[ad_1] Getty ImagesDespite the government's hopes, the UK has not, in the end, been exempted from President Trump's 25% steel and aluminium tariffs.Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the UK will "keep all options on the table", but has not announced immediate retaliation.BBC Verify looks at how big the impact on the UK could be and what might happen next.Metal productsThe value of the UK's raw steel and aluminium exports
[ad_1] Glenn CampbellBBC Scotland political editorGetty ImagesNicola Sturgeon is now pondering a post-politics careerThat Nicola Sturgeon should choose to stand down from Holyrood at the next election was entirely expected.Even if the former first minister liked to try and keep the media guessing.When asked a couple of weeks ago if she was going to quit as an MSP she told journalists "you'll have to wait and see".In reality, the chances
[ad_1] Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBC"Trump may be the best thing to happen to Starmer," says a diplomat, suggesting the brash property tycoon busy upending the world order might be just what the strait-laced prime minister - who's been dragging in the polls - needs.One of Labour's business backers calls it "the PM's finest hour" - a Remainer leader putting Britain at the heart of international action as Trump
[ad_1] Hugh SchofieldBBC News, ParisMacron says France is open to extending nuclear deterrent to protect European AlliesSo in the end Charles de Gaulle was right.As president of France in the 1960s, it was he who launched the policy of French strategic independence.Of course, he said, Americans were more our friends than Russians are. But the US too had interests. And one day their interests would clash with ours.In the world
[ad_1] Week after week, there used to be a grim but poignant ritual at the start of Prime Minister's Question Time.The prime minister of the day would begin by acknowledging by name and by rank the British servicemen and women killed serving their country.But what happened this week was different.Not different in how it was done or the solemnity of the moment as MPs fell quiet and listened respectfully.But different
[ad_1] PAChancellor Rachel Reeves has earmarked "several billion pounds" in draft spending cuts to welfare ahead of her Spring Statement, according to the BBC.When asked about the welfare budget, the Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood said: "Our current situation is unsustainable… we've seen a huge rise in that welfare budget."BBC Verify has examined this budget and where the cuts might fall.How big is the welfare budget?Before looking at where the welfare
[ad_1] PAHarold Wilson led the country on two separate occasions, in the 1960s and 1970sFormer Prime Minister Harold Wilson agreed late in life to sell his entire archive of personal and political papers to help fund his care, according to documents released by the National Archives.Lord Wilson initially planned to sell the collection to McMaster University in Canada for £212,500 – about £700,000 in today’s money.He was suffering from Alzheimer’s
[ad_1] Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says he won't be appearing on Russia Today any more and will encourage Labour colleagues to follow his lead.He told the BBC's Andrew Marr show the Kremlin-backed TV station had crossed a line after the Salisbury spy poisoning and gone beyond "objective journalism". [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRichard Leonard says he is angry with the "callousness of the Tories and the complacency of the SNP" Richard Leonard has used his Scottish Labour conference speech to underline his "mission" to "fundamentally change" the economic system.The party leader told delegates in Dundee that "our economy needs less market and more planning".Mr Leonard also proposed reforms to the rental sector and
[ad_1] Marina Litvinenko, the widow of ex-Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko who died in London from radioactive polonium, says she was given assurances this wouldn't happen again. [ad_2] Source link
