NEW: There have been several detailed complaints about the GB News interview with Trump - on impartiality, accuracy & lack of pushback. Ex-Ofcom official said they'd never seen anything like it. Is this the moment Ofcom acts on increasingly politicised media? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...

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UK party leaders deliver their Christmas message - with Zack Polanski using his to call for rethink on small boats policy - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Two British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Labour changed policy because it 'eventually recognised' what it was saying about farm tax impact wasn't true, NFU chief says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Badenoch says farm tax U-turn 'big win' for Tories, and for her because she ignored advice to drop campaign against it - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Government claims it will still get most of planned £500m per year from farm inheritance tax, despite U-turn over threshold - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Defra says 85% of farms will be protected from higher inheritance tax following today's U-turn - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Inheritance tax for farmers to kick in at £2.5m, not £1m as planned, in government U-turn to help farming community - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Which are the 63 English councils were local elections may be delayed, and which parties run them? - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Around 70% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think future PM should open talks on rejoining EU, poll suggests - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Greens broadly welcome animal welfare strategy, but urge PM to follow Wales in banning greyhound racing - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Tories call new EHRC chair 'disgrace' after she says 'demonisation of migrants' bad for UK - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Badenoch says teaching boys about misogyny shouldn't be VAWG priority because migrants more dangerous - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Jess Phillips says 'nudification' tools that create fake, nude pictures of real people without permission to be banned - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Jess Phillips condemns Tories for focusing largely on threat from migrants in official response to VAWG plan - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

A mini-story to cheer you up this morning. The other day my teenage son returned to his locked bike to find the back wheel nicked. We went back yesterday to rescue it - and found this note taped to the frame. We have the wheel again. A very happy Xmas to Ollie and his note-writing other half.

PMQs -snap verdict - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Andrea Egan, leftwinger expelled from Labour who now favours Your Party, elected to lead UK's biggest union, Unison - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Streeting refuses to tell MPs it's safe to pass assisted dying bill, highlighting concerns palliative care not good enough - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

UK to rejoin Erasmus, finally spmething from the UK EU reaet talks www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Lammy says reducing average wait from reporting rape to trial from 6 years to 2 years would be acceptable - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Minister rejects plea from Jeremy Corbyn for meeting about concerns of health of Palestine Action hunger strikers - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Steve Reed announces review of foreign interference in British politics following Nathan Gill conviction - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Reform UK unveils rethink in Send policy after backlash, and criticises level of spending going to private equity providers - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Tice declines to restate his claim that people who say they recall Farage being racist at school are lying - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Tice says 'sorry', in apparent reference to past jibe about ear defenders, as he announces Reform UK review of Send policy - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Nandy floats prospect of requiring BBC website users to get licence under plan to stop licence fee income declining - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Trump ally says BBC case will get 'ugly' if it goes ahead, and says he would urge them to settle for about $10m - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer urged to tell Trump his anti-BBC lawsuit 'unacceptable, as president quotes Badenoch to back his 'fake news' claim - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Zack Polanski claims support for Greens surging in London as five councillors from Labour defect to party in Brent - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Six leading business organisations urge Tory and cross-bench peers to drop their opposition to employment rights bill, @jessicaelgot.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer says he is 'very gutted ... 10 out of 10' by BMA's 'irresponsible' decision to go ahead with resident doctors' strike - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Armed forces chief says Russian threat to Nato will require 'whole nation stepping up' to make UK more resilient - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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NEW: Reform UK wins its first Scottish council byelection, as @anassarwar.bsky.social calls Reform's new ex-Tory peer Lord Offord "poisonous, odious man" - UK politics live with @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social #ReformUK #Holyrood26 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

More than 10% of rise in disability benefit spending pre-Covid directly caused by other benefits being cut, IFS says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Met commissioner Mark Rowley says Trump talks 'complete nonsense' about crime in London - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Lifetime impact of people with skilled worker visas 'clearly fiscally postive' for UK, Migration Advisory Committee says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Councillors 'violently intimidated' by people in balaclavas at meeting to discuss sanctuary plan for asylum seekers, MPs told - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Streeting blames McSweeney's target seat focus in 2024 campaign for fact he almost lost in Ilford North - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

No 10 dismisses claim that Streeting's jibe about 'technocratic approach' to governing is implied criticism of Starmer - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

No 10 says it is still committed to passing employment rights bill before Christmas - but does not rule out further concessions - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Trump's strategy plan contains echoes of 'extreme rightwing tropes' from 1930s, former cabinet minister tells MPs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Peers told they risk ‘constitutional crisis’ after surprise vote to continue blocking employment rights bill - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Tory censure motion demands four different apologies from Rachel Reeves over alleged budget errors - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Starmer says he sees Europe as 'strong', but ducks invitation to criticise Trump's 'deeply alarming' Europe-critical security plan - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

PMQs - snap verdict - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Rachel Reeves faces Treasury committee before Tory censure motion in Commons saying she misled voters about budget - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...