Day Headlines in Politics News: 2025-07-25
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Trump says 'great to be in Scotland', as he lands for four-day trip (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 21:30:12)
The US president will be playing golf as well as meeting the prime minister and first minister for talks. -
NHS faces challenging few days during doctors' strike, warns Streeting (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 19:47:48)
Hospitals in England battle to keep both emergency and non-urgent work going in five-day walkout. -
220 MPs call for Starmer to recognise Palestinian state (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 17:15:04)
More than 130 Labour MPs are among the signatories piling fresh pressure on PM Sir Keir Starmer. -
Asylum seekers refusing to leave hotels risk homelessness (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 17:00:40)
The Home Office says new guidance will establish "clear consequences for those who game the system". -
Could Jeremy Corbyn's new party shake up politics? (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 15:31:00)
Labour and the Greens appear to have the most to fear from a new left-wing party but UK politics is very volatile. -
French pledge to recognise Palestine is a gamble - so will Starmer follow suit? (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 14:22:53)
The prime minister is facing pressure at home and abroad to recognise a Palestinian state. -
NHS faces challenging few days during doctors strike, warns Streeting (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 14:08:12)
Hospitals in England battle to keep both emergency and non-urgent work going in five-day walkout. -
Government considering having borrowing assessed once a year (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 14:07:49)
The move comes after the IMF suggested the change would reduce pressure for "overly-frequent changes to policy". -
UN human rights chief criticises UK Palestine Action ban (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 13:28:19)
Volker Turk urges the UK government to lift the "unnecessary" ban on the group. -
NHS faces challenging few days during doctor strike, warns Streeting (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 12:14:48)
Hospitals in England battle to keep both emergency and non-urgent work going in five-day walkout. -
UK economy assessments should be cut to one a year, IMF suggests (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 12:03:47)
The global economic watchdog suggests the change would reduce pressure for "overly-frequent changes to policy". -
Council passes abusive language crackdown order (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 11:26:45)
People could be fined for persistently using harassing, alarming or distressing language in public. -
Union flag theft on Queen's birthday treated as 'sectarian hate crime' (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 09:30:24)
The union flag was stolen from outside a civil service building in Derry and replaced with the Irish tricolour. -
Former MP Mhairi Black announces she has left the SNP (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 09:11:42)
The SNP's former Westminster deputy leader said she disagreed with the party's stance on trans rights and Palestine. -
Streeting vows to keep disruption to a minimum as doctor strike begins (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 08:18:12)
Hospitals are told to cancel non-urgent work only in exceptional circumstances as a five-day resident doctors' strike starts. -
Streeting vows to keep disruption to a minimum as England doctor strike begins (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 08:18:12)
Hospitals in England are told to cancel non-urgent work only in exceptional circumstances as a five-day resident doctors' strike starts. -
Starmer under pressure to recognise Palestinian statehood (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 08:12:43)
It comes as French President Emmanuel Macron said France would recognise statehood in September. -
'Shame' shouts ring out in council asylum debate (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 07:26:53)
A motion on housing for asylum seekers is defeated after a heated Swindon Borough Council debate. -
Welsh government should sell Cardiff HQ, insider says (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 05:52:52)
The comments come after new figures show low attendance rates at the Welsh government's offices. -
Trump flies into Scotland for golf club visit - and Starmer meeting (BBC News - Politics 2025-07-25 05:02:08)
His private visit is exceptional as US presidents rarely promote their personal interests so publicly while in office.