Summary

  • Barack Obama says David Cameron was 'distracted' after the 2011 intervention in Libya

  • In a magazine interview, the US president also says he told the PM to 'pay your fair share' on defence spend

  • The White House issues a statement praising the close relationship between the PM and the president

  • Labour is to announce a new "fiscal credibility rule" to balance "day-to-day" spending with the amount it raises in taxes

  • Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says people worried about immigration are not racists

  1. Joanna Cherry 'taking time out' for health reasonspublished at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    The SNP MP announced she would be away from her duties but her constituency office would keep operating.

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  2. NI Protocol needs consent of 'all of NI's people'published at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Lord Frost says the government is working to sustain the protocol in a "pragmatic fashion".

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  3. Welsh ports under threat from post-Brexit tradepublished at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    The Welsh government publishes plan to encourage the return of Irish freight to its ports.

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  4. The intense battle for every vote in Scotlandpublished at 08:30 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2021

    Polling expert Professor John Curtice looks at the issues that will decide the Scottish Parliament election on 6 May.

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  5. Irish Sea border trade service 'gradually improving'published at 12:56 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    Trader Support Service head defends its performance in easing trade from GB to Northern Ireland.

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  6. PM's vaccines comments set tongues waggingpublished at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    But Boris Johnson's remarks on "greed" and "capitalism" were accidental, MPs say.

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  7. 'Greed' helped UK's vaccines success, says PMpublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2021

    But Boris Johnson immediately retracts the comments made during a Zoom meeting with Tory MPs.

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  8. Has Sturgeon emerged from this crisis unscathed?published at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021

    The first minister's position is stronger than it has been for weeks - but her government has not escaped criticism.

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  9. Peers and ministers reach genocide rules compromisepublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021

    The House of Lords drops its long-running attempt to change the government's Trade Bill.

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  10. What is the Salmond and Sturgeon row all about?published at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021

    The bitter dispute between two central characters in the Scottish independence movement is nearing its climax.

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  11. Nicola Sturgeon no confidence vote failspublished at 07:12 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March 2021

    MSPs take part in an emotionally charged debate on whether Nicola Sturgeon should have resigned over the Alex Salmond saga.

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  12. Nicola Sturgeon 'relieved' at inquiry findingspublished at 17:57 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021

    Scotland's first minister has responded after an independent inquiry found she did not breach the ministerial code over her involvement in the case looking at sexual harassment allegations linked to her predecessor Alex Salmond.

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  13. EU tussle with UK over AstraZeneca jabs escalatespublished at 17:01 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021

    A row over AstraZeneca vaccine supplies has soured post-Brexit relations, Katya Adler writes.

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  14. The mayor with a £17bn budgetpublished at 12:41 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021

    Londoners elect a new mayor on 6 May. The role has the largest personal mandate of any politician in the UK, what do they do with it?

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  15. How to vote in the London electionspublished at 07:26 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021

    A guide to what happens on 6 May - from voting in pencil to how you find out the result.

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  16. A big week ahead for Nicola Sturgeonpublished at 07:05 Greenwich Mean Time 22 March 2021

    The findings of two investigations are to be published which could decide the political future of the first minister.

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  17. The forgotten referendum of 2011published at 03:36 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2021

    Why the referendum everyone's forgotten shaped the last decade of our lives.

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  18. NI fishermen fear being 'mugged' of extra Brexit fishpublished at 23:05 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2021

    Conservatives will give NI's "fair share" of fish to Scotland, a fishing body claims.

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  19. Starmer: Time for recovery, not a referendumpublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2021

    The Labour leader says the focus for the upcoming Scottish elections must be the economy, education and jobs.

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  20. The week ahead in Parliamentpublished at 16:26 Greenwich Mean Time 19 March 2021

    The furore around the government's policing bill after the Sarah Everard case may mean its progress is slow.

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