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Labour’s big majority is fragile and it has weak mandate for change, says report
Keir Starmer’s focus on winning over voters from the centre-right has delivered Labour a large but fundamentally shallow electoral win and a weak mandate to deliver real change, a report from a Labour-linked thinktank has warned.
, titled Thin Ice, argues that Labour should …Fall of Damascus sidelines Russia and brings Turkey to the fore
As celebratory gunfire was heard across liberated Syria, the diplomatic guns of Iran and Russia, in Doha to attend a major dialogue forum, fell silent, rendered powerless and irrelevant by events in Damascus.
Only 12 hours earlier the key external powers – Russia and Iran along with Turkey – had …
Elon Musk’s rumoured $100m donation may just fuel a fresh look at UK political funding
Elon Musk has denied he is gearing up to chuck $100m at Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, as it pushes to take on the Tories. But the very fact the question arose is a reminder of the pressing need for political funding reform on this side of the Atlantic.
Musk …
Arab states will talk to all forces in Syria to prevent reignition of war, says Qatar
Arab states will seek to avert the threat of a reignited Syrian civil war by starting an open dialogue with all the forces on the ground to ensure any transition is inclusive of all Syrians regardless of ethnicity, Qatar’s foreign ministry has said.
Majed al-Ansari, Qatar’s foreign affairs ministry spokesperson, …
Residents could be barred from UK due to eVisa confusion, say rights groups
Migrant rights groups have warned that British residents could still be barred from returning from abroad because of the switch to digital visas, despite the government extending the deadline by three months.
that the transition to eVisas as the accepted proof …Who are the Syrian rebels who have captured Damascus – explained in 30 seconds
Both have been entrenched in the north-west. They launched the shock offensive on 27 November with …
What determines whether a PM will sink or swim? Look to their chancellor | William Keegan
The relationship between the prime minister and chancellor is one of the most crucial in British politics. My old friend Nigel Lawson (chancellor 1983-89) certainly thought so, which is why it pained him and Margaret Thatcher when they fell out over whether the UK should put the pound into the …
Home Office says only half of UK asylum decisions meet its quality standards
Only half of the Home Office’s recent asylum decisions have met its own internal quality checks, significantly fewer than before Rishi Sunak’s push to clear a backlog of old claims.
Civil servants and lawyers say errors and omissions are also driving a huge increase in costly legal challenges, with more …
Ukraine war briefing: US announces new $1bn support package for Ukraine as Zelenskyy meets Trump
The US on Saturday announced a new $988m security assistance package for Ukraine as Washington
races to provide aid to Kyiv before president-elect Donald Trump takes office
. The package features drones, ammunition for precision Himars rocket launchers, and equipment and spare parts for artillery systems, tanks and armoured …
Joe Root’s 36th Test century helps England claim series with big win over New Zealand
England could scarcely have been made to feel more welcome in New Zealand, be it a warm-up game tailored to their specifications in Queenstown, those eight dropped catches in Christchurch, or the cheery ground announcer regaling spectators with Harry Brook’s eye-popping statistics throughout. Whatever happens on the other side of …