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Downing Street exploring options for ‘progressive’ UK digital IDs

BritCard proposed by Labour Together as way to avoid another Windrush scandal and reduce visa overstayers

The Guardian - UK

UK faces calls for 5% GDP defence spend, ahead of PM’s meeting with Nato chief

Mark Rutte, the secretary general of the alliance, said on Thursday he is proposing Nato members spend 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence.

Evening Standard

Voices: Has Scotland fallen for English nationalist Nigel Farage?

COMMENT: If Reform performs well in the Hamilton by-election – a Scottish parliamentary seat that Labour ought to be able to take from the beleaguered SNP – the symbolism will send a message directly to the heart of Downing Street, says John Rentoul

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Winter fuel payments to be reinstated this year, Rachel Reeves confirms

Threshold over which pensioners are no longer eligible for payment will rise before winter, chancellor says

The Guardian - UK

UK forging ahead with US trade talks, despite court block on Trump’s tariffs

Exclusive: British officials hope to have deals covering cars, metals and aeroplane parts within weeks

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Met worker’s petition after colleague who called rape victim ‘slut’ rehired

Issy Vine left her job in December last year and started a petition for a review of the misconduct regulations which now has 40,000 signatures.

Evening Standard

‘It’s all people wanted to talk about’: How Labour U-turned on winter fuel payment cut

After months of mounting anger from voters and pressure from MPs No 10 accepted a change had to be made

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Labour could review other benefit cuts after winter fuel U-turn, sources say

Sources say improved economic landscape may lead to two-child benefit cap and health and disability cuts being revisited

The Guardian - UK

Labour to reverse winter fuel payment cuts - who will be eligible and what happens next?

After spending months ruling out a U-turn on the policy, the government has finally admitted it will make changes. But when will it come into force and who will be affected?

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker apologises for ‘genuine mistake’ as BBC confirms early exit

Downing Street said Lineker had made a ‘significant contribution’ to the BBC but it was important the broadcaster upholds the ‘highest standards’.

Evening Standard

UK and EU officials locked in last-minute negotiations over post-Brexit reset deal

Disagreements over fishing rights and youth mobility are understood to have presented last-minute stumbling blocks for a deal with the EU

The Independent UK

‘We’re in the last, hard yards’: quiet hopes for UK-EU reset at crucial summit

Monday’s meet-up could provide the piece of the jigsaw to unlock UK growth and draw a line under the Brexit years

The Guardian - UK

UK on verge of deal with EU to let Britons use European passport e-gates

Exclusive: Agreement could cut airport queues, caused by need to have passports stamped after Brexit

The Guardian - UK

No 10 actively investigating winter fuel payment changes as fears grow over voter anger

Keir Starmer did not deny a rethink of benefit cut to 10 million pensioners blamed for Labour’s electoral losses

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Evening Standard

Downing Street should fly Middlesex flag, say Tories

Downing Street should fly the county colours of Middlesex to celebrate the county on its historic day on Friday, a senior Conservative MP has said.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer digs himself into a hole in Tirana while Tories froth about a flag

Keir was supposed to be here for a deal on an asylum returns hub but his towering host had a surprise in store

The Guardian - UK

No 10 defends Starmer’s language on immigration likened to Enoch Powell speech

Downing Street says it is wrong to compare PM’s warning about ‘island of strangers’ to 1968 ‘rivers of blood’ speech

The Independent UK

Starmer doubles down on ‘island of strangers’ immigration row amid growing Labour revolt

Downing Street has rejected comparisons to former right-wing Tory MP Enoch Powell and insisted the prime minister will ‘not shy away’ from the issue of immigration as Tory MP Robert Jenrick and Viktor Orban’s government praised his language

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Susanna Reid Silences Wes Streeting in Fiery Winter Fuel Showdown—Tensions Boil Over on Live TV

GMB’s Susanna Reid Silences Wes Streeting in Fiery Winter Fuel Showdown—Tensions Boil Over on Live TV

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin rejects ceasefire ultimatum proposed by European leaders

Leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland told Russian president to accept unconditional 30-day ceasefire by Monday or face increased sanctions and weapons transfers to Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Leaders of UK, France, Germany and Poland to visit Ukraine in joint show of support

Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk to make symbolic visit day after Putin parade

The Guardian - UK

Cars, steel, beef and films: the key points of the US-UK trade deal

After weeks of negotiations, the UK and US have announced a new trade deal. What does it involve – and what has been left out?

The National (Scotland)

Scotch whisky left out as Keir Starmer and Donald Trump strike UK-US trade deal

TARIFFS of 10 will remain on the vast majority of British exports to the US, including Scotch whisky, under a new deal agreed by the UK Government…

The Guardian - UK

Varun Chandra: Starmer adviser proving ‘vital link’ for Labour in US trade talks

Chandra is known as ‘a brilliant salesman’, smoothing over friction with businesses and playing key role in trade negotiations with US

The Guardian - UK

UK officials land in Washington as talks over trade agreement continue

Senior negotiators hope to get agreement with US signed ahead of UK-EU summit on 19 May

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