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datetime="2025-03-01T12:05" title="01 March 2025 at 12:05">01 Mar</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/starmer-zelensky-meeting-new-loan-signed">UK Agrees £2.26 Billion Loan To Ukraine</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/starmer-zelensky-meeting-new-loan-signed">The UK announced a new loan of £2.6bn for Ukraine on Saturday linked to frozen Russian assets.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/senior-tories-voice-concern-party-no-clear-plan-attack-reform"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SXNY31_p9cfcz.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SXNY31_p9cfcz.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SXNY31_p9cfcz.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Senior Tories Voice Concern That Party Has No Clear Plan To Fight Reform"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-03-01T07:00" title="01 March 2025 at 07:00">01 Mar</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/political-parties.htm">Political parties</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/senior-tories-voice-concern-party-no-clear-plan-attack-reform">Senior Tories Voice Concern That Party Has No Clear Plan To Fight Reform</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/senior-tories-voice-concern-party-no-clear-plan-attack-reform">Senior Tories have privately expressed concern that the party does not yet have a coherent strategy for taking the fight to Reform UK.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/revisit-spending-foreign-aid-spending-migrant-hotels-labour-mp-urges"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2YPGB5F_svknf1.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2YPGB5F_svknf1.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2YPGB5F_svknf1.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Foreign Aid Should Not Be Spent On Migrant Hotels, Says Labour MP"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-28T13:26" title="28 February 2025 at 13:26">28 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/revisit-spending-foreign-aid-spending-migrant-hotels-labour-mp-urges">Foreign Aid Should Not Be Spent On Migrant Hotels, Says Labour MP</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/revisit-spending-foreign-aid-spending-migrant-hotels-labour-mp-urges">A Labour MP has urged the government to protect foreign aid money from being spent on migrant hotels as Keir Starmer faces a party divide over his decision to cut the overseas development budget.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/international-development-minister-resigns-foreign-aid-cut"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/WhatsApp_Image_2025-02-28_at_12.17.31_o2tljj.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/WhatsApp_Image_2025-02-28_at_12.17.31_o2tljj.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/WhatsApp_Image_2025-02-28_at_12.17.31_o2tljj.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="International Development Minister Resigns Over Foreign Aid Cut"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-28T12:28" title="28 February 2025 at 12:28">28 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/foreign-affairs.htm">Foreign affairs</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/international-development-minister-resigns-foreign-aid-cut">International Development Minister Resigns Over Foreign Aid Cut</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/international-development-minister-resigns-foreign-aid-cut">International development minister Anneliese Dodds has resigned over the government's decision to cut the foreign aid budget.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/very-good-chance-of-uk-us-trade-deal-removing-tariffs-says-trump"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/WhatsApp_Image_2025-02-27_at_21.47.28_dlrmjh.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/WhatsApp_Image_2025-02-27_at_21.47.28_dlrmjh.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/WhatsApp_Image_2025-02-27_at_21.47.28_dlrmjh.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="'Very Good Chance' Of A UK-US Trade Deal Removing Tariffs, Says Trump"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-27T21:30" title="27 February 2025 at 21:30">27 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/very-good-chance-of-uk-us-trade-deal-removing-tariffs-says-trump">"Very Good Chance" Of A UK-US Trade Deal Removing Tariffs, Says Trump</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/very-good-chance-of-uk-us-trade-deal-removing-tariffs-says-trump">Donald Trump has said there is a "very good chance" that the US and UK will agree a trade deal that removes tariffs between the two countries.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/trump-starmer-accepts-state-visit"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SY84T1_ddodzx.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SY84T1_ddodzx.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SY84T1_ddodzx.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Trump Accepts Invitation For Second State Visit To UK"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-27T18:05" title="27 February 2025 at 18:05">27 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/trump-starmer-accepts-state-visit">Trump Accepts Invitation For Second State Visit To UK</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/trump-starmer-accepts-state-visit">Donald Trump has accepted an invitation for a state visit to the UK and has said he will visit in the near future as he meets Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/trump-could-give-universities-recruitment-boost-says-watchdog"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SWKT8Y_hjlauk.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SWKT8Y_hjlauk.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SWKT8Y_hjlauk.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Trump Could Give English Universities Recruitment Boost, Says Watchdog"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-27T13:45" title="27 February 2025 at 13:45">27 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/education.htm">Education</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/trump-could-give-universities-recruitment-boost-says-watchdog">Trump Could Give English Universities Recruitment Boost, Says Watchdog</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/trump-could-give-universities-recruitment-boost-says-watchdog">Universities in England "might see opportunities" to recruit students and staff from the United States following Donald Trump's return to the White House, according to the universities watchdog chief.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/suspended-labour-mp-mike-amesbury-avoids-jail-sentence"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S67C8E_kga7vy.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S67C8E_kga7vy.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S67C8E_kga7vy.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury Avoids Jail Sentence"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-27T12:19" title="27 February 2025 at 12:19">27 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/political-parties.htm">Political parties</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/suspended-labour-mp-mike-amesbury-avoids-jail-sentence">Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury Avoids Jail Sentence</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/suspended-labour-mp-mike-amesbury-avoids-jail-sentence">Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has avoided jail after winning an appeal against his 10-week jail sentence for punching a man in the street. </a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/uk-space-agency-space-play-proper-role-defence-strategy"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/WhatsApp_Image_2025-02-26_at_12.59.26_jd2pn4.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/WhatsApp_Image_2025-02-26_at_12.59.26_jd2pn4.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/WhatsApp_Image_2025-02-26_at_12.59.26_jd2pn4.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Space Must Have 'Proper Role' In Deterring Threats Like Russia"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-26T13:00" title="26 February 2025 at 13:00">26 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/uk-space-agency-space-play-proper-role-defence-strategy">Space Must Have "Proper Role" In Deterring Threats Like Russia</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/uk-space-agency-space-play-proper-role-defence-strategy">Space must get a "proper role" in the government's defence strategy, the chair of the UK Space Agency has told PoliticsHome.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/growing-frustration-over-parliament-restoration-slowness"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2YT73A7_czh9bw.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2YT73A7_czh9bw.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2YT73A7_czh9bw.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Growing Frustration Within Team Restoring Parliament Over Slow Progress"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-25T18:35" title="25 February 2025 at 18:35">25 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/tag/parliament.htm?filter=3022">Parliament</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/growing-frustration-over-parliament-restoration-slowness">Growing Frustration Within Team Restoring Parliament Over Slow Progress</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/growing-frustration-over-parliament-restoration-slowness">There is an increasing sense of frustration at the highest levels of the Restoration and Renewal (R&R) programme leadership, as the project faces yet further delays.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/keir-starmer-announces-defence-spending-increase"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SXNB7P_lyrnry.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SXNB7P_lyrnry.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SXNB7P_lyrnry.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="PM Announces Defence Spending Will Rise to 2.5% By 2027"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-25T13:06" title="25 February 2025 at 13:06">25 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/keir-starmer-announces-defence-spending-increase">PM Announces Defence Spending Will Rise to 2.5% By 2027</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/keir-starmer-announces-defence-spending-increase">Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that defence spending will increase to 2.5 per cent by 2027, after mounting pressure from MPs and US President Donald Trump.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/nhs-chief-amanda-pritchard-steps-down"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S23791_pt40gy.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S23791_pt40gy.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S23791_pt40gy.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="NHS England Chief Executive To Step Down"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-25T10:06" title="25 February 2025 at 10:06">25 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/health-care.htm">Health</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/nhs-chief-amanda-pritchard-steps-down">NHS England Chief Executive To Step Down</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/nhs-chief-amanda-pritchard-steps-down">The Chief Executive of NHS England Amanda Pritchard is stepping down.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/reopened-parliament-bar-gets-doorkeeper-police-capacity"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/CXWK56_wnntrz.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/CXWK56_wnntrz.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/CXWK56_wnntrz.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Re-opened Parliament Bar Gets Doorkeeper To Police Capacity"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-24T16:39" title="24 February 2025 at 16:39">24 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/tag/parliament.htm?filter=3022">Parliament</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/reopened-parliament-bar-gets-doorkeeper-police-capacity">Re-opened Parliament Bar Gets Doorkeeper To Police Capacity</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/reopened-parliament-bar-gets-doorkeeper-police-capacity">A parliament bar that was temporarily closed after an alleged spiking will have a doorkeeper to police the number of people who can drink there at any given time.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/former-mi6-chief-fastrack-citizenship-immigrants-join-army"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/BH5BF1_fnu9ps.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/BH5BF1_fnu9ps.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/BH5BF1_fnu9ps.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Fast Track Citizenship For Immigrants Who Join British Army, Says Former MI6 Head"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-24T13:11" title="24 February 2025 at 13:11">24 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/former-mi6-chief-fastrack-citizenship-immigrants-join-army">Fast Track Citizenship For Immigrants Who Join British Army, Says Former MI6 Head</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/former-mi6-chief-fastrack-citizenship-immigrants-join-army">The former head of MI6 has suggested the government could fast-track citizenship for immigrants who join the British armed forces to boost military numbers.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/labour-mp-mike-amesbury-jailed-ten-weeks"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S67TR4_hgorwc.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S67TR4_hgorwc.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S67TR4_hgorwc.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury Jailed For Ten Weeks"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-24T12:49" title="24 February 2025 at 12:49">24 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/home-affairs.htm">Home affairs</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/labour-mp-mike-amesbury-jailed-ten-weeks">Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury Jailed For Ten Weeks</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/labour-mp-mike-amesbury-jailed-ten-weeks">Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for ten weeks after punching a man in the street.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/locational-verse-national-pricing-green-energy-debate"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/energy_2_vz70sh.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/energy_2_vz70sh.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/energy_2_vz70sh.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Locational Or National Pricing: The Great Energy Debate Dividing Experts"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-23T09:00" title="23 February 2025 at 09:00">23 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/energy.htm">Energy</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/locational-verse-national-pricing-green-energy-debate">Locational Or National Pricing: The Great Energy Debate Dividing Experts</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/locational-verse-national-pricing-green-energy-debate">Do we tackle climate change via locational or national pricing? Adam Bell, director of policy at Stonehaven, explains the increasingly fraught debate that is pitting economists against each other.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/coastal-labour-group-formed-take-farage"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2X0CBPE_jcpr3o.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2X0CBPE_jcpr3o.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2X0CBPE_jcpr3o.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Seaside Labour MPs Unite To Resist Reform Wave"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-22T07:00" title="22 February 2025 at 07:00">22 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/political-parties.htm">Political parties</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/coastal-labour-group-formed-take-farage">Seaside Labour MPs Unite To Resist Reform Wave</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/coastal-labour-group-formed-take-farage">Coastal Labour MPs are getting more organised as they brace for the threat of Nigel Farage.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/reduce-foreign-aid-spending-fund-military-former-minister"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/C7JEGT_ybjuaz.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/C7JEGT_ybjuaz.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/C7JEGT_ybjuaz.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Reduce Foreign Aid To Fund The Military, Says Former Foreign Office Minister"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-21T10:01" title="21 February 2025 at 10:01">21 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/reduce-foreign-aid-spending-fund-military-former-minister">Reduce Foreign Aid To Fund The Military, Says Former Foreign Office Minister</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/reduce-foreign-aid-spending-fund-military-former-minister">A former foreign office minister has urged the government to reduce foreign aid spending and put the money saved towards funding the military.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/nigel-farage-says-zelenskyy-not-dictator"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2STBMW9_yp66xv.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2STBMW9_yp66xv.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2STBMW9_yp66xv.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Nigel Farage Says Zelensky Is 'Not A Dictator'"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-20T14:10" title="20 February 2025 at 14:10">20 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/foreign-affairs.htm">Foreign affairs</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/nigel-farage-says-zelenskyy-not-dictator">Nigel Farage Says Zelensky Is "Not A Dictator"</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/nigel-farage-says-zelenskyy-not-dictator">Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has joined other party leaders in saying that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is "not a dictator", in response to comments made by US President Donald Trump.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/how-much-do-broken-election-promises-matter-to-voters"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2YT010J_n0bdq9.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2YT010J_n0bdq9.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2YT010J_n0bdq9.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="How Much Do Voters Care About Broken Election Promises?"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-20T11:30" title="20 February 2025 at 11:30">20 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/political-parties.htm">Political parties</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/how-much-do-broken-election-promises-matter-to-voters">How Much Do Voters Care About Broken Election Promises?</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/how-much-do-broken-election-promises-matter-to-voters">Manifesto promises matter and Labour will face fierce criticism if it breaks any. But our research suggests delivering a feeling of change is even more important than campaign pledges.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/good-chance-of-tax-rises-boost-defence-spending-rise-paul-johnson"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2STAN1H_uiosk7.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2STAN1H_uiosk7.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2STAN1H_uiosk7.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="'Good Chance' There'll Be Tax Rises To Fund Defence Spending Rise, Says Leading Economist"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-20T11:15" title="20 February 2025 at 11:15">20 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/good-chance-of-tax-rises-boost-defence-spending-rise-paul-johnson">"Good Chance" There'll Be Tax Rises To Fund Defence Spending Rise, Says Leading Economist</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/good-chance-of-tax-rises-boost-defence-spending-rise-paul-johnson">Leading economist Paul Johnson believes "there's a good chance we'll have more tax rises" if Keir Starmer decides to significantly raise defence spending.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/uk-gives-military-training-to-countries-poor-human-rights-records"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2WW08R8_pkzb7t.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2WW08R8_pkzb7t.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2WW08R8_pkzb7t.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="MoD Gives Military Training To Over A Dozen Countries With Poor Human Rights Records"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-20T07:00" title="20 February 2025 at 07:00">20 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/uk-gives-military-training-to-countries-poor-human-rights-records">MoD Gives Military Training To Over A Dozen Countries With Poor Human Rights Records</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/uk-gives-military-training-to-countries-poor-human-rights-records">The UK has provided military training for more than a dozen countries listed by the government as having poor human rights records.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/keir-starmer-tells-zelenskyy-democratically-elected-leader-trump-attack"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2STAN1C_ivf2l1.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2STAN1C_ivf2l1.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2STAN1C_ivf2l1.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Keir Starmer Tells Zelensky He Is “Democratically Elected Leader” After Trump Attack"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-19T20:18" title="19 February 2025 at 20:18">19 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/foreign-affairs.htm">Foreign affairs</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/keir-starmer-tells-zelenskyy-democratically-elected-leader-trump-attack">Keir Starmer Tells Zelensky He Is “Democratically Elected Leader” After Trump Attack</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/keir-starmer-tells-zelenskyy-democratically-elected-leader-trump-attack">Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said Volodymyr Zelensky is the democratically elected leader of Ukraine, after President Donald Trump made an attack on him for not holding an election during wartime.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/kemi-badenoch-hits-back-donald-trump-calling-zelensky-dictator"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2ST4279_fjarjh.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2ST4279_fjarjh.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2ST4279_fjarjh.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Kemi Badenoch Hits Back Against Trump Calling Zelensky A 'Dictator'"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-19T17:35" title="19 February 2025 at 17:35">19 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/foreign-affairs.htm">Foreign affairs</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/kemi-badenoch-hits-back-donald-trump-calling-zelensky-dictator">Kemi Badenoch Hits Back Against Trump Calling Zelensky A "Dictator"</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/kemi-badenoch-hits-back-donald-trump-calling-zelensky-dictator">Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has posted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is "not a dictator", in a response to comments made by US President Donald Trump.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/majority-teachers-believe-curriculum-not-equipped-voting-sixteen"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/J3B0R0_sfy8ft.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/J3B0R0_sfy8ft.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/J3B0R0_sfy8ft.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Majority of Teachers Feel Curriculum Not Equipped For Voting At 16, Poll Shows"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-19T09:30" title="19 February 2025 at 09:30">19 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/education.htm">Education</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/majority-teachers-believe-curriculum-not-equipped-voting-sixteen">Majority of Teachers Feel Curriculum Not Equipped For Voting At 16, Poll Shows</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/majority-teachers-believe-curriculum-not-equipped-voting-sixteen">A large majority of teachers believe that the curriculum in its current form fails to provide young people with sufficient political education to vote in elections, a poll shared with PoliticsHome shows.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/is-clean-power-2030-achievable"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/energy_1_rjqzth.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/energy_1_rjqzth.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/energy_1_rjqzth.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Is Clean Power By 2030 Achievable?"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-18T13:35" title="18 February 2025 at 13:35">18 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/energy.htm">Energy</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/is-clean-power-2030-achievable">Is Clean Power By 2030 Achievable?</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/is-clean-power-2030-achievable">The Clean Power Plan is an ambitious scheme to decarbonise the energy sector by 2030. Is it really deliverable? Chaminda Jayanetti reports</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/only-us-deter-putin-attacking-ukraine-again-john-healey"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SMTH0W_z890e1.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SMTH0W_z890e1.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2SMTH0W_z890e1.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Defence Secretary Says Ultimately 'Only The US' Can Deter Russia From Attacking Ukraine Again"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-18T10:58" title="18 February 2025 at 10:58">18 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/only-us-deter-putin-attacking-ukraine-again-john-healey">Defence Secretary Says Ultimately "Only The US" Can Deter Russia From Attacking Ukraine Again</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/only-us-deter-putin-attacking-ukraine-again-john-healey">Only the United States can deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again if peace is negotiated, Defence Secretary John Healey has said, as the UK tries to convince the Trump administration to provide security guarantees in the region.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/labour-mps-urge-starmer-hike-defence-spending-amid-trumps-ukraine-peace-push"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2ST6GJ2_bmsmms.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2ST6GJ2_bmsmms.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2ST6GJ2_bmsmms.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Labour MPs Urge Starmer To Hike Defence Spending Amid Trump’s Ukraine Peace Push"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-17T16:47" title="17 February 2025 at 16:47">17 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/labour-mps-urge-starmer-hike-defence-spending-amid-trumps-ukraine-peace-push">Labour MPs Urge Starmer To Hike Defence Spending Amid Trump’s Ukraine Peace Push</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/labour-mps-urge-starmer-hike-defence-spending-amid-trumps-ukraine-peace-push">Labour MPs have urged Keir Starmer to increase defence spending more swiftly and show leadership on the world stage, as US President Trump pushes for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/british-public-oppose-tax-hikes-increase-defence-spending-poll-shows"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S6J321_qc24f5.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S6J321_qc24f5.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/2S6J321_qc24f5.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="British Public Oppose Tax Hikes To Increase Defence Spending, Poll Shows"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-17T16:12" title="17 February 2025 at 16:12">17 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/defence.htm">Defence</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/british-public-oppose-tax-hikes-increase-defence-spending-poll-shows">British Public Oppose Tax Hikes To Increase Defence Spending, Poll Shows</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/british-public-oppose-tax-hikes-increase-defence-spending-poll-shows">More people would oppose than support tax rises to pay for an increase in defence spending, YouGov polling has suggested.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/liberal-democrat-mp-calls-police-officers-london-schools"> <img data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/C2CKBK_enbo79.jpg" data-srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_250,h_125,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/C2CKBK_enbo79.jpg 250w, https://res.cloudinary.com/dyw8mv3b0/image/upload/c_fill,g_face,q_75,w_340,h_170,f_auto/v1/news/2025_02/C2CKBK_enbo79.jpg 340w" class="lazyload" alt="Liberal Democrat MP Calls For More Police Officers In London Schools"> </a> </div> <div class="ni-content"> <div class="ni-meta"> <span class="ni-date"><time datetime="2025-02-16T09:00" title="16 February 2025 at 09:00">16 Feb</time></span> <span class="ni-cat"> <a href="/news/education.htm">Education</a> </span> </div> <div class="ni-title"> <a href="/news/article/liberal-democrat-mp-calls-police-officers-london-schools">Liberal Democrat MP Calls For More Police Officers In London Schools</a> </div> <div class="ni-desc"> <a href="/news/article/liberal-democrat-mp-calls-police-officers-london-schools">The Liberal Democrat spokesperson for London Luke Taylor has called for more police officers in schools across the capital after an uptick in knife crime.</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-item"> <div class="ni-image "> <a href="/news/article/nigel-farage-reform-tries-to-proffessionalise"> <img data-sizes="auto" 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