
UK-UAE Sudan Testimony Raises Questions For Ministers
A parliamentary committee is to hear claims that ministers prioritised ties with the UAE over stronger action on mass atrocities in Sudan.
Helen Marsh 4 min read
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A parliamentary committee is to hear claims that ministers prioritised ties with the UAE over stronger action on mass atrocities in Sudan.

Sir Keir Starmer's successor will inherit a Commons majority but no personal mandate — and the frontrunner has already left the door to an early general election ajar.

As Britain prepares for its seventh prime minister in a decade, the public mood is less anger than weary disengagement — and that exhaustion is fuelling the realignment now reshaping politics.

Almost a hundred Labour MPs have called on the prime minister to go, but Sir Keir insists he will stay the course and fight any challenge.