Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of The Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories
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Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of The Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories
US beef could be served in London restaurants 'without diners knowing'
The trade agreement allows for 13,000 tonnes of American beef to be exported to the UK
Putin troops 'break' ceasefire to mark Soviet Union victory over Nazis
Ukraine accuses Putin of flouting his unilateral 72-hour ceasefire to coincide with the Victory Day celebrations
Minister rejects US veto on Chinese investment claim as 'nonsense'
But the Government faced a row over details of the ‘historic’ agreement which are yet to be finalised
Trump slashes tariffs for cars from UK which accepts more US beef
The US president said it was a 'very big and exciting day' for America and Britain
VE Day: Starmer warns of WW2 parallels with Putin's 'evil' war
The Prime Minister highlighted that war is raging again in Europe 80 years on since the Nazis were defeated
Starmer and Badenoch PMQs clash on winter fuel payments and net zero
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was first to raise winter fuel payment cuts, saying her party ‘wouldn’t balance (the public finances) on the back of pensioners’
PM hails UK-India trade deal as 'huge win' amid 'two-tier taxes' row
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds accused Nigel Farage of talking ‘absolute nonsense’ after the latter claimed the agreement would mean British workers are ‘sold out to the highest degree’
Farage’s Reform hits record poll high as Labour falls to six-year low
The latest YouGov survey put Reform on 29%, up three points on last week
UK and India agree £5bn free trade deal on visas and tariffs
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the agreement was mutually beneficial
'Don't panic,' says Hague as he clashes with Truss on saving Tories
The Conservatives lost 674 council seats on May 1 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged
Tesla global backlash 'hits UK' as sales plunge 62%
Just 512 of the high-end electric vehicles were registered in April, compared to 1,352 in the same month in 2024
Streeting admits winter fuel payment cuts was factor in poll losses
But he said there was no ‘formal review’ under way in Government
Reform UK election wins could herald seismic shift in who governs UK
Commentary: The rise of five-party politics means that gaining an overall Commons majority at general elections will become more difficult for any party
Starmer admits disappointment as Farage hails bombshell Reform wins
‘Reform are in business. They are a major challenge,’ says polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice
Farage talks up Runcorn by-election win: 'Gap with Labour is closing'
Reform leader hopeful of win against Labour while Tories face losing hundreds of seats in the local elections in England
Farage can talk the talk but can he walk the walk, elections may tell
Commentary: The town hall polls could show whether the Reform UK leader can deliver for people and communities or if he is just one of Britain’s best ever campaigners at promising elusive sunlit uplands
'We are doing GREAT,' says Trump after 100 days despite tariffs chaos
The US president tries to dismiss polls showing his falling ratings as ‘fake news’
Tory plight could worsen, warns Hague as Reform keeps poll lead
The Conservatives are predicted to lose hundreds of council seats on Thursday, May 1
Girl, 12, killed in Russian drone attack in Ukraine
Casualty toll of children in Putin’s war climbs ever higher with more than 2,500 wounded or killed, according to UNICEF
Vladimir Putin announces three-day ceasefire in Ukraine
Kremlin says that Russian President has ordered the full cessation of hostilities on ‘humanitarian grounds’
Trump's tariff wars 'are not working,' says France's chief banker
Francois Villeroy de Galhau slammed the uncertainty the US president’s import levies have sparked in economies and markets around the world