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‘Great honour’ to be appointed Northern Ireland Secretary, says Hilary Benn
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 8 minutes agoMr Benn served in Gordon Brown’s government as environment secretary and was a candidate to be...
Hilary Benn is new Northern Ireland secretary
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 11 minutes agoHe had been the shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland since September 2023. He also served in the cabinet from 2003 to 2010 under Labour prime...
Who has Sir Keir Starmer picked to be in his Cabinet?
Stroud News and Journal· 16 minutes agoAs Labour’s new Red Queen, many will now be looking to Angela Rayner, like John Prescott before her, to serve as custodian of the party’s traditional values in the face of a modernising leadership ...
King tells Starmer: You must be ‘utterly exhausted and nearly on your knees’
Stroud News and Journal· 34 minutes 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 ...
SNP concedes defeat in last UK seat still to declare result
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 hour agoLabour also made gains in Ayrshire, Fife and Tayside. SNP deputy Westminster leader Kirsten Oswald...
Reader photo pick of the week: Made from scratch
The Post and Courier· 2 hours agoFrom delicious food to intricate projects, our readers sent us photos of things made from scratch. This week’s winner is Dale Johnson with a photo of a...
David Lammy: friend of Obama now UK foreign minister
Digital Journal· 5 hours agoBritain’s new foreign minister David Lammy, appointed Friday, is a trailblazing black lawmaker descended from slaves who calls former US president Barack...
UK has lost influence on world stage - Starmer needs to get it back
The i newspaper online iNews· 5 hours agoThe general election was fought on domestic issues, but international observers have focused on the...
The UK’s new prime minister Keir Starmer – hoping for a Democrat in the White House, preparing for...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 5 hours agoThis is a well-trodden path for UK Labour politicians and was most notable in the close relationship between Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and President Bill ...
Geoff Russ: British Tories earn a well-deserved time-out
National Post· 5 hours agoIn the likely event the Conservatives win the 2025 federal election, there are no centre-right...