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UK-US trade deal could come into effect in ‘a couple of weeks’, Starmer says

Prime minister’s comments come after White House signals Britain will be spared 50% steel and aluminium tariffs

The Guardian - UK

UK appears to have been spared immediate hit of Trump’s 50% steel tariffs

The US President has decided to ‘provide different treatment’ to the UK after a deal that was struck between Washington and London last month.

Evening Standard

Starmer chooses RAF chief Sir Richard Knighton to lead armed forces

Prime minister is understood to have made chief of the defence staff appointment amid what has been billed as the most transformative period for the MoD in decades

The Independent UK

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Rachel Reeves must take back control of the growth agenda

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With next week’s spending review, the chancellor has a chance to correct all the mistakes she made in her first months at the Treasury. She should do all she can to put the government back in charge of events, rather than be pushed around by them

The Independent UK

Meloni meets Macron and Fico with war in Ukraine topping talks agenda

Talks with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico centred on lasting peace in Ukraine while a working dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron was seen as an opportunity to find some common ground on issues where both leaders' positions have diverged.

Euronews

Starmer urged to keep pledge on backing Israel-Gaza peace initiative based on path to Good Friday Agreement

Exclusive: A new paper has argued that Keir Starmer needs to push forward with plans to back a Middle East peace fund with a new international coalition

The Independent UK

Leading pro-indy figures write to Keir Starmer over referendum 'snub'

A group of leading pro-independence figures have written to Keir Starmer over his dismissal of a second Scottish independence referendum should the…

The National (Scotland)

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OPINION - The Strategic Defence Review marks a step change but raises questions more than answers

Most pertinent questions are over money, people, and time, our Defence Editor Robert Fox writes

Evening Standard

Steel industry braced for 50% Trump tariff despite UK-US deal

Last week US President Donald Trump announced he was doubling tariffs on the imports of steel from 25% to 50%.

Evening Standard

Two-child benefit cap: How much is it worth and what will families get if Labour scrap it?

Campaigners warn child poverty could deepen under the Labour government, unless the two-child cap is lifted

The Independent UK

Number of overcrowded small boats carrying more than 80 migrants across Channel quadruples

The government has vowed to crack down on people smuggling gangs, but they have faced accusations of mimicking Reform UK’s divisive language

The Independent UK

Jeremy Corbyn to table Chilcot-style Gaza inquiry bill in the Commons

JEREMY Corbyn will table legislation for a Chilcot-style public inquiry into the UK’s role in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza ...

The National (Scotland)

The strategic defence review means three new approaches for the UK

The UK government’s new strategic defence review has laid out a blueprint aimed at making Britain “secure at home, strong abroad”.

The Conversation

Keir Starmer facing scrutiny over failure to establish new ethics watchdog

Commons inquiry to examine lack of progress in fulfilling manifesto pledge to set up ethics and integrity body

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'A bit rich': Kate Forbes responds to Keir Starmer ruling out referendum

KATE Forbes has said it is “a bit rich” for Keir Starmer to deny Scots an independence referendum after a poll suggested support would go up if…

The Independent UK

Laila Soueif’s survival despite nearly 250 day hunger strike is a ‘miracle’, says family

Laila Soueif, 69, is currently at St Thomas’s Hospital suffering from extremely low blood sugar levels as she protests the imprisonment of her son

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Emily Watson urges Keir Starmer to ‘save’ mother of jailed activist on 245-day hunger strike

Emily Watson has appealed to Sir Keir Starmer to intensify efforts to “save” the mother of an imprisoned British-Egyptian activist who has been on hunger strike for more than 245 days.

The Independent UK

Voices: If the government wants to save Thames Water, it’s going to need to get its hands dirty

COMMENT: As the very public rescue deal for the ailing company collapses, James Moore warns that the government needs to get its hands dirty to clean up the water industry. This game of pass the buck isn’t doing anyone any favours...

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Alba tell John Swinney to 'get with the plan' and 'independence not a priority'

JOHN Swinney has been told it is time he “got with the plan” after it was claimed he had not raised independence as a “priority” with the…

Evening Standard

Starmer’s defence spending plans under pressure as Nato pushes for more

Sir Keir Starmer will meet Nato leaders later this month with the alliance under pressure to increase spending.

The Independent UK

No 10 in the dark over whether UK steel will be hit with 50% Trump tariffs with hours to go

The business secretary is in Paris, where he will meet with his US counterpart in a last-ditch attempt to secure a carve-out from the tariff hike

The Independent UK

Voices: First Sadiq, now Andy… will no one rid Keir Starmer of his turbulent mayors?

COMMENT: As the mayor of Greater Manchester proposes a ‘popular left programme’ – just days after the mayor of London defied Downing Street with a new plan for drug laws – is the prime minister under threat from colleagues with their own fiefdoms, asks John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Nato ‘will force Starmer to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence’ to keep Trump happy

PM under pressure from nuclear alliance and US president after row over funding threatened to derail the launch of strategic defence review,

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers draw up law to fast-track removal of migrants arriving from ‘safe’ countries

Disclosure comes as calm weather and fuller boats leading to more Channel arrivals, Home Office says

The Independent UK

Voices: As an ex-army captain, I’d back national service. But conscription? No way...

COMMENT: Phones in the box. Stand by your beds. Pile your plate high at breakfast with whatever food is on offer – you’ll need the energy for 18 hours a day of basic training, warns veteran Mike Crofts

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