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All the latest news and updates from the British Government, which is based at 10 Downing Street, covering everything from budget statements, to PMQ's and election updates, The current leader of His Majesty's Government is Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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Why Donald Trump's Liberation Day could be about to make life harder for Brits

Politics 11 hours ago By Craig Munro

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Thomas Krych/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15178542x) UK Deputy Prime Minister ANGELA RAYNER, arrives at Downing Street for a weekly Cabinet Meeting. Cabinet Meeting In Downing Street, London, England, United Kingdom - 04 Mar 2025

Boost to wages today will help millions trying to get by and get on, Rayner says

Politics 16 hours ago By Craig Munro

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Deliveroo and Just Eat forced to run checks on workers in migrant crackdown

Politics 2 days ago By Craig Munro

MAP One in 10 LGBTQ+ Britons has experienced an 'exorcism' / conversion therapy

Gay people are still facing 'exorcisms' to 'cure them' of their sexuality

UK 4 days ago By Josh Milton

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Victoria Jones/Shutterstock (15222324j) Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer leaves No.11 Downing Street to deliver a spring statement in the House of Commons Spring Statement, London, UK - 26 Mar 2025

I watched the Spring Statement - this is what it means for you

Politics 6 days ago By Rosie Murray-West

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I’m proud to be British - and I’m not embarrassed to admit it

UK 7 days ago By Pablo O'Hana

Rachel Reeves MP, The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Leeds West and Pudsey, Labour)

Five key takeaways from Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement - from welfare to defence

Politics 6 days ago By Craig Munro

Rachel Reeves, a woman with brown hair, is seen looking away from the camera and smiling as the sun shines on her

Everything that could be in Rachel Reeves' spring statement today

Politics 7 days ago By Craig Munro

TELFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: (EMBARGOED until 00:01, Wednesday 26th March) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks to media during a visit to Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) on March 24, 2025 in Telford, England. Chancellor Rachel Reeves' is making the defence funding announcement while on a visit to Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL), a partnership between the United Kingdom's BAE Systems and Germany's Rheinmetall AG, which designs and manufactures military vehicles. (Photo by Jacob King - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

What time is Rachel Reeves' spring statement and how can I watch it live?

Politics 7 days ago By Craig Munro

Mandatory Credit: Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (14949064j) Pedestrians walk past the posters promoting the Assisted Dying bill at Westminster Underground station in London, Britain, 27 November 2024. The Assisted Dying bill is to allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards, to be assisted to end their own life. British MPs will vote on the assisted dying bill on 29 November 2024. Posters on the London Underground ahead of the Assisted Dying bill in Parliament, United Kingdom - 27 Nov 2024

Map shows the parts of the world where assisted dying is legal

UK March 25, 2025 By Craig Munro

List of viruses that pose biggest threat to public health released

List of viruses that pose biggest threat to public health released

Tech March 25, 2025 By Jen Mills

Most expensive pints in UK revealed after cost hikes push average price over £5

Politics March 24, 2025 By Craig Munro

Here’s what could be on the way in Rachel Reeves’ spring statement this week

Politics March 24, 2025 By Craig Munro

Resident Douglas Debnam on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire. Photo released October 29 2024. Furious villagers embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row have said they will refuse to pay nearly ??100k out of their own pockets to fix the road to their homes. Locals of Whitebarns Lane, in Furneux Pelham, Herts, are locked in a bitter dispute as the lane links the main road through to village to their cul-de-sac. Hertfordshire County Council said that Whitebarns Lane has always been a public footpath and not a road - meaning it cannot be repaired at public expense. However angry villagers say the lane is covered with 32 potholes and a dispute over the road surface dates back to 1960s.

Councils handed £1,600,000,000 to fix pothole-blighted roads - but there's a catch

Politics March 24, 2025 By Craig Munro

'The government should be ashamed of the £5,000,000,000 disability cuts - it is barbaric'

UK March 21, 2025 By Liam Coleman

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Thomas Krych/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15189654dg) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions LIZ KENDALL, leaves Downing Street after a weekly Cabinet Meeting. Cabinet Meeting In Downing Street, London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 2025

People who don't hit new Pip threshold 'to be more than £4,000 a year worse off'

Politics March 19, 2025 By Craig Munro

? Joel Goodman - 07973 332324 - all rights reserved . 15/02/2024. Staffordshire, UK . The home of ERICA CROMPTON (43) , pictured in the upstairs guest suite, and her partner Paul Nicholls (42), in Silverdale . Photo credit : Joel Goodman

I live with psychosis – cutting benefits won’t cure my life-long disability

UK 6 days ago By Erica Crompton

Outrageous things that have been bought on civil service credit cards

Politics March 18, 2025 By Craig Munro

Screen grab of Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall making a statement on welfare reform in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Tuesday March 18, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Benefits. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Full list of PIP disability benefit changes after Government unveils welfare reforms

Politics March 19, 2025 By Craig Munro

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Oil Islands) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The territory comprises a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual islands, situated some 500 kilometers (310 mi) due south of the Maldives archipelago. The largest island is Diego Garcia (area 44 km squared), the site of a joint military facility of the United Kingdom and the United States. Following the eviction of the native population (Chagossians) in the 1960s, the only inhabitants are US and British military personnel and associated contractors, who collectively number around 4,000 (2004 figures). (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

People on UK 'paradise' islands unite to block deal handing them to Mauritius

Politics March 17, 2025 By Craig Munro