Christopher McKeon
Business News
British Steel staff and civil servants race to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces on
Officials from the Department for Business and Trade are already on site in Scunthorpe after the Government took over the running of British Steel.
14 Apr 2025
Politics11 Jan 2025
Reeves says London 'natural home' for Chinese finance and defends trip
Ms Reeves hailed the trip as a ‘significant milestone’ in Labour’s re-engagement with China, saying she had agreed deals worth £600 million over the next five years
Business News
Reeves vows ‘action’ to meet fiscal rules amid rise in borrowing costs
Problems on the gilt markets have overshadowed the Chancellor’s trip to China.
11 Jan 2025
Business News
Reeves says fiscal rules ‘non-negotiable’ during bid to boost ties with China
The Chancellor called for more UK-China investment, but said this must not come at the price of national security.
11 Jan 2025
Politics
UK should sign climate change co-operation agreement with China, says think tank
Chatham House said a formal deal would enable ‘bolder and more confident engagement’ by the UK in China ‘and vice versa’.
11 Jan 2025
Politics
11 councils ask Government to postpone local elections ahead of reorganisation
The Government has proposed the largest reorganisation of local government for decades.
10 Jan 2025
Politics
Elon Musk is opponent of free speech, says Davey
The Tesla chief executive has been engaged in a series of rows with British politicians over the past week.
10 Jan 2025
Politics10 Jan 2025
Reeves heads to China as pressure mounts over economic strategy
The Chancellor has been criticised for continuing with a planned visit to China amid rising yields on government bonds
Politics
School reforms show Britain ‘back under union control’, says Badenoch
The Conservatives have described Labour’s proposals on schools as ‘educational vandalism’.
9 Jan 2025
Politics
Starmer talks about Ukraine over dinner with Macron
Mr Macron said the meeting was a great opportunity to discuss EU-UK relations and ‘the main crisis’ in Ukraine.
9 Jan 2025
Politics
Badenoch ‘wrong’ to claim Islamophobia definition bars talking about ‘groomers’
The group behind the definition said it only applied to attempts to ‘smear’ all Muslims collectively.
8 Jan 2025
Politics
Downing Street briefing room has £80,000 ‘politically neutral’ refurbishment
Blue panels have been removed from Downing Street’s press briefing room in an effort to make it a ‘politically neutral setting’.
7 Jan 2025
Politics7 Jan 2025
Farage hopes to repair Musk relationship on trip to US
The Reform UK leader declined to criticise Elon Musk over his description of minister Jess Phillips as a ‘rape genocide apologist’.
Environment
Major incidents declared in Midlands as flooding hits UK
Police in North Yorkshire said the body of a man had been recovered from an area of flooding.
6 Jan 2025
Politics6 Jan 2025
Sir Keir Starmer hits back at Elon Musk and ‘poison of the far-right’
The Prime Minister accused the Tories of ‘amplifying what the far-right is saying’.
Politics30 Dec 2024
King and PM honour Jimmy Carter after his death aged 100
US President Joe Biden says the world has ‘lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian’
Politics
Government to block incinerators that do not contribute to green plans
Labour has said it wants to increase rates of recycling, which have stalled since 2015.
30 Dec 2024
UK
Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
Jimmy Carter served one term in the White House in the late 1970s, and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
29 Dec 2024
Politics
‘Ruthless criminals’ caused three migrant deaths in the Channel, says minister
More people arrived in Dover on Sunday after crossing the Channel in small boats, as French authorities reported the deaths of three people.
29 Dec 2024
Politics
Three dead in Channel as migrant crossings continue
French authorities mounted a large-scale rescue operation on Sunday morning.
29 Dec 2024
Politics
At least two people die in Channel as migrant crossings continue
French authorities have launched a rescue operation off the coast near Calais.
29 Dec 2024