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Downing Street rules out reversing cut to winter fuel payment

Downing Street has ruled out reversing cuts to the winter fuel allowance for 10mn pensioners, despite senior Labour figures blaming the policy for the party’s setbacks in local elections in England last week.

HuffPost UK on MSN · 8h

Downing Street Rules Out U-Turn On Decision To Axe Winter Fuel Payments For 10 Million Pensioners

The prime minister's aides are reportedly looking at ways of watering down the policy after Labour's local elections drubbing.

Reuters · 2h

UK won't reverse winter fuel payment cuts after poor election results - PM's spokesman

The British government will not reverse cuts to winter fuel or welfare payments, a spokesman for Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday, after a series of bruising losses in English local elections.

Buckingham Palace and Downing Street host VE Day tea parties

Yahoo · 20h

King and Royal family watch VE Day flypast from Buckingham Palace balcony

The King and the Royal family watched Second World War airplanes and the Red Arrows fly over Buckingham Palace to mark VE Day. The King and Queen were joined on the balcony by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children for the overhead display.

BBC · 1d

Buckingham Palace and Downing Street host VE Day tea parties after royals watch flypast

Events, including street parties, are being hosted by communities across the country to mark 80 years since World War Two ended in Europe.

New York Post on MSN · 1d

Royal family show united front with King Charles on balcony after Prince Harry’s bombshell interview

The gang’s all here. King Charles and the rest of the royal family showed a united front on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the VE Day 80th anniversary commemoration on Monday, days after Prince Harry addressed his estrangement from his family in a bombshell interview with BBC.

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Downing Street Hits Back At Trump Tariff Chief's Claim UK Is China's 'Compliant Servant'

The prime minister’s spokesperson has slapped down a claim from Donald Trump’s tariff chief that the UK is China’s “compliant ...

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Downing Street fury at Farage plot to tie up Starmer government in legal challenges

Exclusive: Reform’s new Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns has revealed that Farage plans to use the party’s control of ...

Can Farage Keep Winning, All the Way to Downing Street?

A fragmented political landscape and disillusionment among voters could help Reform UK emulate right-wing populist successes ...

After 100 Years, Britain’s Two-Party Political System May Be Crumbling

Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist party, Reform U.K., is presenting a serious challenge to the governing Labour Party and to ...

Nigel Farage's hard-right party makes historic gains in local polls, eyes Downing Street

Reform UK, which formed from the remnants of its firebrand leader Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, swept over 670 local council ...

Downing Street hits out at Kneecap ‘dead Tory’ allegations while Taoiseach calls for 'clarity'

Counter-terrorism police in London are examining the footage from two videos at two separate Kneecap events. | UTV News ...

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Downing Street ramps up efforts to stop housing asylum seekers in hotels after Reform surge in local elections

Downing Street will reportedly ramp up efforts to stop housing asylum seekers in hotels as they worry the policy has seen voters support Reform UK's opposition to it. Senior Labour politicians ...

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Trump Turnberry decision up to Open organisers, says Downing Street

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman did not deny that Whitehall officials had been in contact with the R&A.

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