Politics

Donald Trump’s return to White House and Rachel Reeves’s call for regulators to help drive UK growth taken into account

PM says he aims to stop former Sinn Féin leader claiming damages for his internment as ministers ditch Troubles law

Voters overall are downbeat about politics and almost two-thirds think ‘the UK’s best years are behind us’

Labour frontbencher Tulip Siddiq is coming under increasing pressure over her links to her aunt and ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina. Ms Siddiq has denied any wrongdoing and referred herself for an investigation.

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has sent a cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer, telling him to stop accusing her of crashing the UK economy.

Shamima Begum will not be allowed to return to the UK, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said, despite calls from Donald Trump’s counter-terrorism chief for British members of so-called Islamic State to be repatriated.

The UK has spent more than £100 million on public inquiries every year over the past decade, LBC analysis can reveal, as calls grow for a national probe into grooming gangs.

Former cabinet ministers told Telford Council to hold its own inquiry and abuse survivors believe this was the right decision, which put “survivors at the heart of the process”

Hungary has protected two Kremlin-linked oligarchs from European Union (EU) sanctions. These individuals, who control the Riga Electrical Machinery Factory (RER), have been aiding the Russian army in its invasion of Ukraine

Ex-health worker who exposed paedophile ring says billionaire’s triggering of row ignores plight of survivors

The Blair government’s open borders policy is widely viewed as a key factor in the surge of net migration, which later contributed to growing anti-EU sentiment leading up to the Brexit referendum.

Many experts say a quick resumption of Kim-Trump diplomacy is unlikely as the new US president will focus on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Reform party leader promoting gold for Direct Bullion alongside his jobs as MP and presenter for GB News

UK government has been asked to veto EU law update applying in Northern Ireland relating to chemical labelling

An alleged Chinese spy who penetrated the upper echelons of British society has said he ‘would never do anything to harm the interests of the UK’ after his identity was revealed.

Israeli foreign minister says move was prompted by Irish government’s ‘extreme anti-Israeli policies’

Asylum seekers say they are in limbo and charities have expressed ‘deep concern’ as claims paused after Assad regime’s fall

Donald Trump’s counter-terrorism chief has told LBC the President-elect may expect British troops to be stationed in Ukraine to maintain the peace if a ceasefire is agreed.

Assembly votes to keep special trading arrangements despite long-held division with unionist opposition

The UK government could remove Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from the list of banned terrorist groups after the rebels led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

Incoming US president Donald Trump says Prince William is doing a ’fantastic job’ as the two met in Paris after the reopening of Notre Dame.

US President-elect Donald Trump gave the Prince of Wales a pat on the shoulder before the two shook hands and spoke for a few seconds at the Notre Dame ceremony