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PM Sir Keir Starmer assembles Cabinet after vowing to rebuild Britain
The Comet· 16 hours agoRachel Reeves was confirmed as Britain’s first woman chancellor, Angela Rayner is Sir Keir’s Deputy Prime Minister and retained the levelling up, housing and communities brief, and Yvette Cooper ...
Trump seeks freeze in classified documents case, citing immunity ruling
The Comet· 16 hours agoTrump’s lawyers told US District Judge Aileen Cannon that the prosecution should be put on pause until she resolves pending defence motions that assert that Trump is immune from criminal charges ...
Lisa Nandy says ‘the hard work begins today’ after Culture Secretary appointment
The Comet· 17 hours agoThe 44-year-old, who had been shadow cabinet minister for international development prior to the General Election, takes over from Conservative Lucy Frazer, who lost her Ely and East Cambridgeshire ...
‘Great honour’ to be appointed Northern Ireland Secretary, says Hilary Benn
The Comet· 17 hours agoMr Benn had been serving as the shadow NI secretary since 2023 and was chairman of the Brexit Select Committee for years. The Leeds MP was among new British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s ...
Policy of my department is ‘the NHS is broken’, says new Health Secretary
The Comet· 17 hours agoMr Streeting said that the service is “going through the biggest crisis in its history” and it cannot be fixed overnight. One of his first actions as the Health Secretary was to call junior ...
General Election in numbers: Records broken and historic milestones
The Comet· 18 hours agoThe final result is not due until Saturday morning, but the election has already broken several records and seen a number of historic milestones. A total of 121 Conservative MPs have been elected ...
King tells Starmer: You must be ‘utterly exhausted and nearly on your knees’
The Comet· 18 hours agoWhen Charles chatted to the Labour leader during their Buckingham Palace audience, the King also highlighted how getting to “grips with everything straight away” must be taxing. Sir Keir became ...
Time for a great reset in Anglo-Irish relations, says Taoiseach after Labour win
The Comet· 18 hours agoThe Taoiseach said he looks forward to working closely with Sir Keir Starmer as he acknowledged his “comprehensive victory” in the General Election. “I want to congratulate him and his family ...
Lisa Nandy set to oversee review of licence fee as she becomes Culture Secretary
The Comet· 18 hours agoThe 44-year-old Labour MP, who had been shadow cabinet minister for international development prior to the General Election, takes over from Conservative Lucy Frazer, who lost her Ely and East ...
Hurricane Beryl slams into Mexico’s coast as Caribbean death toll rises to 11
The Comet· 18 hours agoBeryl hit Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane but weakened to a tropical storm as it moved across the peninsula. The US National Hurricane Centre expects Beryl to regain hurricane strength once ...