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Kemi Badenoch wants 'foreign power' Donald Trump to interfere in UK politics and block government decision www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Keir Starmer: "I'm going to have to let the leader of the opposition down gently. "She didn't feature in my thinking at all, I was so busy at the weekend, I didn't even see her proposal. I think she's appointed herself the saviour of Western civilisation & it's a desperate search for relevance."

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

Axe two-child benefit limit or face "embarrassing record" of rising child poverty by 2029, Keir Starmer warned by @resfoundation.bsky.social www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

It’s finally getting brighter pre-7am 🌞🌞

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

Ouch. Former Labour Cabinet minister Clare Short to @labourlist.bsky.social - “It splashes money on defence spending and Ukraine and is not focused on bringing peace to Ukraine – and disgracefully, it has still not abolished the two-child benefit cap.

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David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, on aid funding being slashed: "The UK government's decision to cut aid by £6billion in order to fund defence spending is a blow to Britain’s proud reputation as a global humanitarian and development leader."

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Breaking: Keir Starmer announces a multi-billion pound cut to the overseas aid budget in order to hike defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027.

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Keir Starmer will fly into the heart of a storm when he travels to Washington for talks with Donald Trump in what is seen as one of the most important UK-US meetings since the Second World War. My primer ahead of a high-stakes White House visit this week👇

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Judge Donald Trump by his actions, not by his words, the new mantra goes. The US just joined Belarus and North Korea in voting against a UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Breaking: Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury jailed for 10 weeks after 3am punch www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Billionaires' wealth 'soars by over £230billion in first month of 2025 alone' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Putin-linked cronies 'face ban on entering UK' as huge new Russian sanctions to be announced www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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WASPI women threaten to drag ministers to court over 'unlawful' compensation snub www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Bridget Phillipson chats to The Mirror on roll-out of free school breakfast clubs. She also says upcoming report by child poverty taskforce will consider “all social security measures and all aspects of Universal Credit” (which includes two-child benefit limit). www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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STORY Tory Robert Jenrick forced to correct his own CV - after accusing Labour MPs of embellishing theirs www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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"Has anyone asked about the lettuce yet?" www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

This is the same rhetoric you hear coming from UK government ministers… about Vladimir Putin

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Thursday’s Daily Mirror front page

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No10 after Starmer calls Zelenskyy tonight: “The PM expressed his support for President Zelenskyy as Ukraine’s democratically elected leader and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during war time as the UK did during WWII.” www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

this was definitely a new low for Kemi Badenoch at PMQs yesterday - via Tom Peck in Times

submitted 13 days ago • 89 comments

Exclusive: Over a dozen Labour MPs are pushing for four-day week to be considered in workers' rights shake-up The MPs have tabled an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

DWP's new Jobcentres 'on wheels' can help break stigma, minister says I joined @allymcgovern.bsky.social on one of the vans in Bolton today www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Favourite place ❤️

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My colleague @soph-husk.bsky.social had a really onerous day out of the office... www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Plastic straws > voters’ mortgages

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

​Two in five people on disability and sickness benefits stuck waiting for NHS treatment, government's own research shows www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds: "Palestinians must determine the future of Gaza with support from regional states and the wider international community. "We would oppose any effort to move Palestinians in Gaza to neighbouring Arab states against their will...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Our new top diplomat to America speaks:

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

Keir Starmer restores whip to rebel MPs after two-child limit revolt - but some left out @lizzybuchan.bsky.social www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I was simply doing my best Jacob Rees Mogg impression.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Jennie giving off Monday vibes in the Commons.

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Benefit claimants received £4billion less than they were entitled to last year www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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John Prescott gets poignant last laugh as funeral cortege arrives in two Jags www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Some great memories of the late John Prescott in @politico.eu playbook this morning

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Kemi Badenoch to Keir Starmer: "He doesn't want to talk about the Employment Bill because he doesn't know about it". Bizarre.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns today one in three children will still be in poverty in England by the end of the decade - even if the Chancellor Rachel Reeves wins battle for high economic growth - unless there is targeted support. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Sadiq Khan says he remains opposed to Heathrow expansion after Chancellor's speech, saying it will have a " severe impact it will have on noise, air pollution and meeting our climate change targets"

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Speaking to the Parliamentary Labour Party tonight in Westminster Rachel Reeves says the "prize could be immense" for boosting growth. She says: “Cranes in the sky. High streets revitalised. The next generation with more opportunities than the past. The sounds & sights of the future arriving."

submitted 30 days ago • 7 comments

Keir Starmer urged to restore whip to seven Labour rebels - 'we've served our sentence' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Rachel Reeves speaking in Davos, obviously.

submitted 34 days ago • 4 comments

Just been at a Davos business lunch. Chatham House rules so can't reveal much, but one business speaker signalled agreement with the previous one by saying, "let me just double click that". Is this a thing?

submitted 36 days ago • 18 comments