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UK Ministry of Justice confirms vast data hack on Legal Aid Agency

[Alliance News] - A ‘significant amount of personal data’ of people who applied to the Legal Aid Agency since 2010, including criminal records, was accessed...

Mon, 19/05/2025 - 09:31


UPDATE: UK PM Keir Starmer strikes post-Brexit reset deal with EU

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has agreed a deal with the EU ahead of a major summit with the bloc, the PA news agency understands.

After...

Mon, 19/05/2025 - 09:06


UPDATE: Breakthrough in talks with EU as UK’s Starmer seeks reset deal

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has had a breakthrough in his bid to secure a new deal with the EU ahead of a major summit...

Mon, 19/05/2025 - 07:57


Negotiations go ‘down to the wire’ as Keir Starmer seeks EU reset deal

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s bid to secure a new deal with the EU has gone ‘down to the wire’ with talks continuing overnight ahead...

Mon, 19/05/2025 - 06:45


EU talks going ‘to the wire’ as Starmer prepares to announce deal

Talks on a UK-EU deal are in their ‘final hours’ ahead of a major summit with the bloc, the minister in charge of negotiations has...

Sun, 18/05/2025 - 11:35


UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves warned against slashing Isa allowance

Finance chiefs have urged Rachel Reeves not to reform cash individual savings accounts amid reports the UK chancellor plans to slash the tax-free savings allowance.

The...

Sat, 17/05/2025 - 10:32


Starmer signals youth mobility scheme with EU would not cross red line

Keir Starmer has signalled that a youth mobility scheme would not cross Labour’s red line on freedom of movement with the EU.

The UK prime minister...

Sat, 17/05/2025 - 10:30


UK PM speaks to Trump, Zelensky, allies to ‘align’ response to Russia

The UK prime minister said he and European allies spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump on Friday to begin ‘closely aligning’ a...

Sat, 17/05/2025 - 10:28


UK, Pakistan foreign ministers meet in Islamabad after India conflict

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with his Pakistani counterpart in Islamabad on Friday, a week after the country’s most serious military confrontation with India...

Fri, 16/05/2025 - 09:08


EU and UK wrangle to last in push for defence pact reset

The EU and Britain look will haggle to the wire over fishing rights and food checks as they seek a deal on closer defence ties...

Fri, 16/05/2025 - 06:32


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