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The new prime minister has announced he will tour all four nations of the UK arguing he had secured a nationwide mandate with his landslide election victory.Sir Keir Starmer also insisted Rishi Sunak's Rwanda scheme is "dead and buried" after being quizzed by journalists. The prime minister said he will travel to Scotland first before heading to Northern Ireland, Wales and back to England in a push to improve working […]

A UK-ticket holder has won the £33m EuroMillions jackpot, the National Lottery has said.The ticket, which was brought in the UK, was the only one to match all five main numbers plus the two Lucky Stars to scoop a whopping £33,078,306.60. The lucky winner is now being encouraged to come forward, having yet to claim the winnings."What a great way to start the month," Andy Carter, senior winners' advisor at […]

This is England's Euros lifeline – a quarter-final clash that looked so unlikely deep into injury time last weekend.Fresh from the great escape against Slovakia, Gareth Southgate heads into his 100th match in charge of England playing down the milestone publicly while focused on trying to get past Switzerland tonight. But captain Harry Kane is full of praise for the manager who has enabled him to reach the last eight […]

Jess Phillips has admitted she found the general election campaign "absolutely horrible" after enduring abuse - which culminated in being booed as she gave her acceptance speech. The Labour MP was narrowly re-elected for Birmingham Yardley on Friday morning with a majority of just 693 - after facing competition from a Workers Party candidate on a pro-Gaza ticket. Ms Phillips - who quit the Labour frontbench in November to back […]

It's the beginning of one of the most important relationships that Sir Keir Starmer will form during his premiership.Cabinet colleagues, members of staff may come and go - but the monarch is seen as a constant. Follow general election fallout live Image: Pic: PA The secrecy around the interactions between the King and his prime minister is partly what will make it so significant for both men.Former prime ministers have […]

The general election delivered a dramatic shift across the country.The Conservative vote has fallen by around 20 points, having lost out to Labour almost everywhere across the nation.That was enough for Labour to gain more than 200 seats. But it wasn't all positives. They lost in big cities to the Greens and independents and only increased their vote share overall by 1.6 points. That translated to four Green seats, their […]

It has been a night of big wins, historic losses... and more than a few surprises. Voters have handed the Conservatives their worst defeat in the party's history, while Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party is on course for a huge majority, according to the exit poll. Follow election latest: Results and reaction liveAfter intrigue, drama and more than a few unexpected events already, here are some of the key moments:Exit […]

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has handed peerages to former prime minister Theresa May and the former chairman of the influential Conservative backbench 1922 committee Sir Graham Brady.Mr Sunak also rewarded his right-hand man Liam Booth-Smith with a peerage in a dissolution honours list announced less than an hour before polls closed in the general election. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden, ex-chief whip Julian Smith, former defence secretary Ben Wallace and […]

The inquest into the death of former Arsenal and Everton footballer Kevin Campbell has heard a health trust has flagged concerns in his hospital care.Campbell died aged 54 at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) on 15 June after he was admitted a month earlier. Zak Golombek, area coroner for Manchester, said the provisional cause of death given for Mr Campbell was multi-organ failure due to a heart infection. Image: Pic: PA […]