Seven Labour committee chairs urged ministers to ban crypto donations to parties ahead of the elections bill, warning of traceability and foreign interference risks.
Provisional Home Office data show 41,000+ Channel small-boat arrivals in 2025, up 13% on 2024; UK–France pilot returns stayed limited.
Trade union leaders warn that worsening cost-of-living pressures, including widespread meal-skipping, are driving some workers away from Labour and toward Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak called on Keir Starmer to explore a UK-EU customs union to cut post-Brexit trade frictions.
Jeanette Dickson says anti-migrant rhetoric and racism are deterring overseas clinicians, with data showing fewer arrivals and more leaving the NHS.
Farage said Reform UK’s website shows 270k+ paid-up members as reports put Labour’s paying membership below 250k, though methods differ.
Nineteen organisations urge a donations cap, crypto ban, automatic registration and restored Electoral Commission independence ahead of an elections bill.
Sue Carr said Sentencing Council judges could quit if the Sentencing Bill 2025 gives ministers power to block or amend sentencing guidelines.
The UK reaffirmed its support for free speech after the US banned five European online-safety campaigners, including two Britons, from entering the country.
DOJ released unclassified Epstein-related files under a new law; survivors and lawmakers criticized redactions as AP reported documents disappeared from the webpage.
Electoral Commission and Essex Police are assessing allegations that Reform UK overspent in Nigel Farage’s Clacton campaign; the party denies any breach.
In the final PMQs, Badenoch challenged Starmer on unemployment, taxes and the doctors’ strike as he announced moves to release £2.5bn Chelsea sale funds for Ukraine.