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The government is delaying the Hillsborough Law next stage until next week because of a backlash by Labour MPs to attempts to water down “duty of candour” for the security services, Sky News understands. The Public Office Accountability Bill is designed to establish a “duty of candour” in law, which would mean public servants must…

Sir Keir Starmer has threatened to “control” X’s AI chatbot Grok if Elon Musk’s social media platform continues to create sexual images of women and children. The prime minister told his MPs the actions of Grok and X are “absolutely disgusting and shameful”. “If X cannot control Grok, we will – and we’ll do it…

Former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has become the latest – and most senior – Tory to defect to Reform UK. The ex-MP and vaccines minister during the COVID pandemic said the UK was “drinking at the last chance saloon” and “really does need Nigel Farage as prime minister”. Having served under the four latest Conservative…

👉Listen to Politics At Sam And Anne’s on your podcast app👈 As global instability continues to dominate the prime minister’s agenda, is the threat to his premiership receding? After a rollercoaster week of foreign events, and now the possibility of the collapse of the Iranian regime, Sam and Anne assess the perception of his actions…

A cabinet minister has refused to be drawn on whether the UK would support the US if it decided to take military action against Iran amid widespread protests in the country. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said she was “not going to get into commentary on the comments from another country about their foreign policy or…

Lord Peter Mandelson has refused to apologise for his personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The former UK ambassador to the US, who was sacked last September over emails which showed the extent of his support for the convicted paedophile following his conviction, told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he had paid a “calamitous” price…

The former prime minister of Denmark has told Sky News her country is “being bullied” by the US over Greenland, and that it views this as “an act of aggression”. Speaking to the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Helle Thorning-Schmidt said: “We’re a very small country, and to be honest with you, we feel bullied. “We feel…

Image editing on X’s Grok AI tool has been limited to paid subscribers, according to a message displayed by the chatbot – with the changes described as “insulting” by Downing Street. Users were able to upload a picture and ask Grok to alter the image, but the AI system now replies to requests with this…

The government has allocated £200m of funding to prepare the UK’s armed forces to be deployed to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal. The money, announced by Defence Secretary John Healey during a visit to Ukraine on Friday, will deliver new vehicles, communications and counter-drone protection to ensure troops are ready if required. The…

Evictions of migrants living in asylum hotels are set to start in the spring, Sky News understands. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is also expected to end the government’s legal duty to automatically support destitute asylum seekers. A Home Office source told The i Paper it would allow the minister to remove accommodation and weekly allowances…