50+ min ago   (196+ words) independent.co.uk Holborn by-election a crucial test for Labour and early general election decision - The upcoming Holborn and St Pancras by-election to replace Sir Keir Starmer is being used by Labour strategists as a critical test to decide whether…...

2+ hour ago   (840+ words) Exclusive: The Holborn and St Pancras by-election is being used as a test to see if Andy Burnham has nullified the threat from the Greens on the left, with leader Zack Polanski running as a candidate The by-election to replace…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago   (417+ words) US officials secretly flew an American diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children out of the UK without telling British police, it has been reported. According to The Sun, US authorities raided the diplomat’s London flat last month, seizing…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (695+ words) Labour has claimed the Reform UK leader has questions to answer over his judgement Labour have said that the “questions keep piling up” for Nigel Farage after footage emerged of him admitting he knew Russians used cryptocurrency to cheat Ukraine…...

8+ hour, 13+ min ago   (741+ words) The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1076+ words) In being so brazen about trying to remove funding that Nigel Farage’s party has received, Labour opens an entire new Pandora’s box on the issue, as political editor David Maddox reports It is unprecedented in British politics for a ruling…...

6+ hour, 26+ min ago   (579+ words) Sulaiman Tajzai bought the weapon from a shop near his home in Leeds and travelled to the victim’s address in London that same day An 18-year-old has admitted murder after purchasing a knife and travelling more than 150 miles to fatally…...

7+ hour ago   (445+ words) Following police warnings that powers to arrest demonstrators wearing face coverings would be used, a 76-year-old man has been charged with concealing his identity at a Portsmouth anti-immigration protest. Timothy Miller, of Southampton, will appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on…...

7+ hour ago   (274+ words) Former chancellor George Osborne said Britain’s economy has “fallen off a cliff” since Brexit and that rejoining the European Union’s customs union would be the fastest route to recovery. Mr Osborne, who resigned as chancellor after being part of David…...

11+ hour, 35+ min ago   (443+ words) Prime Minister Andy Burnham is taking part in the Great North Run to raise money for a homelessness charity. Mr Burnham, wearing a Number 10 bib, was running in the half marathon to raise money for Changing Lives, which he visited…...