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PM abandons plans to delay council elections after legal advice

Can governments ever keep up with big tech?

Investigation launched into claims Labour campaign group hired lobbyists to probe journalists

Keir’s succession: The field widens

Capitol agenda: Brace for sharper shutdown pain

Congress is just days away from a significant escalation of shutdown pain. But with President Donald Trump in Asia all...

6 ways the shutdown is about to get worse

The government shutdown gets uglier at the end of this week. With President Donald Trump traveling abroad and Congress still...

Why Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have both left the country

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Deputy PM to face Commons grilling over wrongly released migrant sex offender

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is expected to be grilled in the Commons today after an asylum seeker sex offender...

Home Office urged to ‘get a grip’ on asylum seeker accommodation amid ‘chaos’

The head of the Home Affairs Committee has urged the government to "get a grip" on the UK's asylum accommodation...

‘Mansion tax’ not part of ‘coherent strategy’, former Bank of England governor says

A former Bank of England governor has criticised potential proposals for a mansion tax, saying the government lacks a "coherent...

Justice secretary highlights Sky News reporting – as he says migrant release mistake ‘totally unacceptable’

Justice Secretary David Lammy has said an exclusive Sky News interview will be used as part of an independent inquiry...

A colossal reputational repair job is desperately needed after Kebatu debacle

Shoulders will have begun to fall in Number 10 today after the news broke that the convicted sex offender somehow...

Skepticism abounds that Election Day will be a shutdown inflection point

The government shutdown has blown through missed paychecks, mass firings and threats of delayed public benefits. It will soon be...

Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf defends MP accused of ‘racism’