LONDON — Forget the backstabbing and plotting for just a moment — romance is in the air in Westminster again this Valentine’s Day. In time-honored tradition, POLITICO is celebrating the annual festival of love by bringing you the top political power couples of 2024. As usual, these are definitely not scientifically ranked… Out of the […]
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LONDON — The U.K. government imposed fresh sanctions on “extremist” Israeli settlers who have attacked Palestinian civilians, Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced. The crackdown, unveiled on Monday afternoon, will see the U.K. impose asset freezes as well as travel and visa bans on those “who have committed human rights abuses against Palestinian communities in the West […]
LONDON — The Metropolitan Police dropped its investigation into a Conservative MP arrested for sexual offenses in 2022. Andrew Rosindell, the MP for Romford since 2001, was arrested on suspicion of offenses including rape, indecent assault and abuse of trust. He has always denied wrongdoing and was never charged. A spokesperson for the Met, London’s police force, […]
LONDON — More than 40,000 jobs in the U.K. energy sector could be lost because of Labour’s new oil and gas windfall tax plans, an industry group is warning. In a scathing attack on the U.K. opposition party’s proposals, David Whitehouse, chief executive of Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) said the party “either can’t do the maths […]
LONDON — Keir Starmer’s Labour Party U-turned on its green investment plans after months of speculation. The party on Thursday ditched its totemic pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green policies — slashing those spending plans by nearly 75 percent. In a move likely to dismay green campaigners and the left-wing of the […]
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play Acast Host Jack Blanchard goes for lunch with the Sunday Times’ chief political commentator, Tim Shipman, as the deadline for his new Brexit tome approaches. Over a bottle of claret and (medium) rare steak, Shipman discusses the art of long-form political writing; recalls his best and worst interview […]
Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through. What they sparred about: Labour boss Keir Starmer started things off on a fairly typical note — with a low-energy gag at Rishi Sunak’s expense about his newfound […]
LONDON — King Charles III’s cancer has been “caught early,” the U.K. prime minister said Tuesday. Responding to the monarch’s diagnosis of an unspecified form of cancer — which sent shockwaves through the British establishment Monday — Rishi Sunak offered his best wishes and said his regular contact with the Charles would continue. “Like everyone […]
Tobias Ellwood is a British MP. He is a former officer in the British Army, Foreign Office Middle East minister and defense minister. He also served as chair of the Defense Select Committee in the House of Commons. In today’s fragmented world, if there’s one thing a future leader might learn from the staying power […]
LONDON – The U.K. could officially recognize a Palestinian state without waiting for any Israeli-Palestinian talks on a two-state solution to bear fruit, Britain’s foreign secretary said. David Cameron, who this week talked up U.K. recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations in a significant shift of British government policy, said no such […]