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Donald Trump signals he could SUPPORT Labour’s £9billion plan to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as he meets Keir Starmer_Nhy
Donald Trump tonight signalled the US could support Keir Starmer’s plan to cede control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, despite hopes he would block what critics say is a ‘surrender’ of UK territory. The US president suggested he could ignore Republican and Tory fury at the government’s plan to hand over the Indian Ocean archipelago, as…
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Number of asylum claims hits record 108,000 in a year following huge increase after Keir Starmer ditched Rwanda scheme_Nhy
Asylum claims surged under Labour to hit more than 108,000 last year – the highest number since records began in 1979. The biggest increase came in the second half of the year – following the general election – when 61,383 asylum bids were lodged, compared with 50,352 during the same period in 2023. The annual total –…
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Brits fear Keir Starmer will bungle Washington mission with 57% saying he will be ‘bad’ at negotiating with Donald Trump, and even Labour voters split_Nhy
Brits fear Keir Starmer will bungle crucial negotiations with Donald Trump in the White House today. Some 57 per cent believe the PM will be either ‘very bad’ or ‘fairly bad’ at negotiating with the US president, according to a poll. That compared to just 23 per cent who thought Sir Keir would be good at the discussions. Another…
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Keir Starmer ‘set to blow defence billions on Chagos Islands surrender’ as Labour repeatedly fails to deny that a significant chunk of its increase in military spending will fund airbase sell-out_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer ‘all but confessed’ that Labour’s defence cash boost would be used to fund the Chagos Islands giveaway, it was claimed yesterday. Just a day after announcing the major increase to the military budget, the Prime Minister refused to rule out handing some of the money to Mauritius. Yesterday he flew to Washington for crucial talks with Donald…
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More than 500,000 benefit claimants who are out of work because they’re sick have NEVER had a job_Nhy
More than half a million people claiming benefits for health reasons have never had a job, new analysis has found. Census data from 2021 by the Office for National Statistics found that around 550,000 claimants who were out of work for ill health had never worked a day. The analysis of the data involved people aged…
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Starmer is berated for ‘silly games’ over defence spending as he repeats claim that boost is worth £13bn a year at PMQs ahead of crunch trip to meet Trump_Nhy
Keir Starmer was accused of ‘silly games’ over defence spending today as he repeated his claim that the boost is worth £13billion. Taking PMQs before heading to the US for crucial talks with Donald Trump, Sir Keir was challenged that the rise to 2.5 per cent of GDP is actually more like £6billion in real terms.…
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‘Stealth plate sprays’ that stop speed cameras from recording registrations of cars going illegally fast still on sale on Ebay and Amazon despite call to punish users with tougher penalties_Nhy
Spray that claims to make numberplates ‘invisible’ is being sold on eBay and Amazon for cheaper than a cup of coffee, MailOnline can reveal today. We found at least two products that market themselves as a so-called ‘stealth plates defender’ that boasts to illegally make licence numbers undetectable to ANPR cameras. One reflective spray manufactured in China was being…
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A Bangladesh ‘shrimp health’ study, a Porsche deal for Albanian prisons and ‘inclusion’ in the DRC: How foreign aid is spent amid Labour row over using cash for defence instead_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer is facing simmering anger from Labour ministers and backbenchers today after he used the UK’s foreign aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending. Sir Keir announced that defence spending would rise to 2.5 per cent of GDP from 2.3 per cent by 2027 in the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to leave Europe to fend…
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Can Starmer charm Trump? PM heads for the US TODAY armed with defence spending boost as Western alliance hangs in the balance – despite glimmer of hope with Ukraine ‘agreeing minerals deal’_Nhy
Keir Starmer is heading for the US armed with a defence spending boost today as Western alliances hang in the balance. The PM will fly to Washington as he braces for a crucial meeting tomorrow where he will urge Donald Trump to stand by Nato and Ukraine. In a hopeful sign, Kyiv and America look to be on the brink of agreeing…
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The painful road to Net Zero: Cut out two kebabs’ worth of meat a week, drive an EV, install a heat pump and forget holidays abroad, says report – and it will cost £320BILLION_Nhy
The UK’s drive for Net Zero means millions of Brits face having to install heat pumps in their homes over the next decade, according to the Government’s climate advisers. The Climate Change Committee said there needed to be around 1.5million heat pump installations a year in existing homes by 2035 – up from just 60,000 in 2023. In…