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Bid to reintroduce Hillsborough Law draft blocked
A Liverpool MP has said he is "bitterly disappointed" after his attempt to get the original draft of a Hillsborough Law ...
Keir Starmer's 'pathetic' plan to send small boat migrants back to France 'to be blocked'
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp warns the 'pathetic' deal may be sunk by legal challenges from 'activist' lawyers and ...
DAN HODGES: If Starmer really wants to stop the boats he needs to get nasty and come up with his own Alligator Alcatraz – but Lord Hermer is blocking a tougher sta…
Even by Trump 's standards, it was an outrageous spectacle. He walked around the detention facility, boasting about it being ...
Starmer’s one-in, one-out migrant deal ‘will fuel surge in hidden illegal migration’
Migration expert says scheme with France could lead to people smugglers using less detectable and more dangerous routes ...
How Angela Rayner has become the most influential figure in Starmer’s government – for now
The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...
Starmer aims to break cabinet away day curse
Based on the experience of previous cabinet away days, from Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to Theresa May, Boris Johnson and ...
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Forget about Starmer and Macron - US President Donald Trump is the King of the World
Keir Starmer enjoyed another chance to play the global statesman this week as he hosted the latest meeting of his “coalition ...
Starmer’s migrants return deal a ‘publicity stunt’ that won’t win back voters, top pollsters warn
Exclusive: The warnings from leading pollsters come as new polling of Labour members seen by The Independent reveals concerns about Starmer’s wider migration policy ...
Keir Starmer put on the spot as state pensioners 'to pay more tax'
Keir Starmer has come under pressure over claims more state pensioners will be forced to pay income tax. Conservative leader ...
Starmer's migrant plan set to be sunk before it's launched: Campaigners threaten to scupper return deal with France - as Brussels assesses whether scheme complies with EU law
Only a day after unveiling the scheme alongside Emmanuel Macron, the PM was facing objections from Europe and charities that helped ground the Tories' Rwanda plan.
'We know of the Channel deal, it won’t stop us': Migrants in Calais say they’re not worried about Keir Starmer's new swap scheme with France
Migrants waiting to cross the Channel yesterday laughed at the notion the Government's new deal with France would stop the ...
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Voices: Keir Starmer has achieved the first half of his impossible mission
Keir Starmer has achieved the first half of his impossible mission - COMMENT: The small boats deal with France was a negotiating triumph – but if it doesn't work, the prime minister is doomed, says Jo ...