Starmer and Macron unveil migrant return deal
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By Elizabeth Pineau and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced tougher migration controls on Thursday, ending a state visit with deals on defence,
Starmer announces ‘groundbreaking’ one in, one out migration deal at press conference - French president ends three-day state visit with announcement on plan to tackle illegal Channel crossings
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Ed Miliband is not known for sound decisions. He’s the architect of the “Clean Power 2030” pledge, a policy so outlandish it makes unicorn farming look like a solid industrial strategy. So, it comes as something of a surprise that he has quietly dropped a major redesign of the British electricity market known as “zonal pricing”.
The Prime Minister and the French President will address their countries at 4pm in the UK, as part of Mr Macron's landmark state visit
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Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out extending the freeze on tax thresholds, which has seen millions of people dragged into paying higher rates. The freeze on National Insurance (NI) and income tax thresholds,
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Keir Starmer has been urged to immediately scrap the two-child benefit cap after new figures revealed tens of thousands of children have been affected by it in the past year. Official data shows nearly 1.