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The Tories will tell the British people the truth “even when it’s difficult to hear”, Kemi Badenoch will pledge in a major speech focused on regaining voters’ trust. The Conservative leader is also expected to criticise the Labour Party for having announced “mad and bad ideas on snatching winter fuel and taxing family farms”, which Mrs Badenoch insists the Tories rejected “time and time again” in government. In her first […]

The UK must offer the “olive branch” of a trade deal to Donald Trump’s incoming US government, while forging closer links with the EU to bolster itself against the threat of American tariffs, an influential think tank has said. Ministers must show they are open to a free trade agreement with the US under President Trump, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said in a report examining the Government’s […]

The Prime Minister is visiting Ukraine for the first time since entering No 10 Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been a “monumental strategic failure”, Sir Keir Starmer said as he travelled to the country to sign a new long-term partnership deal with Volodymyr Zelensky. The 100 Year Partnership includes defence and scientific collaboration but will also forge new community links between the UK and Ukraine. The agreement will bolster […]

That's according to the Consumer Group, Which? The City regulator is being urged by Which? to crack down on some practices by insurers. The consumer group raised concerns that some firms could be failing to meet their obligations under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s Consumer Duty, which requires firms to focus on customer outcomes by putting themselves in customers’ shoes and pro-actively take action. It said the impact of poor […]

Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal as “long-overdue news” and paid tribute to “the British people who were murdered by Hamas. The UK Prime Minister said Britain would join its allies in continuing work to “break the cycle of violence and secure long-term peace in the Middle East.” After weeks of painstaking negotiations in Qatar, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, multiple officials […]

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says ceasefire deal with Hamas has still not been reached and that the final details were still being sorted out. The announcement comes after multiple mediators had said Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza and the release dozens of hostages after more than 15 months of war. In the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis large crowds of joyful Palestinians have […]

Singer Linda Nolan died “peacefully” and “with her loving siblings by her bedside, ensuring she was embraced with love and comfort during her final moments”, her manager said. The Irish star, 65, was part of the family group The Nolans, which also included her sisters Coleen, Maureen, Bernie, Denise and Anne. She died in hospital in Blackpool surrounded by family, having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, given the […]

Conclave, starring British actor Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, leads the Bafta film awards nominations with 12 nods. The film’s star Fiennes is nominated in the leading actor category, where he will go head to head with Adrien Brody for immigrant tale The Brutalist, Timothee Chalamet for Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and Colman Domingo for Sing Sing, about prisoners becoming part […]

They will host Match Of The Day after Gary Lineker leaves at the end of the season. The confirmation follows speculation about the presenting line-up of the BBC’s flagship football show following news last year that Lineker would step back from the role. The former England striker has presented the show since 1999. Logan said: “It’s always a real moment (sitting in the chair) because it has such history. It’s […]