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Sir Keir Starmer has said stability in the Middle East is “a priority” following US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The prime minister also called on Iran to “return to the negotiating table” to “reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis”. In a statement, the prime minister said: “Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave…

The impending ban on protest group Palestine Action has divided opinion – described as both “outrageous” and “long overdue”. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to take the step after the group broke into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on e-scooters and sprayed two Voyager planes with red paint. The prime minister described the attack…

Since the local elections Reform UK has had no shortage of good polls. But a new one suggests Nigel Farage’s party has a chance not only of winning the next election, but of claiming a decent Commons majority, too. In February, Reform topped a Sky News/YouGov poll for the first time, with Nigel Farage’s party…

The House of Commons is a place defined by confrontation where political battles play out and engage more actively with their constituents. But the atmosphere could not have been more different on Friday, as those on both sides of the assisted dying debate listened respectfully, almost solemnly, to one another in the final hours before…

Sir Keir Starmer had a series of one-on-one meetings with Labour MPs on Friday to try to contain a rebellion on the government’s welfare reforms. Ahead of the assisted dying vote, the prime minister met privately with some of the dozens of MPs with concerns about the proposed cuts to sickness and disability benefits. The…

The assisted dying bill passed its third reading in the Commons with a majority of 23 and will now be passed to the House of Lords. There were 314 votes in favour and 291 against. In November, the bill passed its second reading by a majority of 55, more than twice as large as today….

The home secretary is planning to proscribe the Palestine Action group, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, Sky News understands. Yvette Cooper is preparing a written ministerial statement which would make becoming a member of the group illegal. The statement is expected on Monday and will then need to be enacted through new legislation….

MPs have voted to approve a historic bill that would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was approved by 314 votes to 291 at its third reading in the House of Commons – a majority of 23. Politics Live: MPs back legalising assisted dying in historic…

A pro-Palestinian group has targeted an RAF base and damaged two military aircraft in what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) branded an act of “vandalism”. Palestine Action posted on X to say it had broken into RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. In a video shared online, a person can be seen approaching an aircraft on…

Sir Keir Starmer could end up allowing Donald Trump to use British bases to launch strikes on Iran, Harriet Harman has said. Speaking to Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Baroness Harman said this was despite the prime minister being part of a generation “shaped” by opposition to the Iraq War. 👉Click here to…