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Keir Starmer has suggested reassessing the UK’s relationship with the EU. Rachel Reeves called stronger EU ties the UK’s “biggest prize.” The Prosperity Institute estimates: 0.5% GDP reduction in the first year of rejoining. 1.35% GDP reduction within five years. Equivalent to £30–£40 billion annual lost output.

He said forming alliances would be a “big if.” He suggested parties might need to act out of “patriotic duty.” The comments followed the launch of Restore Britain by Rupert Lowe. Camilla Tominey questioned Yusuf on GB News. Reform UK claims to have led more than 200 consecutive opinion polls. Yusuf said Reform’s average poll lead is nine to 10 points. He said the party’s focus is on winning an outright majority. Yusuf criticised the Conservative Party’s record in government.

The CMA said the companies committed to: Not giving preferential treatment to their own apps. Being transparent about how third-party apps are approved. Not using data gathered from third-party developers in an unfair way. Seven months earlier, the CMA said Apple and Google had an “effective duopoly” in the UK app store market. In October 2025, the CMA designated both companies’ app stores as having “strategic market status,” giving it powers to require changes to promote com

Rupert Lowe, former Reform UK MP, has launched a new political party called Restore Britain . Lowe currently represents Great Yarmouth  in Norfolk as an independent  MP, after leaving Reform UK. Lowe initially set up Restore Britain as a political movement  after being suspended from Reform UK in March 2024. The party is now expected to act as an umbrella political party  with locally based political parties as partners. Lowe was suspended from Reform UK following allegations

Two men were jailed for life after planning an attack targeting the Jewish community in Manchester. Police said the plot could have been “the UK’s most deadly terror attack.” Walid Saadaoui, 38 , and Amar Hussein, 52 , arranged for firearms to be smuggled into the UK in what prosecutors described as an Isis-inspired plot. The case was heard at Preston Crown Court. An undercover operative played a crucial role in uncovering and preventing the plan. Saadaoui received a minimum