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Kemi Badenoch goes in on winter fuel allowance, saying that the cuts hit the poorest and most vulnerable. She asks: 'Will he at least listen to his own party and change course' Keir Starmer doesn't reply directly, instead pointing to Tory's record in office. 'No one on this side

It's been one hell of a journey Back August 2024 my colleague @oliver_wright first revealed that ministers were prepared to enter into a youth mobility scheme with the EU Number 10 denied it on the record. Sir Keir Starmer denied it repeatedly on the record. But we kept hearing https://t.co/GLDP4MZEHD

Exclusive : Universities will be “named and shamed” if they give vice-chancellors bumper pay packages while delivering poor outcomes for students Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is planning to publish league tables detailing pay at universities where significant

Exclusive from @matt_dathan The Home Office will restrict work and study visa applications from nationalities including Pakistanis, Nigerians and Sri Lankans who are most likely to overstay and claim asylum Visas will be rejected for individuals who are expected to claim

Breaking: Reform has its first council Staffordshire County Council has turned from blue to turquoise after Reform made huge inroads The council has been Tory since 2009, and previously had no Reform councillors Big moment

Reform's success is 'spectacular', results so far are even worse than feared for Tories and Labour's support has 'melted like the snow in April since the general election Professor John Curtice on an extraordinary night of election results https://t.co/yXmQBArEN2

Breaking: Tony Blair has clarified that he thinks the government's approach is the 'right one' after he said that current net zero policies are 'doomed to fail' and 'irrational Blair's intervention caused widespread fury in government on the eve of the local elections. Number

Tony Blair's intervention on climate change - in which he says current net zero policies are irrational and doomed to fail - is being seen as an act of aggression in government Ministers are struggling to understand why he made the intervention on the eve of the local elections.

RT @lara_spirit: EXC: Defendants accused of violent crimes and drug dealing will be among those to lose their automatic right to a jury tri…

RT @patrickkmaguire: Can attest from personal experience that this is a potentially life-changing opportunity – and I don't just mean the e…

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Exclusive: Millions of public sector workers including teachers and nurses should be given pay rises of as much as 4%, ministers have been told The independent pay review body representing 514,000 teachers has recommended a pay rise of close to 4%, while the one for 1.38

RT @stephenkb: Excellent interview by @katyballs: https://t.co/rhQsp28HWJ

Times weekend read: * Donald Trump is increasingly seen as an unreliable ally in Downing Street. Starmer said to believe UK's overwhelming national interest lies in closer alignment with EU * New deal with EU will be unveiled on May 19 in summit at Lancaster House - will cover

Pat McFadden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, confirms that trans women will be barred from using women't toilets in Whitehall But he says there won't be 'toilet police' 'We'll all have to react to the court judgement and the guidance from the EHRC. That's the logical

Kemi Badenoch, asked by the Mail on Sunday what she should do about Nigel Farage, responds: 'What does Coca Cola do about Pepsi?' 'I just need to make sure I have the best product. 'People ask why he’s doing so well. It’s simple: he’s been at this a long time. When I was

Pat McFadden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, far more downbeat than Rachel Reeves on prospect of an economic deal with the US Reeves said last week she is confident we'll get an agreement. McFaden says it's not certain He tells @TrevorPTweets 'There's a serious level