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PM defends winter fuel cuts in face of calls for U-turn

PM defends winter fuel cuts in face of calls for U-turn2 hours agoBecky MortonPolitical reporterSir Keir Starmer has defended the decision to axe winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners, as...

Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure

Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure16 hours agoPaul Kirby and Jessica ParkerIn London and BerlinGetty ImagesConservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament...

Watch: Biden's first interview since leaving the White House

Watch: Biden's first interview since leaving the White HouseFormer US president Joe Biden has told the BBC that the pressure put on Ukraine by President Donald Trump to end its war with Russia...

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves face pensioner backlash over winter fuel payment cuts

On Sunday, the rumours started flying around Westminster. After the beating they took in the local elections, would Labour U-turn on their winter fuel payment cuts? Slashing the winter fuel payment...

Radical plan for 'Deportation Bill' emerges in bid to end borders crisis

Migrants claiming benefits or earning too little will be ordered to leave Britain to end “the crisis at our borders”, the Tories have declared.The Home Office, under the Conservatives, will be...

Romanian PM resigns and pulls out of coalition after nationalist vote win

Romanian PM resigns and pulls out of coalition after nationalist vote win13 hours agoPaul Kirby and Mircea BarbuIn London and BucharestReutersRomanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and...

Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure

Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure3 hours agoPaul Kirby and Jessica ParkerIn London and BerlinGetty ImagesConservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament...

Visa crackdown on nationalities considered most likely to overstay in UK

Visa applications for some nationalities could be restricted4 hours agoJoe PikePolitical investigations correspondentFiona Nimoni & Alex BoydBBC NewsGetty ImagesVisa applications from...

Germany's Merz faces new vote for chancellor after failing to win majority

Germany's Merz faces new vote for chancellor after failing to win majority19 minutes agoPaul Kirby and Jessica ParkerIn London and BerlinReutersGermany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz...

Labour MPs' rage over election results simmers on

Labour MPs' rage over election results simmers on3 hours agoHenry ZeffmanChief political correspondentGetty Images"It's all depressing to be honest". Those are the words of one Labour MP, hitherto...

No 10 resists growing calls within Labour for winter fuel rethink

No 10 resists Labour calls for winter fuel rethinkJust nowPaul SeddonPolitical reporterHenry ZeffmanChief political correspondentJohner Images/Getty ImagesThe government has insisted it will not...

Americans used to be steadfast in their support for Israel. Those days are gone

Americans used to be steadfast in their support for Israel. Those days are gone24 minutes agoTom BatemanUS State Department correspondent•tombatemanLuke MintzBBC News•lukemintzGiles EdwardsBBC...

Keir Starmer known 'worldwide' for cutting winter fuel payments as top economist shames PM

A top economist has said Sir Keir Starmer is known across the world for the winter fuel payment cuts which took away the allowance for millions of pensioners.Last year, the government took the...

Keir Starmer crisis as polling guru warns Labour support in 'free fall'

Support for the Labour Party is in "freefall" following "devastating" local elections, veteran pollster Sir John Curtice has warned. The polling guru believes the party's performance should be...

Keir Starmer 'forced into winter fuel payment u-turn' after election disaster

Keir Starmer is believed to be considering a partial u-turn on winter fuel payment cuts following Labour’s devastating defeat in last week’s elections. Ministers fear the changes, which the...

Experience the VE Day flypast from inside a Red Arrows cockpit in 360 video

Experience the VE Day flypast from inside a Red Arrows cockpit in 360 videoA flypast marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day was filmed in 360° video inside one of the Red Arrows planes above central...

Nationalist Simion wins first round of Romanian election rerun

Nationalist Simion wins first round of Romanian election rerun9 hours agoNick ThorpeCentral Europe CorrespondentReporting fromBucharestA right-wing nationalist candidate who is against providing...

Biggest blow yet to Keir Starmer that means his days as PM are numbered

Tomorrow is the first day back in Westminster after last week’s dramatic election results and Keir Starmer will face a mutinous Parliamentary Labour Party. Nigel Farage’s party Reform UK returns...

We Tories were battered in local elections – here's what we must do now

It was always expected that last Thursday would be a very difficult election for the Conservative Party. Coming off a very successful election the last time these seats were up and given our terrible...

Desperate Starmer could reverse winter fuel cuts by Christmas to avoid Reform 'wipeout'

Labour MPs are demanding Sir Keir Starmer scrap cuts to winter fuel payments to avoid “a Reform wipeout” in future elections. And some think he will be forced to make a climbdown before the...