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👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy have their guide to the day ahead in British politics. On the third anniversary of Ukraine’s invasion, Sam and Anne take stock on the milestone’s significance for global politics. With transatlantic tensions remaining,

London’s mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has defended his past attacks on Donald Trump, telling Sky News that standing up for the city “does mean sometimes saying boo to a goose”. But in a major U-turn since calling on the government to ban the US president’s 2019 UK state visit, when he was asked if Mr

A former Australian prime minister has said his country should be “prepared to make a contribution” to protect the freedom of Ukraine. Tony Abbott told Sky News’ Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge that no country “will be safe against a bully” if Vladimir Putin wins the war. He called on Britain to take the lead

The Welsh government has set out plans to ban greyhound racing. Deputy first minister Huw Irranca-Davies told the Senedd on Tuesday that now was “the right time to ban greyhound racing” in the nation. Mr Irranca-Davies, who is also the climate change and rural affairs secretary, said the government was proud that Wales was “the

Ukraine is still on an “irreversible path” to joining NATO, Sir Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The UK and Ukrainian leaders spoke on the phone early on Friday, according to Downing Street. The conversation came less than 24 hours after Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he didn’t see any way

Has Sir Keir Starmer raised his game at Prime Minister’s Questions? Suddenly, he’s less wooden, robotic and lawyerly and much more aggressive against the Conservatives and Reform UK. It has been noticeable in the past few weeks how he’s taken the gloves off in his attacks on Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. The new style

King Charles will host the prime minister and the first ministers of the devolved governments at Windsor Castle on Wednesday night, Sky News understands. The monarch has invited John Swinney, the Scottish first minister, to the Berkshire royal residence, along with Northern Irish First Minister Michelle O’Neill, Northern Irish Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and

👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈       Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Overnight, US President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports into America would come into affect “soon”. Sam and Anne

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 The chancellor was trying to channel Love Island when she announced her plans for growth this week. But are her new ideas actually the “bombshell” her advisers hope they’ll be? Can they get everyone’s attention? And will the strategy be enough for

Terrorist material viewed by Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana could inspire another atrocity unless tech companies take action, the home secretary has warned. In a letter seen by Sky News to TikTok, X, Meta and Google, Yvette Cooper and technology secretary Peter Kyle warned the potential consequences of leaving dangerous content online have been “laid bare”.

It presented Sir Keir Starmer with his first big challenge in office, and the Southport stabbings – followed by riots – look set to colour the early stages of his premiership. He dealt with the immediate aftermath by successfully mobilising the justice system and fast-tracking offenders through it – a throwback to his days as

👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 On the day of Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard have their guide to the day ahead in both British politics, and politics across the pond. So how is Trump 2.0 going to influence the

There are currently “no plans” for the UK to follow in America’s footsteps and ban TikTok, a cabinet minister said. Darren Jones said cats and dancing videos do not “seem like a national security threat”, but suggested the position could change if an issue emerges which the government is “concerned about”. The Chinese-opened app was

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 After “going dark” for most of the week, Beth pops up in Poland to talk world politics with Ruth and Harriet. Top security, a slow train and Russian drones are all part of the inside story of the prime minister’s visit to

The home secretary has announced a £10 million plan for government-backed local inquiries into grooming gangs. Five new inquiries, including one in Oldham, will be funded and assisted by central government. They will be advised by Tom Crowther KC, who led the Telford grooming gang inquiry published in 2022. Politics latest:Russia attack during Starmer’s visit

So can you stop people smugglers by lumbering them with sanctions? That is the government’s latest idea, and it is bold and innovative. It will certainly get attention, even if that doesn’t mean it will work. But it is another effort by this government to differentiate itself from the leaders who came before. In a

The treatment of Jess Phillips over recent days tells me all I need to know about the epidemic of misogyny, abuse and violence against women and girls that still plagues our culture. The domestic violence campaigner-turned politician, who has spent her career fighting for victims, has found herself the subject of abuse on an industrial

👉 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app 👈 As winter sickness hits the NHS, Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled the government’s plans to support the service with a new partnership with the private sector. Labour want to get waiting times for non-urgent care back down to the target of 18 weeks over

The prime minister has rarely seemed so passionate as when he answered a question from Sky’s Beth Rigby on Elon Musk’s vitriolic comments about safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, who Musk described as a “witch” who should go to prison. Sir Keir Starmer was speaking at a press conference following a big new year speech on the government’s

Elon Musk has said Reform UK needs a “new leader” because Nigel Farage “doesn’t have what it takes”. The X owner posted the tweet on Sunday following days of headlines over his comments about the historic grooming scandal that took place across UK towns and cities more than a decade ago. Mr Musk, who has