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'We've just been shafted' - Badenoch denounces US-UK trade deal - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Helpful palate cleanser from @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social liveblog ahead of Trump’s press conference on the US-UK tariff agreement:

Experts suggest US-UK trade deal won't be as comprehensive as Trump claims - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

NEW - UK and US sources say Trump expected to announce framework of UK trade agreement today www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Green party urges Labour to drop 'war on nature' after impact assessment suggests green rules aren't blocking development - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Scottish Tory leader says 'vote for Reform is vote for SNP', as poll suggests Reform would come 2nd in Holyrood elections, @severincarrell.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

PMQs - snap verdict - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Critics of UK-India trade deal ‘confused’, says Jonathan Reynolds, as he denies British workers being undercut - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Minister confirms government considering UK-EU youth mobility scheme - less than 2 weeks after telling MPs it wasn't - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Alexander defends UK-India deal against Tory claim it creates 'two-tier' tax advantage for UK firms employing Indian workers - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Badenoch says trade deal Labour agreed with India was one she rejected as business secretary as inadequate - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Richard Tice says it's 'silly' to suggest Reform UK would put asylum seekers in tents in Calais-type camp - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

No 10 says Starmer 'won't be blown off course' by election defeats, arguing Labour mayoral wins show 'delivery' rewarded - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

No 10 rules out reversing cuts to winter fuel payments - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Planning bill reforms will boost economy by up to £7.5bn, government impact assessment says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Tory MPs 'deluded' if they think another leadership contest a good idea, says Iain Duncan Smith - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Disability benefit cuts could hit Wales 6 times as hard in some areas as England, first minister Eluned Morgan says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

£102m GP surgery refurbishment programme in England will allow 8m more appointments per year, Streeting says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Streeting urges resident doctors to hold off on strike ballot, saying they will get 'good pay offer' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Streeting says Labour ministers know, if they don't deliver change, they will be voted out - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Wes Streeting declines to rule out winter fuel payments rethink after Labour losses in local elections - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

No 10 reviewing winter fuel payment cut after Labour slump in local elections

‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now?

Reform UK at 30% in national vote share, BBC says - with Lab 20%, LDs 17% and Tories 4th on record low at 15% - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Brexit led to rise in hospital death rates because EU nurses were replaced by less qualified staff, academic study says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

'Magic spatula of victory' - Ed Davey reveals secret of Lib Dems' campaigning success - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

'Muddled and misleading' - Blair's net zero report criticised by his government's former climate guru Lord Stern - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Unite says Labour should response to Blair's net zero concerns - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

PMQs - snap verdict - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Blair's thinktank issues statement clarifying former PM's position, and saying Labour's climate policy 'the right one' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Dale Vince accuses Blair of talking 'net zero nonsense' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Environment secretary Steve Reed plays down significance of Blair's criticism of net zero strategy - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Badenoch says Spanish power cuts probably partly caused by reliance on renewables - as No 10 says these claims 'unfounded' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Why Blair argues climate policy just based on cutting carbon emissions in short term 'doomed to fail' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Security minister Dan Jarvis urges Glastonbury to drop Kneecap from this year's festival line-up - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

MCB criticises Labour for not doing more to prevent 'slaughter' of Palestinians, highlighting contrast with Ukraine policy, @benquinn75.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Wales not on target to meet health, climate and nature goals, says its future generations commissioner - Steven Morris reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Badenoch suggests Tories would oppose plans to extend sugar tax, saying she was opposed when her party first introduced it - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Labour says Tories are ‘gifting' Runcorn byelection to Reform as Badenoch says bad result in elections won’t be down to her - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Labour could lose twice as many seats from defections to Greens as from defections to Reform UK, report suggests - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Jess Phillips says she expects Home Office to set up more than five local grooming gang inquiries - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Green co-leader Carla Denyer defends right of trans women to take part in women's sports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

'Completely irresponsible, totally wrong' - Bridget Phillipson condemns Farage for his comments about special educational needs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer says voters being 'conned' because Tories and Reform UK preparing for coalition which would be 'disaster' for Britain - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Local elections will confirm five-party politics now the 'new norm', Prof John Curtice says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Badenoch says trans people can use disabled toilets, after EHRC says they are banned from toilets they identify with - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Minister urges unions to accept government in 'very challenging position' over public sector pay - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer claims tech will take NHS out of ‘dark ages’ as report says A&E care worse than pre-Covid - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...