Keir Starmer has urged Nigel Farage to publicly explain himself after the Reform UK leader issued a blanket denial of multiple detailed allegations of racist behaviour during his school years. Speaking during prime minister’s questions, Starmer referenced reports, which contains accounts from more than a dozen of Farage’s former classmates. Responding to Reform MP Lee Anderson, the prime minister criticised Farage’s repeated refusal to condemn racist comments by members of…

UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been accused of ethnic stereotyping and indecent demagoguery by Albania’s prime minister, Edi Rama, after she highlighted Albanian families in plans for escalated deportations. Rama criticised Mahmood on X, questioning why a Labour home secretary would “echo the rhetoric of the populist far-right” by singling out around 700 Albanian families who face removal from the UK if they refuse cash incentives to return home.…

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MI5 has issued an ‘espionage alert’ to the UK Parliament amid mounting concerns over Chinese intelligence activities targeting British democratic institutions. The warning, circulated on Tuesday morning by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, reveals that individuals linked to China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) have been attempting to build long-term relationships with MPs, parliamentary aides and officials working across the devolved governments. According to the Security Service, the MSS has…

The UK Foreign Office has expanded its travel warning on the risks of methanol poisoning in tainted alcoholic drinks, adding 11 more countries to its advisory list. The update follows what officials describe as a global increase in reported methanol poisoning cases. Bangladesh, India, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Rwanda have now been included in the guidance. They join Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria,…

Net migration to the UK in 2024 was 20% lower than previously reported, according to revised data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The new estimate puts net migration at 345,000, down by 86,000, largely due to higher-than-expected emigration by British nationals. The ONS now believes 100,000 fewer Britons were living in the UK last year than originally recorded. In total, 257,000 British nationals are thought to have left…

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has revealed his intent to lead the Labour Party into the next general election, issuing a strong warning against internal party conflicts. In an interview with the media, Sir Keir emphasised that he remains utterly focused on the cost of living crisis, labeling time spent on leadership rows as a minute wasted. He stressed that addressing the rising costs, which he sees as the “single…

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A man has been rushed to hospital with burn injuries after an explosion tore through the underground car park of a Wimbledon shopping centre in Southwest London on Monday morning, triggering an emergency response. The incident occurred at around 10am and he London Ambulance Service received the first 999 call at 10.06am and immediately dispatched an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a fast-response car, an incident response officer, and members of the Hazardous…

The UK Government is intensifying efforts to repair its fractured relationship with major pharmaceutical companies, with officials working day and night to resolve a deepening row over NHS drug pricing, science minister Patrick Vallance has said. Addressing global investors and industry leaders at London Life Sciences Week, Vallance acknowledged the severity of the standoff that has seen several pharmaceutical giants halt or withdraw investment plans in the UK. “We are…