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MSPs challenge university principal on pay and perks amid £140m savings goal

Holyrood Education Committee convener Douglas Ross questioned University of Edinburgh principal Professor Sir Peter Mathieson.

Evening Standard

Deal on US steel tariffs to be in force ‘in a very short time’, says PM

Sir Keir Starmer suggested to the House of Commons that the deal struck last month could come into effect ‘in just a couple of weeks’.

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No Madame Tussauds waxwork for Starmer over fears he will become 'irrelevant' despite replicas for other PMs

Attraction currently has no plans to make a figure of the prime minister, a spokesperson for the museum said

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PM sidesteps future of two-child benefit cap amid ‘chaos, chaos, chaos’ claims

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir Starmer of making ‘U-turn after U-turn’.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer confronted over UK claim 'no genocide in Gaza'

THE UK Government has officially denied the genocide in Gaza, it has emerged.

The National (Scotland)

Voices: Are Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer in denial about the ‘T’ word?

COMMENT: In a key speech in Rochdale, the chancellor stuck to Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance for employees and VAT, saying she had ‘absolutely no intention’ of repeating the £40bn tax hike in her first Budget. Her words may well come back to haunt her,…

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Westminster's anti-migrant politics leaves New Scots 'hopeless and afraid'

ANTI-MIGRANT politics coming out of Westminster is leaving new Scots feeling "hopeless and afraid", Scottish charities have warned.

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Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs after Reeves vows winter fuel U-turn

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs on Wednesday (4 June), days after unveiling the UK's defence strategy for the next decade.

The Independent UK

Head of Nato suggests alliance should look to ‘equalise’ US defence contribution

Mark Rutte said allies will find themselves ‘in great difficulty’ if the current 2% GDP spending target is maintained.

The Independent UK

Starmer Criticized by Piers Morgan Over Migrant Numbers

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Police will not have to pick and choose which crimes to investigate, says Reeves

Senior police chiefs have written to the PM warning they will be forced to make difficult choices if spending cuts are announced next week.

The Independent UK

Millions more pensioners to get winter fuel payments this year, Rachel Reeves confirms after major U-turn

The Chancellor said the changes to winter fuel payments will come into force this year

Evening Standard

Fourth man arrested over fires at properties linked to Keir Starmer bailed

The 48-year-old who was stopped at Stansted Airport on Monday has been released on bail until July.

Evening Standard

No prospect of universal winter fuel payment, says pensions minister

Torsten Bell said he thinks most people agree ‘it’s not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundreds of pounds to millionaires’.

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The Independent UK

More pensioners will receive winter fuel payments

Pensions minister Torsten Bell said payments will not be universal, while Chancellor Rachel Reeves said changes will be in place for this winter.

The Guardian - UK

Labour claims to be defending Britain from new threats, but its warfare state is steeped in old thinking

For every sensible proposal, there’s a failure to think through the UK’s place in the world – and a promised ‘defence dividend’ that won’t materialise, says academic and author David Edgerton

Evening Standard

Government ‘confident’ it can implement US deal in time to protect steel sector

UK Steel has urged the Government to ‘apply rocket boosters’ to negotiations.

The Independent UK

The credibility of Trump and Starmer’s US-UK trade deal is hanging by a thread

NEWS ANALYSIS: The intense talks on Tuesday night may have been about stopping 50 per cent steel tariffs, but at the heart of it whether politicians can prove their credibility, says political editor David Maddox

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Met chief clashes with Rachel Reeves as he appeals to PM for Spending Review funds to fight crime in London

Scotland Yard boss warns of ‘stark choices about which crimes we no longer prioritise’ if the police’s funding plea is ignored

Evening Standard

Police chiefs and Government watchdogs write to PM in warning over funding cuts

In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, Sir Mark Rowley warned that cuts to police budgets will have ‘far-reaching consequences’, it has been reported.

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick urges Prime Minister to sack 'appalling' Attorney General Lord Hermer in latest stunt video

The Shadow Justice Secretary took aim at the Labour peer in his recent social media post, which garnered 1.5 million views in less than 24 hours

The Independent UK

Voices: I went on hunger strike to save my wife – why won’t Starmer help Laila Soueif like he helped us?

COMMENT: While Richard was sitting hungry and cold on the London pavement, he had a visit from Keir Starmer, then leader of the opposition. Days later, he called Nazanin – on house arrest in Tehran – and committed to do what he could to help get her home, recall Richard…

The Independent UK

Voices: Tiananmen massacre: It’s time to wake up and stand up to the butchers of Beijing

COMMENT: On the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Benedict Rogers says that the question is not whether China has changed – it hasn’t – but whether the free world has the courage to wake up and act on its morals

The National (Scotland)

What are the big issues dominating the Hamilton by-election?

Voters will go to the polls on Thursday to cast their verdict in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election

The Independent UK

Starmer urged to intervene in ‘never-ending nightmare’ of Aung San Suu Kyi and people of Myanmar

New report details harrowing plight of tens of thousands of political prisoners, including the country’s democratically elected leader, who was overthrown by the military in 2021

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