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Monday’s @theguardian.com front page: Conservatives set to lead German coalition as far-right party surges www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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NEW: President Zelenskyy is asked if he'd “give up” being Ukrainian president in exchange for peace. “Yes, I am happy, if it is for the peace of Ukraine. If you need me to leave this chair, I am ready to do that, and I also can exchange it for Nato membership for Ukraine."

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“Guess who’s back?”: the inside story of Nigel Farage’s quest for power. A must read piece on the rise of Reform UK - and what happens next - by our @rowenamason.bsky.social & @benquinn75.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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🚨Join us for a cracking #WeekInWestminster 11am on @bbcradio4.bsky.social Admiral Lord West & former army chief Lord Dannatt on Ukraine GavinBarwell & @florenceeshalomi.bsky.social on govt housing plans Gawain Towler & Scarlett Maguire on Reform @jonashworth.bsky.social & Salma Shah on slogans

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Delighted to have been shortlisted for Political Journalist of the Year at #PressAwardsUK alongside some brilliant political reporters and loads of ace colleagues at @theguardian.com & #Observer 🎉

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“Keir Starmer’s aides will not be able to fix his problems. He has to do that himself” - very interesting analysis from ⁦‪@TomBaldwin66‬⁩ on how the buck always has to stop with the PM. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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US vice president JD Vance criticises European leaders asking: “What you are defending yourselves for?” “If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there’s nothing America can do for you, nor is there anything that you can do for the American people who elected me and elected President Trump.”

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UK economy unexpectedly picked up in final three months of 2024, rising by 0.1%, official figures show, easing pressure on chancellor Rachel Reeves, after it flatlined during the summer.

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This is a great read from our @ecourea.bsky.social on what’s really going on with the attorney general 👇🏼 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Kemi Badenoch’s spokesman has decided to give the usual Tory post-PMQs briefing a miss. Keir Starmer’s (political) spox tells waiting reporters: “I’m not sure I’d want to follow that either”.

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Tuesday’s @theguardian.com front page: Court signoff in assisted dying bill to be scrapped www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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NEW: Oliver Ryan, the second Labour MP in the 'trigger me timbers' whatsapp group, has party whip suspended.

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NEW: Labour was warned more than a year ago about “vile” WhatsApp group involving two of party’s MPs, local councillors & series of offensive messages @JoshHalliday reveals

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No 10 refuses to say if UK will retaliate if US imposes 25% tariffs on steel & aluminium. "We will obviously continue to have those conversations with counterparts in the US. I haven’t seen any detailed proposals following the reporting overnight, but we will obviously engage as appropriate".

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One to watch. David Lammy suggested to me last week that UK might not retaliate to US tariffs. “It’s a cross-party position that we’re an open, free-market society that doesn’t believe in tariffs, in either direction." Ministers hoped UK might be less of a target as runs trade deficit with US.

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NEW: ‘Kemi hates doing media’: Tory anxiety after 100 days of Kemi Badenoch's leadership www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Labour minister Andrew Gwynne sacked & suspended from party after sending messages saying he hoped a pensioner who didn’t support him would die before next set of elections. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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UK govt has ruled out paying reparations for slavery - No 10 said in November its position included "other forms of non-financial reparatory justice too". David Lammy said concept of reparations "is not about the transfer of cash… particularly at a time of a cost of living crisis".

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EXCL: Donald Trump’s plans to make dramatic cuts to the US's international aid budget could be a “big strategic mistake” that allows China to step in and further its global influence, David Lammy tells me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Almost three years after Russia's latest invasion of Ukraine, is there a path to peace? This week I travelled to the war-ravaged country with David Lammy, the foreign secretary, to find out. Have a listen to our special behind-the-scenes episode. www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...

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ANALYSIS: While the Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5%, its unambiguously bleak forecasts pave the way for spending cuts @guardianheather.bsky.social writes👇 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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"We're only two weeks in. Trump seems determined to make this The Empire Strikes Back, Godfather Part II or Terminator 2: Judgment Day of presidential terms: a sequel that outdoes the first go. Today Gaza, tomorrow the world" - @SmithInAmerica www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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In Kyiv with David Lammy as he meets Ukrainian government for talks during what he describes as a "crucial" moment for the war, with Donald Trump returning to the White House.

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EXCL: Labour MPs whose seats are under threat from Reform UK have set up pressure group to urge Keir Starmer to take tougher stance on migration and crime @kiranstacey.bsky.social reports www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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EXC: Don't retaliate if Trump hits us with tariffs, warns Jeremy Hunt - we're simply not economically important enough. From a special edition of @politicsweeklyuk.bsky.social - out now. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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🎉Bonus episode! Join us as we chat to Tory former chancellor Jeremy Hunt about Donald Trump’s trade wars, his new life in opposition, and what’s next for the Conservatives. #PoliticsWeeklyWestminster www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...

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Labour dropped plan to ban foreign political donations after intervention from Waheed Alli, the Labour peer who paid for Keir Starmer’s clothes and glasses - big story from book by @Gabriel_Pogrund @patrickkmaguire www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tuesday’s @theguardian.com front page: Starmer faces Labour revolt over backing for oilfield www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Keir Starmer was asked in Brussels what happens if he's forced to choose between US and UK? "It’s really important that we work with both, and we don’t see it as an either/or," he said.

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Wes Streeting in conversation with me 👇 England’s health and social care system is in crisis. How does Labour plan to turn it around? Tuesday 25 March 2025 @ 7pm at 8.15pm www.theguardian.com/guardian-liv...

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Back to Brexit? Our latest #PoliticsWeeklyWestminster podcast on Keir Starmer’s trip to Brussels this week. But how risky is seeking closer ties to the EU when Donald Trump is threatening a trade war? www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...

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Keir Starmer responds to Kemi Badenoch attacks that he’s a “lawyer, not a leader”. PM says: “She’s not a lawyer, she’s not a leader, if she keeps going like this, she’s going to be the next lettuce”. #PMQs 🥬

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Keir Starmer challenged over Labour’s workers’ rights bill by Kemi Badenoch who says it’s anti-growth & he should drop employment bill plans. “No I think they’re good for workers and good for growth,” PM says. “We believe in giving people dignity and protection at work.” #PMQs

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BREAKING: Rachel Reeves confirms govt supports third runway at Heathrow & is inviting proposals by summer. She says it will be delivered "in line with" govt's legal climate & environmental commitments. "We cannot duck the decision any longer. The case is stronger than ever."

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NEW: Peter Mandelson says he was "ill judged and wrong" to have described Donald Trump as "danger to the world" in 2019. He tells Fox News: "I think that he has won fresh respect. He certainly has from me, and that is going to be the basis of all the work I do." www.foxnews.com/video/636789...

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EXCL: First of seven Labour MPs suspended for voting against two-child benefit cap are set to have whip restored within days if they agree to avoid further rebellions @alethaadu reports www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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