Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe18 minutes agoLaura GozziBBC NewsGetty ImagesDenmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising...
UK signs £101m-a-year deal to hand over Chagos Islands1 hour agoSam Francis and Kate WhannelPolitical reportersAlice CuddyBBC NewsSir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to...
Campaigners and MPs are demanding assurances that Sir Keir Starmer’s partial u-turn over winter fuel payments will be put into effect before pensioners endure another cold winter. The Prime...
Just about everything is going wrong for our beleaguered Chancellor.She’s been humiliated by the Prime Minister, who publicly reversed her decision to axe the winter fuel payment for 10 million...
What we know about Israeli embassy staff shooting25 minutes agoAndré Rhoden-PaulBBC NewsGetty ImagesTwo Israeli embassy staff have been shot dead outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC. Police say...
Watch: Deep inside a Norwegian mountain, Nato allies train for Arctic warThe Arctic, once a region of peaceful cooperation, is fast becoming a battleground for resources and territory. At the heart...
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Sir Keir Starmer is set to sign away the Chagos Islands on Thursday and give Mauritius billions of pounds, reports have suggested. The Prime Minister will attend a “virtual signing ceremony” with...
Keir Starmer has refused rule out further tax rises this year when challenged by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. The fiery exchange came after it was revealed that Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner...
Watch moment Trump ambushes Ramaphosa with videoUS President Donald Trump confronted his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, over widely discredited claims of a white genocide in South...
Italy tightens rules for Italian descendants to become citizens26 minutes agoMallory MoenchBBC NewsGetty ImagesItaly has approved a law that tightens the rules for people with Italian heritage to get...
Starmer announces U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts8 minutes agoPaul SeddonPolitical reporterHouse of CommonsSir Keir Starmer has announced plans to ease cuts to winter fuel payments, in a U-turn...
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall vowed to defy Labour critics and press ahead with benefit cuts of £5 billion as she warned they were needed to defeat Nigel Farage and Reform at the ballot...
Finally! Just as we had given up all hope,Tory leader Kemi Badenoch finds some balls. And lord did she give Keir Starmer a well-deserved kicking in his own pair today. And, marvelously, when he was...
Starmer's winter fuel U-turn seeks to calm Labour nerves21 minutes agoHenry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondentPA MediaThe details will follow in the Budget this autumn. But make no mistake,...