Twenty one English councils ask for election delays
Nearly a third of eligible authorities have want to postpone local polls scheduled for May....
Chris Mason: The climbdowns stack up for Starmer
The government dropping the digital ID scheme’s mandatory element is another climbdown for Downing Street, writes the BBC’s political editor....
Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK
There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID....
Starmer considers joining Trump’s Gaza peace board
The new body is part of the White House’s 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas....
UK summons Iranian ambassador over ‘brutal’ killings
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper also says the government will implement “full and further sanctions” against Iran....
Stop making excuses and blaming the system, says Streeting
The health secretary warns a growing “excuses culture” is damaging Labour in a speech to a think tank....
Lib Dems set out plan to end 12-hour A&E waits
Party leader Ed Davey calls for £1.5bn to be spent on ending a “deadly corridor crisis” in the NHS....
Former chancellor Nadim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
Zahawi was a Conservative MP and served as chancellor under Boris Johnson....
UK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believe
Existing law could be used to approve the use of military force to stop sanction-busting ships operated by Russia and Iran....
Guantanamo detainee paid ‘substantial’ compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case
Detained without trial in 2006, Zubaydah is one of 15 people who remain at the US military prison....