Kneecap will face no further action over Glastonbury performance, police say
The trio led festival crowds in chants of ‘f**k Keir Starmer’ during late June appearance
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Afghan data leak: Panic, a press gag and a secret relocation scheme
In the News podcast: UK taxpayers learn of multi-billion pound bill for massive Afghan relocation
German and UK leaders sign mutual defence pact as US steps back
Treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other
UK move to lower voting age to 16 unlikely to be in place for Northern Irish elections
First Minister Michelle O’Neill says UK law change is a ‘step forward for democracy’ but DUP opposes lowering voting age
New rows over old divisions in Labour before Westminster MPs take summer break
British prime minister Keir Starmer attempts to reassert authority but risks reopening wounds by suspending rebel MPs
Starmer and Martin to hold talks following Labour revolt over plan to abort Troubles Legacy Act
British prime minister was reminded that he ‘looked victims’ families in the eye’ and made them a promise
Labour accuses Tories of ‘total incompetence’ over injunction and secret Afghan resettlement scheme
In 2022 the UK’s ministry of defence accidentally leaked names of 18,700 Afghans who had helped British forces
UK’s Labour government facing backbench revolt over plan to repeal Troubles Legacy Act
Veterans minister said to have threatened to resign over plan to revoke immunity for British soldiers and others
September dates for Donald Trump’s UK state visit confirmed
Trump will be hosted by King Charles at banquet during three-day visit, but address to parliament unlikely
Keir Starmer was quick to condemn Kneecap, but strangely silent on Moygashel
There is something rotten about leveraging an expression of long-standing culture and tradition to deliver a contemporary declaration of racist hate
Ireland’s €156bn tax windfall: Where has it gone?
Most of the excess receipts from corporate tax have disappeared into the budgetary ether, in some cases to overruns in Health
Kneecap concert advertisement is banned from London Underground
Transport for London rejects poster featuring likeness of a balaclava, deeming advert as ‘likely to cause offence’
UK and France agree one in, one out migrant returns scheme
French president blames Brexit for making it harder to tackle illegal migration
Starmer pokes fun at Farage’s expense, but Reform leader may have the last laugh as migration looms large in UK-France summit
Britain’s prime minister badly needs an asylum seeker returns deal with France
Oasis: You can’t write. You don’t care. No wonder you’ve gone a long way
Politics will age you faster than even the most rock’n’roll lifestyle
Breaking down in tears at the scene was mortifying. It was also the only sane response
Rachel Reeves has been castigated for crying, but sometimes tears are the only way to react rationally
Small boat migration, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and US trade dominate discussion as Emmanuel Macron visits UK
French president begins three-day state visit by meeting King Charles and addressing MPs
The roots of the British malaise lie in a sick economy
Political responses to a bad situation tend towards either charlatanism or timidity
UK desperate to stay inside fiscal rules, Ireland couldn’t care less
After big U-turns, Starmer and Reeves have boxed themselves into a corner
Do we like it when our political and business leaders appear human or cry in public?
Admissions of overwhelm show humanity, if people in charge are strategic with their weaknesses
Piers Morgan: ‘My DNA is predominantly Irish whether Ireland wants that or not’
Broadcaster on his famous friends, future of media, ‘pathetic’ Kneecap and why his Offaly roots don’t make him a Biffo
Jeremy Corbyn confirms plans to form new party
Former Labour leader says he will build ‘real alternative’ to Starmer together with MP Zarah Sultana
‘Worst of any prime minister’: Ten moments that defined Labour’s first year in power in the UK
From a ‘loveless landslide’ to excessive gloom and a climbdown forced by his own MPs, the UK prime minister has endured a torrid first 12 months in office
Welsh first minister Eluned Morgan sympathises with Rachel Reeves
Prime minister says tears were as a result of a ‘purely personal’ matter
How to work smarter: get up early, do your work diligently, have a long lunch, go home
In the summer heat – when your colleagues are away – sneak out of the office at 1pm and put your email settings to ‘busy’
The Irish Times view on Keir Starmer’s anniversary: little to cheer about
Will humility and mea culpas mollify angry voters? Probably not
EU blocks Britain’s attempts to join pan-European trading bloc
The PEM convention would reduce exporters’ post-Brexit difficulties with supply chains
Kneecap owes Keir Starmer, the BBC and Helen from Wales a thank you
If Kneecap’s pro-Palestine stance is noisy and relentless, it’s right up there with the band’s marketing nous
Keir Starmer forced by his own MPs into embarrassing climbdown on disability cuts
Prime minister staves off defeat, but Labour rebels effectively gut government’s welfare reform legislation
Keir Starmer facing Labour rebellion on Tuesday despite caving in on disability benefit cuts
Labour rebels accuse British government of ‘rowing back’ on deal agreed last week
These five factors are how Zohran Mamdani took New York by storm
He managed to motivate tens of thousands of canvassers to knock on more than a million doors
Glastonbury Festival says chants about Israel Defense Forces by Bob Vylan ‘crossed the line’
Police assessing footage of group’s performance, which UK health secretary Wes Streeting on Sunday described as ‘appalling’
Kneecap at Glastonbury: British police assessing videos of group to see if offences were committed
Belfast rap group member Móglaí Bap tells large audience: ‘The prime minister of your country, not mine, said he didn’t want us to play’
Starmer shifts welfare cuts to new applicants only, in bid to avert Labour rebellion
The UK prime minister rolled back planned cuts, making it tougher for new applicants only to collect some benefits
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