UK Calls Time on Brexit Years and Vows Closer Ties With EU - Bloomberg.com

UK Calls Time on Brexit Years and Vows Closer Ties With EU  Bloomberg.com

Cabinet Office looking into Labour Together report claims, says minister

Liz Kendall says officials will be ‘establishing the facts’ about report that made false claims about journalists UK politics live – latest updates The Cabinet Office is examining the commissioning of a report that made false claims about journalists who were investigating Labour Together, the thinktank closely linked to Keir Starmer, a cabinet minister has said. Liz Kendall, the science and technology secretary, indicated it would not be a formal inquiry, as demanded by the Conservatives and some Labour MPs, noting that the trade association for the PR industry was carrying out such an investigation. Continue reading...

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Times letters: Keir Starmer’s vision for a more ‘European Nato’ - The Times

Times letters: Keir Starmer’s vision for a more ‘European Nato’  The Times

Starmer urges Europe to deepen interdependence amid Trump threats

After a year of refusing to choose between Washington and Brussels, Keir Starmer shifted tone in Munich by edging Britain closer to the European Union and calling for an end to over-reliance on American military support. In a speech to the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, the UK Prime Minister urged Europe to deepen its interdependence and sovereign deterrence in light of less support from across the Atlantic since Donald Trump returned to the White House. British officials told reporters...

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