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UK election

Starmer’s top aide Morgan McSweeney quits as Mandelson-Epstein furore engulfs Britain’s PM

FILE PHOTO: Downing Street Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney arrives for the annual Lady Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall in London, Britain, December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Downing Street Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney arrives for the annual Lady Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall in London, Britain, December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Chris J. Ratcliffe/File Photo

Britain’s Reeves abandons plans to raise income tax rates, roiling markets

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street, ahead of presenting the Spending Review to Parliament, in London, Britain, June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street, ahead of presenting the Spending Review to Parliament, in London, Britain, June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo/File Photo

At Labour Party conference, PM Starmer’s rival steals the limelight

Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester speaks at a fringe meeting during the Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester speaks at a fringe meeting during the Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Britain’s Starmer calls on party to unite and ‘stop navel-gazing’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Convicted rapist loses European court case over right to vote in UK election

UK to lower voting age to 16 in landmark electoral reform

FILE PHOTO: A voter ID information sign is displayed at a polling station during the general election in London, Britain July 4, 2024. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A voter ID information sign is displayed at a polling station during the general election in London, Britain July 4, 2024. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, April 15, 2025

epa12031468 Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) leave after their meeting at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, 14 April 2025. The Chinese president is on a state visit to Vietnam from 14 to 15 April 2025. EPA-EFE/NHAC NGUYEN / POOL
epa12031468 Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) leave after their meeting at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi, Vietnam, 14 April 2025. The Chinese president is on a state visit to Vietnam from 14 to 15 April 2025. EPA-EFE/NHAC NGUYEN / POOL

Ex-Conservative MP among 15 charged over 2024 UK election timing bets

FILE PHOTO: Conservative Party candidate Craig Williams speaks after the results of the constituency of Montgomeryshire at a counting centre for Britain's general election in Builth Wells, Britain, December 13, 2019.  REUTERS/Rebecca Naden/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Conservative Party candidate Craig Williams speaks after the results of the constituency of Montgomeryshire at a counting centre for Britain's general election in Builth Wells, Britain, December 13, 2019.  REUTERS/Rebecca Naden/File Photo

Four rivals in UK Conservative leadership contest set out their vision

Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick and former trade minister Kemi Badenoch are frontrunners to be the next leader of Britain's Conservatives.
Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick and former trade minister Kemi Badenoch are frontrunners to be the next leader of Britain's Conservatives.

UK’s Starmer rules out austerity as Labour conference opens

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure on several fronts.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure on several fronts.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.