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Deputy Political Editor, The i Paper
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Starmer ignored No 10 advice not to link digital ID to small boats or make it mandatory

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Starmer ignored No 10 advice not to link digital ID to small boats
'The No 10 polling guys told us repeatedly that the public wouldn’t buy it,' source said
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January 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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🪖War could be coming to Europe - and the UK has no plan for the NHS inews.co.uk/news/politic...
War could be coming to Europe - and the UK has no plan for the NHS
Head of UK armed forces tells MPs "we don’t have a complete plan for how we would mobilise the National Health Service"
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January 12, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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EXC: Home Office to start evicting asylum seekers from hotels in spring

Shabana Mahmood will end the Government’s legal duty to automatically support asylum seekers as she looks to close more hotels

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Revealed: Home Office to start evicting asylum seekers from hotels in spring
Shabana Mahmood will end the Government’s legal duty to automatically support asylum seekers
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January 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Starmer's leadership rivals plotting softer Brexit, sounding out experts on policy inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer's leadership rivals plotting softer Brexit
The i Paper understands potential future Labour leadership candidates have been sounding out Brexit experts for ideas on UK-EU policy
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January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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EXC Private school parents face faster fee hikes as VAT to raise £40m extra a year for Rachel Reeves inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Private school parents face faster fee hikes as VAT to raise £1.74bn for Reeves
Fees are expected to increase quicker than originally forecast when Labour imposed 20% VAT on tuition - and raise an extra £40m a year for the Treasury
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January 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Exc: Firefighters threaten nationwide strike over job cuts inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Firefighters threaten nationwide strike over job cuts
With a spending squeeze threatening 42 jobs and five fire stations in Oxfordshire, the Fire Brigades Union is warning that it is ready to strike across the UK
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December 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Britain 'left open to attack by emboldened Putin' over £800bn defence shortfall inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Britain 'left open to attack by emboldened Putin' over £800bn defence shortfall
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace tells The i Paper: 'Under Labour we are becoming the Mrs Bucket of European defence'
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December 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Exc: Teachers back Govt move to lift two-child benefit cap, and say it will help them and pupils focus on learning inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Teachers back lifting two-child benefit cap as poorer pupils ‘struggling to learn’
A poll found 72 per cent of teachers believe child poverty measures announced by the Government will help improve classrooms, rising to 85 per cent of those working in the most deprived schools
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December 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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You heard it @theipaper.com first
December 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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ICYMI
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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EXC: Operation stop Farage: Polanski would work with Labour to keep Reform out of No 10 - if Starmer is ousted

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Operation stop Farage: Polanski would work with Labour to keep Reform out of No 10
Green Party leader is open to pact, senior figures suggest
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December 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Exc: Rail workers should be given free flu jabs to help avert Christmas cancellations and delays, union says

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Fears of Christmas travel disruption if free flu jabs aren't given to rail staff
Number of people in hospital with flu in England jumps 55 per cent in a week
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December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Brexit EXC:

🎓UK on course to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme from January 2027
= EU extends key deadline for universities to participate
= Rising hopes on both sides of a deal by Christmas, crunch talks Monday

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December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Exc: UK stance on an under-30s visa deal with the EU boosted by a major new report which backs a 44k cap on numbers

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UK visas for 44,000 European under-30s could seal new Brexit deal
A deal could see tens of thousands of British under-30s travel, work or study in the EU
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December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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French sources say Starmer, Macron, Merz and Zelensky agreed a plan to bring the US back onside in Ukraine peace talks, amid concerns over Trump’s recent comments
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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UK 'entirely unprepared for war' in face of Putin's latest threats, triggering calls for even higher defence spending inews.co.uk/news/politic...
UK 'entirely unprepared for war' in face of Putin's latest threats
Keir Starmer fails to say the UK is ready for the threat from Russia
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December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Exc: Treasury to host briefing to placate Labour MPs on 'pub tax' as some call for a climbdown from Rachel Reeves
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Reeves told to reverse 'pub tax' as Labour MPs fear backlash over bar closures
One Labour MP said they feared “pubs will become the next farms” as the threat of bar closures linger over high streets and rural areas following last week's Budget
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November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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🚨UK-EU weapons fund talks collapse in blow to Brexit reset and economy inews.co.uk/news/politic...
UK-EU weapons fund talks collapse in blow to Brexit reset and economy
Deal would have bolstered UK defence industry
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November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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EXC Brexit reset negotiations:

🧑‍🎓EU considers softening uni fees demand to get youth mobility deal over the line
🪖UK counter-offer on Safe rearmament proposes pay-per-project rather than pay billions up front

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Cheaper UK university fees for EU students to clinch Brexit reset deal
EU considers softening stance on fees and cap on 'youth experience' to get agreement over the line
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November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Why Britons won't feel better off under Labour inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Why Britons won't feel better off under Labour
Rise in spare cash for households will be 'paltry', experts warn
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November 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Rachel Reeves has privately indicated she will not target pension tax relief rates in next week’s Budget
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Reeves rules out major change to pension savings in Budget
The Chancellor is now days away from delivering her make-or-break Budget
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November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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🚨Brexit reset defence deal unravelling as UK threatens to quit talks

Defence Sec John Healey tells me Britain will not join EU weapons fund at "any price"
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Brexit reset defence deal unravelling as UK threatens to quit talks
Defence Secretary John Healey has rejected the EU's cash demands
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November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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🚨NEW Children face deportation under Mahmood's migration crackdown

Home Office to start targeting families with under-18s for removal if their asylum claims fail.

Reminder: Farage's Reform rowed back on plans to deport children in August
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Children face deportation under Mahmood's migration crackdown
Home Secretary says right to family life is creating 'perverse incentives' to risk children's lives on boats
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November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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'F**cking deranged': How No10's bid to squash Streeting for leader backfired

Cabinet ministers, Government and party insiders, and MPs on Labour's new civil war

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'F***king deranged': How No10's bid to squash Streeting for leader backfired
A briefing against Wes Streeting has exposed a 'toxic culture' in No10
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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UK ready to quit crucial Brexit reset defence deal due to EU demanding billions

But Brussels thinks London will pay as British defence firms have bids for cash ready to go this month

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UK ready to quit crucial Brexit reset defence deal due to EU demanding billions
Defence exports are a key part of the Government's plan to grow the economy
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November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM