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All the latest news and updates from the British Government, which is based at 10 Downing Street, covering everything from budget statements, to PMQ's and election updates, The current leader of His Majesty's Government is Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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Channel: Politics Politics January 14, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Emma Harris with renting graphic.

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Channel: UK UK January 10, 2025 By Jasper King

Elon Musk 'investigating how to get Keir Starmer ditched as PM'

Channel: Politics Politics January 9, 2025 By Craig Munro
File photo dated 06/02/24 of former prime minister Liz Truss during the launch of the Popular Conservatism movement at the Emmanuel Centre in central London, in a bid to rally right-wing Tory MPs ahead of a general election this year. The Budget Responsibility Bill, announced in the King's Speech, is designed to avoid a repeat of Liz Truss's 2022 mini-budget which spooked investors and sparked a run on the pound. Issue date: Thursday July 18, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS OBR. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Liz Truss calls in lawyers to stop Keir Starmer saying she crashed the economy

Channel: Politics Politics January 12, 2025 By Craig Munro

Brazilian DJ at heart of Labour TikTok row responds after explicit video deleted

Channel: Politics Politics January 8, 2025 By Craig Munro

Starmer spends £80,000 making Downing Street look a little less Tory

Channel: Politics Politics January 7, 2025 By Craig Munro
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Labour deletes video after nobody checked lyrics of highly offensive Portuguese song

Channel: Politics Politics January 8, 2025 By Craig Munro
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Creators of sexually explicit deepfakes face prison under new crackdown

Channel: Politics Politics January 7, 2025 By Craig Munro
A train, vapes, pizza, and fish and chips.

Here are the biggest changes that will come into effect for the UK in 2025

Channel: Politics Politics January 1, 2025 By Craig Munro
Ed Miliband on his ambitious climate plans, jokes about his dad - and the potential return of the Milifandom

Ed Miliband on his climate ambitions and the potential return of the Milifandom

Channel: Politics Politics January 1, 2025 By Craig Munro
Grabs: Drill rapper 'Young Dizz' releases music video goading Keir Starmer after being released from jail early for kidnapping and torturing teenage boy. Credit: Mixtape Madness UNCLEARED

Gang member freed early by Labour brags of 'raising the crime rate' in new rap

Channel: UK UK December 28, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - JULY 12: A female Orange lodge member waves as she takes part in the parade on July 12, 2023 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The marches celebrate the victory of the protestant King William of Orange over the catholic King James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

What are the Orange marches Queen Elizabeth referred to as 'silly business'?

Channel: UK UK December 27, 2024 By Gethin Hicks
EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY DECEMBER 27 Undated handout photo issued by the Royal Mint of five new coin designs commemorating upcoming national milestones and anniversaries in 2025. The coins, (left to right) Stories of the Second World War 50p Coin, 350th Anniversary of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich ?2 Coin, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ?5 Coin, 200 Years of the Modern Railway ?2 Coin and Red Arrows 50p Coin, will be available in a range of precious metal and base proof finishes. Issue date: Friday December 27, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story MONEY Coins. Photo credit should read: The Royal Mint/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Royal Mint unveils five new special coins for 2025

Channel: UK UK December 27, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
HSINCHU, TAIWAN - DECEMBER 20: An excavator operates on a pile of trash at Xinfeng landfill site on December 20, 2024 in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Taiwan is grappling with a significant waste management crisis, highlighted by the alarming increase in garbage accumulation despite decades of environmental policies aimed at waste reduction. According to Greenpeace, over 100 temporary waste storage sites have emerged since 2018, transforming into "garbage mountains" that pose serious public health risks, particularly near schools and water sources13. The volume of household waste processed has also surged, with Taiwan's recycling rates stagnating and the proportion of plastic waste in household trash rising from 17% in 2018 to 28% in 2022. To address waste disposal issues, the Ministry of Environment has been actively promoting various measures, including continuous efforts to reduce waste at the source, assistance to local governments in increasing waste processing capacity, and coordination with other government agencies to establish more facilities for industrial waste processing. Taiwan's waste incineration facilities process 6.5 million metric tons a year, with household waste making up 4.7 million metric tons and industrial waste 1.8 million metric tons. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)

Food bills about to get a lot more expensive with new 'plastic tax'

Channel: UK UK December 23, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Thames Water protest.

Water bills to increase by 36% in the next five years, regulator Ofwat reveals

Channel: UK UK December 19, 2024 By Gergana Krasteva
Sign for the brand and budget shoe shop Shoezone which currently is closed a refit on 27th November 2023 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Much loved shoe store with 297 shops reveals reason why some are closing down

Channel: UK UK December 18, 2024 By Gethin Hicks
Thames Water protest - Londoners could end up paying ?250 more a year EPA/Shutterstock

Protesters label Thames Water a ‘disgrace’ over £3,000,000,000 bailout

Channel: UK UK December 17, 2024 By Jasper King

Box of books 'Chinese spy' threw away add more mystery to Prince Andrew links

Channel: UK UK December 17, 2024 By John Dunne
Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky poses during a photo session on January 22, 2020, in Paris. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

How did Royal Mail's new billionaire owner make his fortune?

Channel: UK UK December 20, 2024 By Katie Boyden
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner during a visit to a construction site in Cambridge.

Map of green belt under threat over Labour's 1,500,000 homes housing target

Channel: UK UK December 13, 2024 By Jasper King

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