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| 10.05.2025 | A New Chapter in UK-US Trade: Starmer's Historic Deal | In a world where trade agreements often feel like mirages, the recent deal between the UK and the US stands out like a lighthouse in a storm. Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister, has secured a significant agreement with the US, marking a pi... |
| 08.05.2025 | Trump poised to announce US trade deal with UK | President Trump will announce a US-UK trade deal today, according to a New York Times report which has since been backed up by Sky News.
In a post on X, Sky News’ Sam Coates said that the claims are “substantive”, and that the announcement ... |
| 08.05.2025 | Keir Starmer strikes ‘historic’ deal with US in bid to swerve tariffs | Keir Starmer has unveiled a new deal between the US and the UK, making Britain America’s first major trading partner to partially swerve the looming threat of tariffs.
US president Donald Trump last month unveiled sweeping tariffs on major ... |
| 03.05.2025 | The Shifting Sands of Public Trust: Russell Brand and the Political Landscape | In the heart of the storm, two narratives unfold. One is the tale of Russell Brand, a man once adored, now facing serious allegations. The other is the shifting political landscape of the UK, where parties scramble for relevance. Both stori... |
| 03.05.2025 | The Rise of Reform UK: A Political Earthquake in England | The political landscape in England is shifting. Reform UK has emerged from the shadows, shaking the foundations of traditional party politics. The recent local elections were a wake-up call. Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch now find thems... |
| 03.05.2025 | Reform’s local election sweep puts Starmer and Badenoch in hot seat | Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face pressure to reverse their parties’ fortunes after the local elections saw Reform UK make major gains across England.
Nigel Farage hailed the results as “the end of two-party politics” and “the death o... |
| 30.04.2025 | Local elections 2025: Final polls show fractured public opinion | Thursday is the first major electoral test of a new political reality, with Reform UK looking to surge and the Conservatives facing crushing losses.
These councils, last contested at the height of Boris Johnson’s post-Covid vaccine powers i... |
| 28.04.2025 | Parliamentary debates must stop being dictated by MPs’ train times | When important parliamentary debates are being rushed on account of MPs’ home times, something needs to change, writes Omar Salem
“I’m afraid I’m being urged to wrap up”. Those were the words of City minister Emma Reynolds MP when leading a... |
| 23.04.2025 | The Crucible of Local Governance: Lessons from Birmingham and Beyond | Local elections are a mirror reflecting the state of democracy. They reveal the pulse of a community, the hopes of its citizens, and the efficacy of its leaders. As local elections loom across England, the case of Birmingham stands as a sta... |
| 23.04.2025 | Bankrupt, rat-infested Birmingham shows why local government matters | With local elections across much of England, it’s time we took regional accountability much more seriously, says Simon Clarke
Next Thursday, there are local elections across much of England. For many people, these events will pass them by e... |
| 23.04.2025 | Kemi Badenoch ‘agrees with Jenrick’ on bringing centre-right voters together | Kemi Badenoch agrees with Robert Jenrick that “we need to bring centre-right voters together”, her official spokesman had said.
The Tory leader had been facing calls from opposition to sack her shadow justice secretary after he vowed to bri... |
| 17.04.2025 | UK-US trade deal could be agreed within weeks, as MPs call for vote | A trade deal between the UK and the US could reportedly be agreed within weeks, as senior MPs have called for Parliament to have a vote on any such agreement.
According to a report in the Telegraph, White House officials believe a deal with... |
| 12.04.2025 | MPs approve bid to take control of Scunthorpe steelworks | MPs have approved plans to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe blast furnaces after an extraordinary sitting of the Commons on Saturday.
Emergency legislation giving the government the power to instruct British Steel to keep the plant open pass... |
| 08.04.2025 | The Tariff Tangle: UK at a Crossroads | The world of trade is a chessboard, and the UK finds itself in a precarious position. With the recent tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, the stakes have never been higher. The chief investment officer of Amundi, a leading asset ma... |
| 07.04.2025 | Seven in 10 UK voters worried about impact of Trump‘s tariffs, polling finds | Seven in 10 UK voters are worried about the impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the British economy, a new poll has revealed.
Some 69 per cent of those surveyed say they are very or somewhat worried about Trump’s new global imp... |
| 07.04.2025 | Rachel Reeves approval rating one point above Trump with UK voters, poll finds | Rachel Reeves’ approval ratings have slumped since March leaving her just one point more popular than US President Donald Trump with UK voters, a poll has found.
The Chancellor’s net approval ratings have declined by 12 points since deliver... |
| 04.04.2025 | Navigating the Storm: The UK’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs | The air is thick with tension. President Trump has unleashed a wave of tariffs, sending ripples through the global economy. The UK finds itself at a crossroads, balancing the need for a strategic response with the desire to maintain strong ... |
| 02.04.2025 | Rachel Reeves: UK will not ‘rush into action’ after Trump’s tariffs speech | Chancellor Rachel Reeves has indicated that the UK is unlikely to respond quickly to President Trump should he impose damaging tariffs on goods coming from Britain.
In a hearing at the Treasury Committee on Wednesday, Reeves said the UK wou... |
| 27.03.2025 | US tariffs: Trade secretary won’t rule out cuts to digital services tax | Jonathan Reynolds has refused to rule out cutting the digital services tax on major tech firms, amid the prospect of looming US trade tariffs.
The business and trade secretary insisted the UK government was “committed to ensuring tech compa... |
| 25.03.2025 | Who’s afraid of the Liberal Democrats? | With Labour sinking in the polls, there’s an increasing likelihood that whoever forms the next government will need the Liberal Democrats’ help to do it. So what kind of impact might the Lib Dems have on national politics? If a visit to the... |
| 22.03.2025 | The Battle for the Future: Defence Spending and Political Survival | In the realm of politics, the stakes are high. The battle for public support is fierce. The upcoming local elections in May 2025 present a critical juncture for the Conservative Party. They are grappling with a challenging landscape. Voter ... |
| 20.03.2025 | Politics ‘not show business’, Badenoch warns at Tory local elections launch | The Conservatives are facing an “extremely difficult” challenge in May’s local elections, Kemi Badenoch warned as she launched the party’s campaign to win town halls.
The Tory leader was also defiant about the threat her party faces from Ni... |
| 19.03.2025 | Kemi Badenoch's Bold Stance: Rethinking Net Zero and Energy Policy | Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative Party, is shaking the foundations of climate policy in the UK. With a bold declaration that achieving net zero emissions by 2050 is “impossible,” she is steering her party toward a new path. Thi... |
| 18.03.2025 | Kemi Badenoch: Tories to look at ‘achievable solutions’ for clean energy | Kemi Badenoch has said net zero is “impossible” for Britain to achieve by 2050 and that her party will look at “achievable solutions”.
The Conservative Party leader outlined her plans for the Tories to renew their policy programme at a spee... |
| 17.03.2025 | Reform UK pledge to stand candidates at all council elections in May | Reform UK has promised to stand candidates in all the council elections in May.
Chairman Zia Yusuf has pledged the party will stand candidates in all council seats at the local elections on May 1.
Speaking at a press conference in central L... |
| 15.03.2025 | Ukraine peacekeeping plans entering ‘operational phase’, Starmer says | Planning for a peacekeeping force for Ukraine will move to an “operational phase”, the Prime Minister has said after a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” on Saturday.
Sir Keir Starmer said military chiefs would meet in London on Thur... |
| 13.03.2025 | The Battle for Britain: Economy and Healthcare in the Crosshairs | The political landscape in the UK is a battlefield. The economy is a wounded soldier, and healthcare is a ship lost at sea. In recent weeks, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has found himself at the center of a storm, facing fierce criticism... |
| 13.03.2025 | Keir Starmer to scrap NHS England | Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to abolish NHS England and bring the health service under government control.
Giving a speech on his plans for civil service reform today, the Prime Minister has confirmed he will scrap the “arms-length ... |
| 25.02.2025 | UK to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer says 2 days before Trump meeting | Starmer told lawmakers that the increase amounts to an additional 13.4 billion pounds ($17 billion) a year. He said the goal is for defense spending to rise to 3% of GDP by 2035.
To pay for it, overseas development aid will be slashed from ... |
| 05.02.2025 | Labour’s waning brand is a boost for the Lib Dems, not the Tories | - |
| 04.02.2025 | Labour optimism evaporates after bruising seven months | - |
| 22.08.2024 | Report: UK Political Donation Sites Pose Major Cybersecurity Risk | Donation sites used by the seven major UK political parties during the recent 2024 elections lacked key critical security measures, a review has found.
Donors looking to help fund political parties often provide personal and financial infor... |
| 10.07.2024 | Labour has secured a resounding win – now the real challenges start | - |
| 10.07.2024 | The Tories must get good at opposition – and fast | - |
| 05.07.2024 | What next for the Conservatives? | - |
| 05.07.2024 | Morning Bid: Labor in focus - US jobs, new UK government | U.S. MarketsMorning Bid: Labor in focus - US jobs, new UK government
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| 04.07.2024 | UK general election: A guide | LONDON: British voters go to the polls on Thursday (Jul 4) in a general election that is widely expected to hand power to Keir Starmer's Labour Party and end 14 years of Conservative rule.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the Jul 4 electio... |
| 04.07.2024 | Labour tipped to oust Tories as campaigning ends in UK election | LONDON: Britain's political leaders made a frantic push for votes late Wednesday (Jul 3) in the last hours of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insist... |
| 02.07.2024 | UK election: Environmental issues taking a backseat on campaign trail, say activists | Listen to this article
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| 09.06.2024 | Election 2024: Labour, Tories and Lib Dems to launch manifestos this week | - |
| 29.05.2024 | What's at stake in the European Parliament election due next month | - |
| 24.05.2024 | Poll: voters think things will get worse under Labour | - |
| 14.05.2024 | Industry Stakeholders Believe a UK Election Won't Derail Crypto Plans | The Labour Party is a favorite to win the U.K.'s upcoming general election.
Regardless of who is elected, crypto policy should still continue developing as it has been, said Adam Jackson, director of policy at Innovate Finance.
A U.K. elect... |
| 04.05.2024 | London mayoral election: What was the turnout as counting gets underway | Londoners cast their ballots on Thursday in the mayoral election as Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall competed to become the city’s mayor for the next four years.
Yesterday ballots were verified, which means checking that all ballots are accounted ... |
| 03.04.2024 | Labour would win 154-seat majority if election held tomorrow, pollsters find | Rishi Sunak is on course to suffer a general election defeat similar to the Conservatives’ 1997 blowout, while Labour would win a landslide, pollsters have found.
The latest YouGov polling has found Labour would win 403 seats from across th... |
| 24.03.2024 | Met Police ‘Rich List’: Force spent £35m paying top cops on over £100,000 | The Metropolitan Police spent £35m last year paying top cops salaries of above £100,000, accounts reveal.
Over 290 top officers and staff were paid more than £100,000, with the highest pay of £313,366, including benefits and pensions, going... |
| 21.03.2024 | “Fundamentally unfair”: The BBC Licence Fee prosecutions hitting the vulnerable hardest | A controversial fast-track prosecution for those not paying their BBC TV Licence was supposed to speed up justice. But more evidence is emerging that vulnerable people are being failed by the system.
“This is tick-box justice and we should ... |
| 18.03.2024 | The best way to bring house prices down is to get building | Crash? What crash? A much-feared slowdown in house prices – due to hit last year – appears to have been more of a speed bump than a full snarl-up, with all the indicators now pointing green once again.
That is of course good news for homeow... |
| 11.03.2024 | Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad's London Manifesto: A strong condemnation of UN Security Council's veto abuse | In London, spiritual leader Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad emphasized the essence of world peace at the historic peace symposium. He was strongly critical of the abuse of the veto within the UN Security Council.
Idrees Ahmad, Sharif Ahma... |
| 20.07.2021 | Invasive Council Algorithms “Discriminating Against Britain’s Poor” | Research published by Big Brother Watch shows that councils across Britain are conducting mass profiling of welfare and social care recipients to “predict” certain behaviours.
According to the privacy rights group, the profiling aims to pre... |
| 24.05.2021 | London-based bite-sized knowledge platform Uptime raises an additional $3 million in seed round extension, Huda Kattan and Chad Hurley on board | London’s 5-minute knowledge hacking app Uptime has raised an additional $3 million in an extension to their seed round. This now brings the company’s raise to a total of $19 million, just three months after officially launching. Notable inv... |
| 26.06.2020 | Privacy Rights Group Raises Concerns over Political Profiling Methods | UK political parties are attempting to profile millions of voters based on a range of factors, including income, religion and political views, according to a report published this week.
Published by Open Rights Group (ORG), the ‘Who do they... |
| 21.10.2019 | BBC, Guardian and Independent winning lion’s share of Brexit visibility in search | The Sun newspaper website has the largest market share on Google for keywords related to “no deal Brexit” finds Searchmetrics study
LibDems are the most visible party website on Google for Brexit-related searches
Brexit: Which web domains a... |
| 29.03.2018 | Trust Us, We’re Politicians! MPs Seek Exemption From Data Protection Laws | The Cambridge Analytica affair has raised serious questions about the way in which our data is passed between big business and government; yet despite this, Westminster parties are set to delve deeper into our personal lives.
One may ask ‘w... |
| 30.11.2017 | Summary: United Kingdom Data Protection Bill | In its 2017 manifesto, the U.K. Conservative and Unionist Party committed itself to “enshrining [the U.K.’s] global leadership in the ethical and proportionate regulation of data” with a new data protection law that codifies “the very best ... |
| 12.10.2017 | Tech Firms Fight Extremism with $100,000,000 Funding | Tech companies including social media monoliths Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft are investing vast amounts of money to combat extremism on their platforms. According to Sky News, the money, aimed at combatting terrorist propaganda t... |
| 30.08.2016 | Jeremy Corbyn vows to bring in “digital citizen passport” if elected PM | Enlarge
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| 01.05.2015 | The UK's Next Leader Is Going to Face Some Serious Questions on Nukes | Nuclear disarmament is once again back on the agenda as officials from around the world will gather over the next few weeks at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to review the progress of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nucl... |
| 27.03.2015 | TV debates: Clegg and Farage will have to work hardest to win trust | Psychometric profile reveals expected performance of major party candidates
London, UK, 27 March 2015: Clegg and Farage are likely to come across as the least trustworthy in the upcoming TV debates, according to a psychometric and qualitati... |
| 23.11.2014 | UK Government Pushes IP-Matching In Latest Digital Counter-Terror Measure | ISPs and mobile operators will be forced to retain information linking IP addresses to individuals for 12 months under U.K. government counter-terrorism plans expected to be detailed next week.
The IP-matching measure will be included in th... |
| 16.09.2013 | Victory for Clegg on economics as left-leaning Lib Dems fail to scupper motion | |
| 05.12.2012 | £600m investment in science will drive growth - Huppert | £600m investment in science will drive growth - Huppert
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A £600 million investment in scientific research announced by the Chancellor today (Wednesday) “will help drive economic growth and innovation”, said MP Julian Huppert
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| 21.09.2011 | Lib Dems Support Repeal of Digital Economy Act | As reported a month ago, a proposal condemning the Digital Economy Act (DEA) was indeed brought before the Liberal Democrats’ Autumn Conference this week.
The Liberal Democrats – the junior coalition member of the UK Government – were oppos... |
| 26.08.2011 | Lib Dems to Vote on Piracy Act Repeal | The UK Liberal Democrat Party – one of the two parties making the coalition government – will vote on several measures during its convention to bolster the economy, and create ‘a level playing field for business’. First item on the list? Re... |
| 29.03.2010 | As Channel 4's live TV debate will prove: In Vince Cable We Trust | As the candidates for the UK’s next chancellor of the exchequer go head-to-head live on Channel 4 tonight, the grassroots InVinceCable We Trust campaign will gather more pace as Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable challenges the... |
| - | London-based bite-sized knowledge platform Uptime raises an additional $3 million in seed round extension, Huda Kattan and Chad Hurley on board | London’s 5-minute knowledge hacking app Uptime has raised an additional $3 million in an extension to their seed round. This now brings the company’s raise to a total of $19 million, just three months after officially launching. Notable inv... |
