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Ashes 2025-26: England’s Brendon McCullum and Rob Key will be given opportunity to stay in their posts

England have slimmed down their backroom staff since McCullum...

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Keir Starmer ‘deeply concerned’ over Kanye West festival appearance

West's X account was banned multiple times in 2022 due to posts that violated the platform's rules. It came after he posted a series...

Comedians tell ministers lack of funding is no laughing matter

Further talks are expected and Culture Minister Ian Murray has said he is "entirely behind" a proposal to work with comedy to "better understand...

‘Not fit for purpose’ – the secret history of a deadly phrase

In the 20 years since it was popularised, "not fit for purpose" has become an a universal by-word for state incompetence, something bureaucrats and...

UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, says Starmer

The US and Israel began attacking Iran early on Saturday, with Trump encouraging the Iranian people to remove the country's government.The Iranian regime has...

Shabana Mahmood to announce asylum system changes to take effect

Imran Hussain, from the Refugee Council charity, told the BBC that reviewing the status of refugees - who were successful, not failed, asylum seekers...

UK troops and civilians put at risk by Iran strikes in Middle East, Healey says

Healey was asked repeatedly on BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg if the UK backed the US-Israeli strikes on Iran or thought they were legal.He...

Mahmood to press on with immigration reforms despite by-election defeat

Mahmood is expected to double down on her approach in a speech next week.She will seek to make a "Labour case" for "firm and...

Starmer vows to fight on after historic Green by-election win

The by-election had been billed as a key strategic test for Labour, in a largely working-class suburb of Manchester that also contains a large...

Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election with Labour pushed into third by Reform

Green Party's historic success means future of British politics is more uncertain than everpublished at 06:25 GMT06:25 GMTProfessor Sir John CurticePolling expert ...

Met Police apologise to Forsyth after Mandelson tip-off error

The BBC understands that Lord Mandelson's lawyers were twice told by the police that information about his alleged travel plans had been passed on...

Met apologises to Commons Speaker for sharing Mandelson tip-off

The BBC understands that Lord Mandelson's lawyers were twice told by the police that information about his alleged travel plans had been passed on...

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