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Who is Swaran Singh? Indian-origin psychiatrist to join House of Lords as UK announces new peerages

An Indian-origin psychiatrist and academic Professor Swaran Singh has been nominated for a life peerage, earning a seat in the House of Lords as part of a new list of political appointments announced ahead of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's departure from Downing Street next week, PTI reported

The Times of India

Indian-origin academic, London Mayor Sadiq Khan among new UK peerages

Academic Swaran Singh and Mayor Sadiq Khan received peerages ahead of Keir Starmer's resignation. Starmer will formally resign as prime minister next week, making way for Andy Burnham. These appointments are part of a customary resignation honours process for departing prime ministers. Singh led an investigation into discrimination within the…

The Economic Times

Sadiq Khan: Can anyone stop him winning fourth term as Mayor of London?

The Conservatives, Reform and Greens are battling to be the main challenger to Labour’s candidate in the 2028 contest for City Hall

Evening Standard

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Man released from custody as police continue Ann Widdecombe murder probe

THE 26-year-old man who on Friday was arrested on suspicion of murdering former MP and MEP Ann Widdecombe has been released from custody

The National (Scotland)

Politicians react as man arrested on suspicion of murdering Ann Widdecombe

POLITICIANS have been reacting to the news that a 26-year-old white British man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering former MP and MEP Ann…

The National (Scotland)

Ann Widdecombe murder detectives arrest British man, 26, after former Tory minister found dead at home

Police are not treating the incident as terrorism, after the Reform spokesperson was reportedly found covered in blood with serious head injuries at her home

The Independent UK

Reform's Robert Jenrick says he has 'co-operated fully' as Met Police probe £37,000 donation

The Reform UK Treasury spokesman claimed his former party introduced him to the donor

Evening Standard

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Farage concluded he faced ‘stitch-up’ amid probe into £5m gift, Jenrick says

Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman likened the process to a ‘kangaroo court.’

Evening Standard

You can’t hide away from mounting questions over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, top ally warns Farage

Tim Montgomerie defected to Reform UK in 2024 after 33 years in the Conservative Party

The Independent UK

Former MP and aide to Rishi Sunak pleads guilty to election date gambling

Craig Williams admitted using confidential information to place bets on the timing of the poll.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak’s former aide pleads guilty to general election betting scandal

Craig Williams, 41, is ex-MP for Montgomeryshire and Cardiff North and was a key figure in Mr Sunak’s inner circle

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak's former aide pleads guilty to election date gambling

A close aide to former prime minister Rishi Sunak has pleaded guilty to cheating at gambling with bets on the date of the 2024 General Election

The National (Scotland)

Former Rishi Sunak aide pleads guilty to betting on date of 2024 election

Craig Williams, 41, admitted using confidential information to place bets on the timing of the poll

Evening Standard

Burnham latest: PM in waiting unveils ‘No 10 North’ plan to get power out of London as he vows to ‘rewire Britain’

The PM-in-waiting promised a 'new direction' for the country as he addressed audience in Manchester

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The Economic Times

How Brexit broke British politics

A decade after the UK voted to leave the EU, the nation grapples with fractured politics and a sluggish economy. Brexit's promises of control have yielded complex realities, leading to frequent leadership changes and deep divisions. While the immediate headlines have faded, the 'subterranean trace of Brexit' continues to shape…

The Independent UK

Britain left the EU 10 years ago. Its politics has been an unruly mess ever since

Brexit fractured the European Union, and it broke British politics

The Guardian - UK

‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat

How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox’s murder and David Cameron’s resignation shaped the UK’s future

The Independent UK

A look at the quick succession of British prime ministers in the past 10 years

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has become the sixth leader to announce they are stepping down in a decade of turbulent U.K. politics

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Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch hails by-election win as showing Tories ‘working to regain trust’

The Conservative leader spoke out after her party’s ‘seismic’ victory in Aberdeen South, taking the seat from the SNP with a majority of over 6,000.

The Independent UK

Reform UK councillor quits party after branding defection ‘biggest mistake of my life’

Robbie Lammas declared the Conservative Party was ‘over’ when he defected to Reform UK in October 2025

The Guardian - UK

Mail on Sunday attacks Restore as split right creates headache for UK papers

Some titles that once backed the Tories now ‘flirting with Farage’ as they try to gauge where readers stand

Evening Standard

Tories would give Aberdeen oil industry ‘kiss of life’ says Badenoch

The Conservative party leader is visiting the constituency ahead of the by-election on Thursday.

Evening Standard

People of Aberdeen have asked me to save ‘dying’ city, says Badenoch

Voters in the Aberdeen South Westminster seat will go to the polls for a by-election on June 18.

The Conversation

From Brexit to ‘Bregret’: ten years later, bitterness still prevails over the UK’s vote to leave the EU

On June 23 2016, a majority of Britons chose to leave the European Union after a referendum campaign driven by the promises of supporters of the “Leave” camp, spearheaded by Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson. Built around the slogan “Take Back Control”, the pro-Brexit campaign promised to restore the country’s…

The Independent UK

Badenoch accuses Farage of playing identity politics over Henry Nowak murder

The Conservative Party accused Farage of ‘whipping people up’ over the 18-year-old student’s murder

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