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Nina Lloyd

Nina Lloyd is a political correspondent at PA Media, based in Westminster. She joined PA in 2021 covering general news, having started her career as a freelance agency court reporter.

Donald Trump announced 15% global tariffs on Saturday (Leon Neal/PA)
Business

Government seeking ‘best deal possible’ for UK firms over US tariffs – minister

Donald Trump said he would be increasing tariffs to 15% (Leon Neal/PA)
Business

US global tariffs will rise to 15%, Donald Trump says

<p>King Charles III greets the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Antonia Romeo at Buckingham Palace in London</p>
UK Politics

Inside the rise of Starmer’s ‘Marmite’ pick to lead UK Civil Service

<p>Sir Keir purchased the gift from the US President for his teenage son, it is understood</p>
News

Keir Starmer keeps cufflinks gifted by Trump – for a price

<p>The value and appearance of the cufflinks have not been made public</p>
UK Politics

Starmer buys cufflinks given to him by Trump as gift for his son

A new minister to represent the sector is ‘really important,’ Angela Rayner said
Business

Rayner calls for Starmer to appoint night-time economy minister

<p>Lord Mandelson (Niall Carson/PA)</p>
News

Starmer hands material on Mandelson’s Epstein emails to police

<p>Starmer’s visit has yielded tangible agreements, including a halving of tariffs on Scotch whisky to 5 per cent.</p>
News

Starmer wraps up China visit with key agreements

<p>This extraordinary step could be taken if the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill fails to secure approval from peers before the King’s Speech in May.</p>
UK Politics

Assisted dying supporters consider rare move to bypass Lords block

<p>The reforms will be published in the draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill, which will be introduced on Tuesday</p>
News

UK to cap ground rents at £250 under sweeping overhaul

News

UK will not join Board of Peace signing amid concerns over Putin

<p>Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK is working with allies on further sanctions for Iran</p>
News

Starmer makes decision over British Embassy in Iran amid protests

<p>An investigation by broadcaster CBC Ottawa and its French service Radio-Canada found hundreds of ads offering cocaine, heroin and ecstasy popping up on online platforms such as Facebook and Instagram</p>
Tech

Former Meta boss sounds alarm over ‘TikTokification’ of social media

Tech

Former Meta boss sounds alarm over ‘TikTokification’ of social media

<p>An investigation by broadcaster CBC Ottawa and its French service Radio-Canada found hundreds of ads offering cocaine, heroin and ecstasy popping up on online platforms such as Facebook and Instagram</p>
<p>(Alamy/PA)</p>
News

Ex-Meta boss warns social media has become a ‘poisoned chalice’

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall is set to give a statement in the Commons on Monday (Ben Whitley/PA)
UK Politics

Minister to give update on X amid deepfake row

<p>Mr Hall said that Britain could "take back control" from major tech companies through new policy initiatives</p>
UK Politics

UK urged to enforce Australian-style social media ban for teenagers

<p>Starmer has spoken out on the US strikes in Venezuela</p>
UK Politics

Starmer ‘wants Trump talks’ after US Venezuela strikes

<p>Starmer has spoken out on the US strikes in Venezuela</p>
UK Politics

Starmer ‘wants Trump talks’ after US Venezuela strikes

<p>The announcement comes ahead of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's unveiling of sweeping reforms to the criminal justice system </p>
Home News

Extra £19m for abuse survivor safe housing amid ‘national emergency’

Rachel Reeves said the leak of the Government’s plans for income tax was ‘incredibly damaging’ (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)
Business

Reeves: PM and I decided ‘as a team’ not to hike income tax

<p>A 13-year-old boy displays a message on his mobile phone from social media platform Snapchat after his account was locked for age verification in Sydney on 9 December 2025</p>
News

UK social media ban for children possible as ministers watch Australia

<p>Lisa Nandy said ministers would be keeping ‘a very close eye’ on how Australia’s policy unfolds (Gareth Fuller/PA)</p>
UK Politics

UK ‘would consider’ Australia-style social media ban for under-16s

<p>Yvette Cooper has accused Russia of waging "information warfare"</p>
UK Politics

Cooper issues sanctions against Russia amid ‘information warfare’

<p>Tory leader Kemi Badenoch</p>
UK Politics

Tories to block Motability access for people with ADHD and anxiety

<p>Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves stands next to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer</p>
News

Starmer braces for backlash after latest manifesto U-turn

<p>The Prime Minister leader argued that scrapping the limit, projected to cost £3 billion by the end of the Parliament, would lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty.</p>
News

Starmer calls two-child benefit cap an ‘economic disaster’

<p>Tory leader Kemi Badenoch</p>
UK Politics

Tories to block Motability access for people with ADHD and anxiety

<p>Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves stands next to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer</p>
News

Starmer braces for backlash after latest manifesto U-turn

<p>The Prime Minister leader argued that scrapping the limit, projected to cost £3 billion by the end of the Parliament, would lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty.</p>
News

Starmer calls two-child benefit cap an ‘economic disaster’

News

Government abandons manifesto pledge with U-turn on workers’ rights

News

Government abandons manifesto pledge with U-turn on workers’ rights

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) and Energy, Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband attend the fifth annual Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony at the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Aaron Chown/PA)
Business

PM to admit consensus is gone but UK ‘all in’ on net zero at Cop30

Peers warned the UK economy is ‘bleeding out’ amid a brain drain in science and tech
Business

UK economy ‘bleeding out’ with brain drain in science and tech, peers warn

Rachel Reeves (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Business

Brexit partly to blame for high inflation, says Rachel Reeves

<p>A CCTV image of Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu in Chelmsford on October 24 </p>
News

Lammy expected to announce inquiry into asylum seeker release

<p>A CCTV image of Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu in Chelmsford on October 24 </p>
News

Lammy expected to announce inquiry into asylum seeker release

<p>Keir Starmer sits with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting of ‘coalition of the willing’ </p>
News

PM urges allies to turn Russian assets into weapons for Ukraine

Rachel Reeves has been urged to pave the way for ‘genuine reform’ as she prepares for her autumn Budget
Business

Reeves could raise billions without breaking Labour pledges – IFS

<p>US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer</p>
News

Starmer to pay tribute to Donald Trump at Gaza peace summit

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said a ‘standardised’ process was ‘the right way forward’ (PA)
UK Politics

Cooper defends prospect of digital ID for children as young as 13

<p>Protesters take part in a 'No to Digital ID' demonstration near Labour Party conference in Liverpool</p>
News

Government says digital ID plans ‘right way forward’ despite criticism

<p>Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper </p>
UK Politics

Government defends digital ID plans to include children as young as 13

David Lammy confirmed it would ‘remain free to bring a case to an employment tribunal’ (James Manning/PA)
Business

Lammy rules out charging workers for tribunal claims

News

Home secretary slams Reform migrant plans as ‘dog whistle’ for racists

Donald Trump will meet Sir Keir Starmer during his two-day state visit to the UK (PA)
Business

UK steel industry ‘disappointed’ after plans for 0% US tariff shelved

<p>Defence Secretary John Healey is meeting his US counterpart Pete Hegseth (PA)</p>
News

Government pours £182m into defence training in new strategy

<p>The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of multiple demonstrations in Epping (Jordan Pettitt/PA)</p>
News

Labour to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels to barracks

News

Labour to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels to barracks

<p>The Bell Hotel has been at the centre of multiple demonstrations in Epping (Jordan Pettitt/PA)</p>
<p>Defence Secretary John Healey visits RAF Akrotiri during a visit to Cyprus in 2024</p>
UK Politics

UK defence training to ramp up to ‘wartime pace’ in major skills drive

Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly said ‘a family home is not a piggy bank to raid’ (PA)
Money

Tories will challenge Government to rule out property tax hikes

UK bank shares have dropped as City traders reacted to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (Matt Crossick/PA)
Business

UK bank shares fall as fears raised in City over budget tax raid

<p>Bank of England is facing record losses after its quantitative easing programme</p>
UK Politics

Windfall tax on banks could raise £8bn a year, Rachel Reeves told

<p>Bank of England is facing record losses after its quantitative easing programme</p>
UK Politics

Windfall tax on banks could raise £8bn a year, Rachel Reeves told

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said there was ‘more to do’ as figures revealed unemployment remained at a four-year high (Oliver McVeigh/PA)
Business

Reeves concedes Government has ‘more to do’ as unemployment at four-year high

Ten vans equipped with the technology would be rolled out across seven police forces in England over coming weeks (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
UK Politics

Cooper defends live facial recognition expansion amid privacy row

<p>Thousands were spoken to during the ‘week-long crackdown’ on illegal working</p>
Home News

Hundreds arrested in nationwide crackdown on illegal working

Gordon Brown said the defence commitment could be dealt with via jointly issued bonds (PA)
Business

Rachel Reeves should exempt defence pledge from budget rules, says Gordon Brown

<p>Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the autumn Budget, October 2024 (Justin Tallis/PA)</p>
News

Investors ‘in limbo’ over proposed share tax hikes, claim Tories

<p>The Conservatives are urging <a href="/topic/chancellor">Chancellor</a> Rachel Reeves to "urgently rule out" increasing share taxes in the upcoming autumn budget</p>
Home News

Rachel Reeves under pressure to ‘urgently rule out’ tax hikes

<p>The second test of the UK’s alert system will cause 87 million mobile devices to ring out with a high-pitched alarm, vibrate for 10 seconds and display a message showing information about the test</p>
Home News

Millions to receive emergency alert text as new test announced

<p>Since the first national test of the system in April 2023, five alerts have been sent</p>
News

New emergency alert text revealed ahead of test

<p>Leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch </p>
News

Kemi Badenoch says Tories would ban doctors’ strikes

<p>Palestinians walk along a road towards an area in the northern Gaza Strip where trucks are entering with humanitarian aid in Gaza City (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)</p>
Home News

SNP threaten to force Palestine recognition vote

<p>The Government has pledged £1 billion to increase Britain’s compute capacity 20-fold by 2030</p>
Tech

‘UK’s most powerful supercomputer’ launches in £1 billion AI drive

Tech

‘UK’s most powerful supercomputer’ launches in £1 billion AI drive

<p>The Government has pledged £1 billion to increase Britain’s compute capacity 20-fold by 2030</p>
<p>Nigel Farage’s party has seen a string of ex-MPs defect from the Conservatives since the general election (Ben Whitley/PA)</p>
News

Reform puts power companies on notice over clean energy plans

Sir Ed Davey (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Business

Davey vows to challenge Farage and calls for ‘Swedish-style’ budget changes

Sir Ed Davey will unveil proposals for all green energy projects to be moved to the new subsidy scheme (Joe Giddens/PA)
Business

Davey proposes major shake-up of green energy contracts to ‘slash bills’

Abby Thomas left her role in February(Alamy/PA)
Business

Financial ombudsman rebuked by MPs over handling of ex-chief’s ‘dismissal’

Abby Thomas left her role in February(Alamy/PA)
Business

Financial ombudsman rebuked by MPs over handling of ex-chief’s ‘dismissal’

Heidi Alexander said the schemes would make everyday journeys easier
Business

Road schemes will ‘probably’ be finished in under a decade – Transport Secretary

<p>The Home Office said anyone caught ‘flagrantly abusing the system in this way’ will face having state support discontinued (PA)</p>
News

Home Office crackdown on illegal working via delivery apps

<p>Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says the ‘remoteness’ of rural areas will be taken into account (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)</p>
News

Rayner announces leg up for ‘remote’ UK councils

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Business

Ban on ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts to come into effect in 2027

<p>Families of veterans could receive cut-price train fares of their own as part of proposals to strengthen the UK’s military covenant, being considered by ministers </p>
Home News

Cut-price train travel for families planned in armed forces reforms

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Suzanne Plunkett/PA)
Business

Trump says US-UK deal ‘done’ as steel tariffs still up in air

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer films a broadcast interview ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada (Suzanne Plunkett/PA)
Business

Starmer and Trump to hold ‘one-on-one’ talks at G7 in push to wrap up trade deal

Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (PA)
Business

Canada agrees to ratify Britain’s accession to major trans-Pacific trade pact

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (PA)
Money

Starmer insists Government’s welfare reforms must be pushed through

(PA)
UK Politics

AI skills drive in schools to ‘put power in hands of next generation’ – Starmer

Peter Kyle said ‘people need to understand that AI is not flawless’.
UK Politics

Minister says AI ‘does lie’ but defends Government amid copyright row

Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle during an interview outside BBC Broadcasting House in London on Sunday (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Business

Spending review: Schools to get more funding but police warned to ‘do their bit’

Ian Russell said ‘sticking plasters’ would not be enough to protect children online (PA)
UK Politics

Molly Russell’s father urges PM to act over online harms as ‘app cap’ considered

The audit was ordered by Unite general secretary Sharon Graham shortly after she entered her role in 2021 (Alamy/PA)
Business

Unite union had ‘pervasive fraud environment’, auditors say

<p>The <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/prime-minister">Prime Minister</a> previously said his younger brother was “wonderful” and recalled how he met “all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour”</p>
Home News

Keir Starmer pays tribute to late brother’s ‘personal courage’

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds met bioethanol industry chiefs on Wednesday (James Manning/PA)
Business

Reynolds agrees need for ‘urgent next steps’ with bioethanol firms over US deal

The audit was ordered by Unite general secretary Sharon Graham shortly after she entered her role in 2021 (Alamy/PA)
Business

Unite union had ‘pervasive fraud environment’, auditors say

<p>The <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/prime-minister">Prime Minister</a> previously said his younger brother was “wonderful” and recalled how he met “all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour”</p>
Home News

Keir Starmer pays tribute to late brother’s ‘personal courage’

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds met bioethanol industry chiefs on Wednesday (James Manning/PA)
Business

Reynolds agrees need for ‘urgent next steps’ with bioethanol firms over US deal

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Business

China attacks UK trade deal with US

Richard Horne, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, said the number of nationally significant cyber attacks had doubled on last year (PA)
UK Politics

‘Nationally significant’ cyber attacks double since last year, security chief warns

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden will address the CyberUK conference in Manchester (Dominic Lipinski/PA) Wire
UK Politics

Government to unveil new cybersecurity measures after wave of attacks

Jonathan Reynolds (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Business

British and Indian ministers meet for ‘productive’ talks on trade deal

<p>Milkshakes could see a price hike due to new sugar tax rules</p>
Lifestyle

The drink that could face a price hike under sugar tax extension

<p>Free breakfast clubs will open at 750 schools across England next week</p>
Home News

The 750 schools where free breakfast clubs will open next week

UK Politics

Miliband accuses Farage of spreading ‘nonsense and lies’ over net zero

<p>Free breakfast clubs will launch at 750 schools in England on Tuesday </p>
News

Concerns raised days out from breakfast club launch at 750 schools

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