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John Whittingdale

How Britain got to the front of Donald Trump’s trade queue

How Britain got to the front of Donald Trump’s trade queue

From last-minute pork demands to parties in the embassy, this is how Britain charmed the unpredictable president — and why it could all still unravel.

May 8, 2025 9:45 pm CET
British MPs already want a vote on sending troops to Ukraine
Ukraine’s Brit allies cry ‘appeasement’ as Trump talks to Putin
Starmer: Ukraine support is self-defense

Starmer: Ukraine support is self-defense

November 21, 2024 12:44 pm CET
How to U-turn and get away with it

How to U-turn and get away with it

March 17, 2023 4:35 am CET
Gary Lineker saga exposes weakness at the heart of the BBC
The secrets of TV news

The secrets of TV news

March 3, 2023 4:43 am CET
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The government vs the BBC: A Hundred Year War

Presented by Equinor

November 12, 2021 4:56 am CET

London just got a data deal from the EU. Boris Johnson could scrap it.

The EU approves the UK’s data protection rules, even as London mulls revising them.

June 28, 2021 7:02 pm CET

The EU court ruling that could end EU-UK data flows 

UK privacy standards need EU signoff for data to keep flowing after Brexit.

October 5, 2020 2:27 pm CET

Boris Johnson’s partner Carrie Symonds hires communications adviser

The salary will be paid by the Conservatives, not the taxpayer.

February 28, 2020 8:00 am CET

Britain remains split on Brexit

UK formally leaves the EU, but divorce wounds are still on display.

February 1, 2020 12:56 am CET

Tories back away from drastic BBC reforms

Government plans are not nearly as bad as the public broadcaster feared.

May 12, 2016 4:02 pm CET

External regulator announced for BBC

Changes include new requirement to give ‘greater focus to underserved audiences.’

May 12, 2016 1:02 pm CET

David Cameron’s latest battleground: the BBC

Government reform plans have been described as a right-wing assault on the broadcaster. But the damage may already be done.

May 11, 2016 5:33 am CET

UK government backtracks on Channel 4 sale

Ministers are still considering less radical plans for the stated-owned TV network.

May 10, 2016 10:44 am CET

When a Tory sex scandal isn’t a sex scandal

Cameron’s culture secretary was ‘hanging around with a prostitute,’ but the tabloids didn’t touch the story.

April 13, 2016 8:49 pm CET

5 takeaways from Cameron’s grilling on taxes

Corbyn warms up to the knockabout of Prime Minister’s Question Time, but lands no hits.

April 13, 2016 5:59 pm CET

10 takeaways on the BBC fight

The embattled broadcaster calls the U.K. government’s proposals “bad for Britain.”

July 16, 2015 7:16 pm CET
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BBC strikes surprise funding deal

The public broadcaster agrees to pay for service for elderly viewers, a controversial reform that it had rejected in the past.

July 6, 2015 11:01 pm CET

New UK media panel chair key in BBC fight

Jesse Norman will monitor discussions of the public broadcaster, whose funding will soon be up for renewal.

June 18, 2015 1:59 pm CET
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