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Politics Independent 21/05/2025 05:50:14 AM UK hits Israel with further sanctions and suspends trade talks Ministers in talks over possibility of ‘reversing winter fuel cuts’ Starmer vows EU deal will end ‘huge’ passport queues Vaccine maker’s £1bn UK investment to create ‘hundreds of high-skilled jobs’ Tories face wipeout as they drop to fourth place in major poll How pro-Brexit media responded to Starmer’s UK-EU reset Government suffers third defeat over copyright protection against AI In charts: What does the new Brexit deal mean for fishing? From fishing to e-gates: The key takeaways from Starmer’s Brexit deal Readers praise Brexit deal: ‘Britain can act like a grown-up again’ Starmer under fire for missing youth mobility ‘open goal’ in EU reset What does the new EU deal mean for Britain’s fishing industry? Britain and EU ‘turn a page’ with Brexit reset deal How Starmer managed to have his cake and eat it with new Brexit deal Solicitors criticise ‘antiquated’ Legal Aid Agency IT system after cyber attack Starmer vows EU deal will end huge passport queues after ‘win-win’ Brexit reset: Live Tories face wipeout as they drop to fourth place in major poll Reform voters enjoy more dating app success than Tories, study finds Everything we know about the UK-EU ‘Brexit reset’ deal Starmer’s post-Brexit reset talk go to the wires in bid to secure deal How would a youth mobility scheme between the UK and EU work? British travellers could get access to EU passport queues again How would a youth mobility scheme between the UK and EU work? British travellers could get access to EU passport queues again Romanians cast ballots in a tense presidential runoff that pits nationalist against pro-EU centrist The £25bn-a-year prize at stake in Starmer’s Brexit reset talks Talks over winter fuel U-turn ‘intensify’ as Labour bids to woo voters Hundreds of MPs and peers call for Starmer to ban Iranian army Starmer accused of ignoring foreign press at post-Brexit reset summit Starmer told to be more ambitious with Brexit reset deal Starmer in 11th hour Brexit reset talks with Macron and von der Leyen Is Labour delivering its promises on mental healthcare in schools? ‘I should have the right to die’ – readers call for compassion Labour to make children more resilient in battle on mental health Tony Blair urges Starmer not to retaliate against Trump tariffs Starmer’s Brexit reset deal divides Independent readers Have your say: Has the assisted dying bill lost its safeguards? What is the assisted dying bill and what might it mean for patients? Man charged with arson after fires at Starmer’s properties Fury over Starmer’s bid to send failed asylum seekers abroad UK requests return to EU’s freedom of movement – for pets Brexit reset deal hits deadlock just days before crucial UK-EU summit Nato ally casts doubt Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’ for Ukraine European Union accuses TikTok of breaching digital rules its ad database falls short How Britain’s economic growth compares with other G7 countries Starmer’s ex-economic adviser warns Reeves will have to raise taxes Tories only realised impact on asylum ‘just before’ Brexit, admits MP NHS bosses who fail to cut waiting times to have their pay docked Fear Brexit left UK consumers more exposed to cancer-causing food Albania's prime minister thanks voters for landslide win and pledges EU membership by 2030

BBC Politics 21/05/2025 05:50:09 AM Ministers consider easing winter fuel payment cuts Options under discussion include changing eligibility, or restoring the payments to all pensioners. Live. UK suspends Israel trade talks and summons ambassador over 'intolerable' Gaza offensive Attribution Chris Mason: EU deal a reminder of an uneasy relationship Attribution Second man charged over fires at homes linked to PM Attribution UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel over Gaza Attribution Starmer apologises for 'rude' answer to Plaid MP Attribution Peers demand more protection from AI for creatives Posted The new UK-EU deal at a glance Attribution Henry Zeffman: Starmer banks on public being over Brexit Attribution Five unanswered questions in UK-EU deal Attribution Who are the winners and losers from the UK-EU agreement? 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Video, 00:01:19, published at 15:06Fact-checking Reform's migration claims about the new EU deal Attribution 14:56Ministers consider easing winter fuel payment cuts, published at 14:56Ministers consider easing winter fuel payment cuts Attribution 14:23Reform UK council targets potholes and fly-tipping, published at 14:23Reform UK council targets potholes and fly-tipping Attribution 12:49Wiltshire Council to be run by Liberal Democrats, published at 12:49Wiltshire Council to be run by Liberal Democrats Attribution 11:29How much money does the UK government borrow, and does it matter?, published at 11:29How much money does the UK government borrow, and does it matter? 10:50'Exports halved after Brexit - I support new deal', published at 10:50'Exports halved after Brexit - I support new deal' Attribution 10:09Clyde Tunnel could close after workers vote to strike, published at 10:09Clyde Tunnel could close after workers vote to strike Attribution 06:14Like octopus, the UK-EU deal is a mixed blessing, published at 06:14Like octopus, the UK-EU deal is a mixed blessing Attribution 06:07Fruit juice 'not fruit' in school food shakeup plan, published at 06:07Fruit juice 'not fruit' in school food shakeup plan Attribution 06:07Councillor backs campaign to block housing scheme, published at 06:07Councillor backs campaign to block housing scheme Attribution 04:47UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel over Gaza, published at 04:47UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel over Gaza Attribution 02:44Chris Mason: EU deal a reminder of an uneasy relationship, published at 02:44Chris Mason: EU deal a reminder of an uneasy relationship Attribution 23:05 19 MayUK-EU deal moves us on from Brexit rows, Starmer says, published at 23:05 19 MayUK-EU deal moves us on from Brexit rows, Starmer says Attribution 22:46 19 MayFM wanted 'more discussion' on EU fishing rights, published at 22:46 19 MayFM wanted 'more discussion' on EU fishing rights Attribution 21:32 19 MayPeers demand more protection from AI for creatives, published at 21:32 19 MayPeers demand more protection from AI for creatives 18:55 19 MayWho are the winners and losers from the UK-EU agreement?, published at 18:55 19 MayWho are the winners and losers from the UK-EU agreement? 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The Spectator 21/05/2025 05:50:14 AM Britain is playing into Hamas’s hands Keir Starmer has walked into the same Brexit trap as Theresa May Lucy Connolly is in prison because of her politics Greggs’ security crackdown is a sign of broken Britain How were three siblings abandoned in east London? Beef farmers have been stitched up Better than Hollywood: Netflix’s The Eternaut reviewed The curious case of Bella May Culley Britain is now a slackers’ paradise I’ve become a solar panel hustler How were three siblings abandoned in east London? Beef farmers have been stitched up Better than Hollywood: Netflix’s The Eternaut reviewed The curious case of Bella May Culley From Spectator Life Britain is now a slackers’ paradise From Spectator Life I’ve become a solar panel hustler From Spectator Life The private school exodus has begun Lucy Connolly is the victim of a great injustice Teachers are turning on Labour Could (bottled) Watergate sink Macron? Why the Trump-Putin dialogue is so dangerous for Ukraine Is it wise for King Charles to drive a Chinese-made EV? Clegg: Starmer’s EU deal is a ‘damp squib’ Bruno Retailleau’s quiet revolution The EU’s power is waning. If only Starmer could see it The problem with Shabana Mahmood’s electronic tag roll-out Greggs’ security crackdown is a sign of broken Britain Lucy Connolly is in prison because of her politics Britain is now a slackers’ paradise The private school exodus has begun Britain is playing into Hamas’s hands Let Gary Lineker host Eurovision How to fight back against Lily Phillips Scotland has no idea what to do about Reform Gender ideology is still dictating NHS policy Why lesbians want out of the LGBT movement The curious case of Bella May Culley From Spectator Life How to save Britain’s pubs From Spectator Life The unfashionable truth? Early motherhood is wonderful From Spectator Life The semicolon had its moment; that moment is over From Spectator Life I’ve become a solar panel hustler From Spectator Life Britain is now a slackers’ paradise From Spectator Life How to save Britain’s pubs From Spectator Life The rich are fleeing – what next? Keir Starmer is worried about whos coming into the country. This week, he launched a white paper with the aim of cutting migration. Britain risks becoming an island of strangers, he said. However, its not just arrivals that should give him sleepless nights. Its the number of people in the departures lounge too. Londons private Your state pension is a socialist bribe Shabana Mahmood: ‘There’s still a moment of reckoning to come’ on grooming gangs ‘No peens in our pond’: the ‘Pond Terfs’ manning Kenwood ladies’ pond The search for the mother of three abandoned babies Better than Hollywood: Netflix’s The Eternaut reviewed I think I’ve found the new Van Morrison Decent redesign, ravishing rehang: the new-look National Gallery reviewed Our half-time scorecard on the Royal Opera’s Ring cycle The odd couple: Austen and Turner at 250 Two hours of yakking about Israel: Giant, at the Harold Pinter Theatre, reviewed Tantalisingly ambiguous – or just plain baffling: Hallow Road reviewed The unfashionable truth? Early motherhood is wonderful From Spectator Life

New Statesman 21/05/2025 05:50:14 AM The brain behind Labour’s EU deal With his talk of “ruthless pragmatism”, is Nick Thomas-Symonds the heir to Harold Wilson? The dark reality behind Trump’s embrace of white South Africans The EU-UK reset exposes the limits of a “geopolitical Europe” Are the Blairites still the future? Can you ever forgive Nick Clegg? Why Kemi Badenoch’s Brexit attacks won’t work Starmer faces his unhappy backbenchers What Biden’s cancer diagnosis means for his legacy Labour’s Europe deal is a trap for Brexiteers The BBC’s new therapy show left me with a full-body cringe Why George Osborne still runs Britain Austerity was a radical economic experiment – but 15 years on, it has become the new orthodoxy. By Will Dunn Portrait of an 18th-century It girl British TV will be a victim of the US trade deal How Labour learned to love immigration control The catastrophe in Gaza Misogyny in the metaverse Keir Starmer can rewrite the history of Brexit 1. Starmer faces his unhappy backbenchers Insiders described Monday's meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party as subdued. 2. Labour’s Europe deal is a trap for Brexiteers 3. Are the Blairites still the future? 4. The dark reality behind Trump’s embrace of white South Africans 5. Why Kemi Badenoch’s Brexit attacks won’t work Keir Starmer can rewrite the history of Brexit Trump and Putin have handed Britain the chance for a fresh start with Europe. How Labour learned to love immigration control The eco-populist against net zero The fight for Labour’s future Are the Tories doomed this time? Scotland has not turned against immigration Rachel Reeves shouldn’t U-turn on winter fuel cuts Trump has tired of Netanyahu The US president's Middle East trip proves that “America First” makes no exception for Israel. Can Putin afford peace? What Louis Theroux gets wrong about the West Bank Donald Trump vs Columbia The messy art of the US-Ukraine minerals deal Mark Carney enters the arena The downfall of King Dollar Do the Greens need a more charismatic leader? The Labour party is turning in on itself A year undercover on the far right 100 years of The Great Gatsby The Leopard and the ruins of history The thwarted Marxist of Balliol Theodore Roosevelt, the Tories’ new philosopher-king The prophet of the new right David Rieff foretells the fate of woke The left after Trump The Biden cover-up The extent of the president’s decline was concealed by his desperate team. The reality was even worse than it seemed. By Freddie Hayward Misogyny in the metaverse Mark Twain and the limits of biography Mission: Impossible 8 – the return of the sexless show-off The birth trauma taboo Edward St Aubyn’s comedy of horrors The potter of porcelain mania Exclusive: the state pension is being siphoned off abroad Donald Trump’s gamble with your pension The downfall of King Dollar How the OBR became the Department for Austerity A drinker’s guide to offshore London Can Labour save Scunthorpe? We must rethink energy security for today’s complex world Adrian Ramsay: “Marks out of ten for Labour? Three” Parity of esteem has never been delivered Kemi Badenoch is wrong about net zero Dale Vince: “Trump has given credibility to the incredible” The Policy Ask with Sebastian Rees: “Listen to people on the front line” Why George Osborne still runs Britain Portrait of an 18th-century It girl Gordon Brown: the moral economist Misogyny in the metaverse The role and purpose of social housing continues to evolve An old Rioja, a simple Claret,and a Burgundy far too nice to put in risotto Can the government’s AI Action Plan drive innovation and growth in the UK?