reluctant to dispatch ships amid concerns complying with Trump’s demands could escalate Iran crisisMinisters are drawing up plans to …
Row over university fees shows UK’s ‘reset’ with EU may not be so simple
Ministers go to Brussels for talks amid tuition fees standoff, almost 10 years after Britons voted to leave EUThis week …
Row over tuition fees cut for European students threatens Starmer’s EU reset
British negotiators ‘blindsided’ by Brussels’ demand for a reduction that could cost universities £140m a yearBritain is in a standoff …
Stout clobber? Guinness tie
Brand enlists JW Anderson to help brew up 17-piece range of luxury fashionwear, from ‘beer towel’ shorts to branded trousers …
Reading videos go viral
Advisers say to ‘assume the cameras are always rolling’ as exchanges can be decoded in seconds and posted onlineRoyals and …
From Park Lane to Palm Beach: London club owner eyes Florida rival to Trump’s Mar-a
Exclusive: Robin Birley closes in on Sunshine State venue as wealthy Britons flock to area around Donald TrumpA London private …
Hunting drones to help open strait of Hormuz, says Miliband
Energy secretary says government looking at ‘any options’ to get crucial shipping lanes reopenedMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is …
London’s Burning actor John Alford, 54, dies in prison
Alford, who also appeared in Grange Hill, was jailed for eight and a half years in January for sexually assaulting …
‘My dear son’: the Ukrainian soldier who came back from the dead
In 2023, what were thought to be Nazar Daletskyi’s remains were buried in his home village and his mother, Nataliia, …
UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say
Lib Dem leader will tell spring conference Britain can no longer rely on US while Donald Trump is presidentBritain should …
Murder arrest after 18-day
Met police says woman, 43, was detained after newborn girl in Westminster taken to hospital and pronounced deadA woman has …
UK faces ‘seismic moment’ as nationalists target election wins, says John Swinney
SNP leader hails prospect of success for parties in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland that want to break up unionThe …
Reform UK government would replace top civil servants with those ‘more likely to implement party’s priorities’
Exclusive: Senior party figures conclude outsiders or existing senior staff deemed more suitable should take over from current permanent secretariesA …
Turn will let some dual nationals use EU passport to enter UK
EU citizens with post-Brexit settlement status in UK will not have to present British passport to airlinesBritish dual nationals who …
Phil Woolas, former Labour MP and minister, dies of brain cancer aged 66
Former Oldham East and Saddleworth MP remained in Westminster for New Labour’s entire 13 years in powerFormer Labour MP and …
Global food supplies could be badly hit if Iran war drags on, says fertiliser boss
Yara’s Svein Tore Holsether says it would be ‘catastrophic’ if the strait of Hormuz was closed for a year The …
War prompts Europeans to switch holidays away from eastern Mediterranean
Summer holidaymakers opting for ‘more familiar, easy-to-reach locations’ as travel industry counts cost of Middle East conflictHolidaymakers who had planned …