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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

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‘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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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 Fashion Central

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?

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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

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer doubles down on Winter Fuel Payment cut

KEIR Starmer has doubled down on cutting winter heating support payments to vulnerable pensioners – despite stinging criticism from within his own…

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The Independent UK

Starmer secures Britain’s biggest post-Brexit trade deal with India in ‘landmark’ agreement

Deal on whisky, gin, cars and cosmetics set to boost economy and cut prices for shoppers – but Indian temporary workers and their employers in the UK get three-year exemption from national insurance contributions

The Guardian - UK

No 10 rethinking winter fuel payment cut after Labour slump in local elections

Exclusive: government fears further electoral losses from unpopular policy as well as from planned £5bn of benefits cuts

The Independent UK

Downing Street fury at Farage plot to tie up Starmer government in legal challenges

Exclusive: Reform’s new Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns has revealed that Farage plans to use the party’s control of councils across England to launch a series of legal challenges to block Labour government policy on net zero and housing asylum seekers

Evening Standard

Solar panels ‘to become mandatory for new homes by 2027’

Downing Street said the panels should be installed on as many new properties as possible.

Evening Standard

Downing Street welcomes US Ukraine economic deal

The two countries signed off on an agreement on Wednesday that is expected to give the US access to Ukraine’s mineral resources.

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street forces Tony Blair to row back from net zero strategy criticism

Labour politicians warn former PM had boosted Tory and Reform climate sceptics on the eve of local elections

Evening Standard

Number 10 rejects Blair’s claim of ‘hysteria’ in net zero debate

Sir Keir Starmer disagrees with the former Labour leader about the tone of global discussions about net zero, Number 10 indicated.

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