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The Labour leader has mirrored Blair’s highly cautious ‘Ming vase’ approach, and it has paid off so farKeir Starmer goes into the general election widely expected to emerge as prime minister, despite being roughly as personally popular as Ed Miliband was at the time of the 2015 election.Headline polls suggest Labour will win a convincing majority in...
Prime minister announces early summer election with date putting parties on campaign trail for six weeksIn an interview with Sky News this morning, Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, was asked if the UK would follow Ireland, Spain and Norway in formally recognising a Palestinian state. No, he replied. He told Sky:We have a long-standing position on this that...
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Prime minister set to announce election for early summer, with speculation date will be 4 JulyRishi Sunak will call general election for July in surprise move – sourcesIn an interview with Sky News this morning, Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, was asked if the UK would follow Ireland, Spain and Norway in formally recognising a Palestinian state. No, he...
Asked if he thinks former chief executive is genuinely sorry, Bates says: ‘I wonder about these apologies, these are just words’Paula Vennells has made an opening statement at the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry where she apologised to the victims of the scandal and offered to stand outside the old Post Office of one of the victims with them to explain...
Australian firm says £31.11 a share is its final offer, but FTSE 100 miner agrees to enter talks with larger rivalAnglo American has rebuffed a third takeover attempt by BHP after the Australian company sweetened its offer in an attempt to create a global mining titan.BHP said it had submitted an “increased and final” bid of £31.11 a share for Anglo,...