Portrait of the week
Portrait of the week: Growth slows to zero, Scotland rejects assisted dying and Trump sends Marines to the Gulf
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, spoke to President Donald Trump of America about the importance of reopening the…
Portrait of the week: Andrew arrested, tariff rulings and Boris in Ukraine
Home Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on his 66th birthday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, and released under investigation.…
Portrait of the week: Gender in schools, election U-turns and the ‘truth’ about Navalny
Home Pupils will be allowed to change gender at school, according to guidance issued by Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary;…
Portrait of the week: McSweeney resigns, Starmer hangs on and Streeting plots
Home Morgan McSweeney, the helmsman of Labour, walked the plank by resigning as chief of staff to Sir Keir Starmer,…
Portrait of the week: Peter Mandelson resigns, Keir Starmer returns and gold rallies
Home Lord Mandelson resigned his membership of the Labour party and then retired from the House of Lords; some of…
Portrait of the week: Burnham blocked, Braverman bails and Starmer clashes with Trump
Home Labour’s National Executive Committee refused permission for Andy Burnham, currently Mayor of Greater Manchester, to stand in a by-election…
Portrait of the week: Jenrick sacked, Chinese super-embassy approved and Trump makes a grab for Greenland
Home President Donald Trump of the United States made Britain and other countries dance to his tune. Sir Keir Starmer,…
Portrait of the week: Digital IDs ditched, unrest in Iran and an app to check you’re not dead
Home The government dropped plans to make digital ID compulsory to work in Britain. Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister,…
Portrait of the week: US strikes Venezuela, China taxes contraceptives and happy anniversary to the Birmingham bin-strikers
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, said Britain was not involved ‘in any way’ in the US strikes on…
Portrait of the week: Farm tax backdown, trail hunting crackdown and anti-misogyny courses for 11-year-olds
Home The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced plans to criminalise trail hunting ‘amid concerns it is being…
Portrait of the year: Trump’s tariffs, the definition of biological sex and the fall of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
January Downing Street said Rachel Reeves would remain in her role as Chancellor of the Exchequer ‘for the whole of…
Portrait of the week: ‘Misleading’ Reeves, trial without jury and Great Yarmouth First
Home What Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, told voters about the economy in a special press conference on…
Portrait of the week: a shambolic Budget, Ukrainian plan and justice overhaul
Home Before Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered the Budget, the Office for Budget Responsibility accidentally released its…
Portrait of the week: an immigration overhaul, Budget chaos and doctors’ strikes
Home Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, proposed that refugees would only be granted a temporary right to stay and would…
Portrait of the week: BBC vs Trump, a plot against Starmer and a weight loss deadline for North Sea oil workers
Home Tim Davie, the director-general of the BBC, resigned, as did Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News. Samir Shah,…
Portrait of the week: Train stabbing attack, Mamdani takes New York and the Andrew formerly known as prince
Home The King ‘initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew’, who is now…
Portrait of the week: Hurricane hits Jamaica, Plaid reigns in Caerphilly and sex offender gets £500 to leave Britain
Home An Iranian man who arrived on a small boat and was deported to France on 19 September under the…
Portrait of the week: Downfall of a duke, double-decker trains in the Chunnel and no more chocolate Penguins
Home Prince Andrew said he would no longer use his titles, including as Duke of York, or his honours; his…
Portrait of the week: Gaza ceasefire, unemployment increases and a Gen Z uprising
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, praised President Donald Trump for the Gaza ceasefire agreement while in India accompanied…
Portrait of the week: Synagogue attack, pro-Palestine protests and a new Archbishop of Canterbury
Home Two men at a synagogue at Heaton Park in Manchester were killed on Yom Kippur when Jihad al-Shamie, 35,…
Portrait of the week: Keir vs Nigel, ID cards and Trump’s peace deal
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, addressed delegates at the Labour party conference in Liverpool who had been issued…
Portrait of the week: Recognition for Palestine, second runway for Gatwick and questions over Epstein for Fergie
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, announced that Britain had recognised a Palestinian state. France, Portugal, Canada and Australia…
Portrait of the week: Charlie Kirk killed, Peter Mandelson sacked and Harry takes tea with the King
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, asked Lord Mandelson to step back as ambassador to Washington. This followed the…
