Jitendra Joshi

Deputy Political Editor

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Jitendra Joshi is the Deputy Political Editor at the Evening Standard

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Jitendra Joshi is the Deputy Political Editor at the Evening Standard

<p>Trump is pondering his next moves after his conviction for falsifying business records in New York</p>
US Politics

Donald Trump conviction: what happens next?

ANALYSIS: Jail time unlikely but how will centrist voters see the verdict?

31 May 2024
<p>Trump after his conviction for falsifying business records at Manhattan Criminal Court</p>
Politics

Keir Starmer vows to work with Donald Trump if both win power

Rishi Sunak declined to comment on conviction of former US president in hush money trial

31 May 2024
<p>Diane Abbott (Yui Mok/PA)</p>
Politics

Abbott backed by Rayner and union bosses in growing row for Starmer

Party is racing to fill a national list of would-be MPs by June 7 after Rishi Sunak called a snap election

30 May 2024
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Politics

Labour deselects east London candidate over social media posts

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of ‘culling’ left wing Labour members

30 May 2024
<p>The PM handed out bacon and sausage butties after taking the sleeper train to an election campaign stop in Cornwall</p>
Politics

Rishi Sunak hits trouble in Cornwall over national service funding

Plan to conscript 18-year-olds depends on scrapping a national levelling-up fund that benefits Cornwall and Wales

29 May 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak walks back into 10 Downing Street after his soggy election announcement</p>
Politics

Rishi Sunak's gaffe-prone campaign: It never rains but it pours

From the wet election announcement to questioning about sinking ships, it’s not been smooth sailing so far for the PM

28 May 2024
<p>Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride</p>
Politics

Tories defend campaign vow on pensions dubbed 'laughable' by Labour

Mel Stride also insists proposal for national service at age 18 is a ‘great idea’

28 May 2024
<p>Sunak and Starmer on the campaign trail</p>
Politics

Keir Starmer slams Rishi Sunak's rainy election announcement as 'daft'

Sir Keir mocked the PM’s announcement amid a clash over his Rwanda plan

24 May 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer</p>
Politics

Starmer refuses to bow to Tory calls for six TV debates with Sunak

Rishi Sunak said there were big issues at stake in the General Election as he pushed for weekly debates

24 May 2024
<p>Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer campaigning on Thursday 

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Politics

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer trade blows as campaigns kick off

First day clashes over the economy and migrants as leaders hit campaign trail

23 May 2024
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Politics

Why is Rishi Sunak going for an election on July 4?

Summer rather than autumn points to damage limitation with Tories still far behind in the polls

23 May 2024
<p>The Liberal Democrats are targeting Tory seats across the ‘Blue Wall’ of southern England</p>
Politics

2024 general election: Lib Dems target Jeremy Hunt in Blue Wall

Labour has its own targets in the Home Counties including Grant Shapps

23 May 2024
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Politics

Sunak calls general election in huge gamble which stuns Tory MPs

Sir Keir Starmer responded swiftly saying it was time for ‘change’ as both leaders kickstarted their election campaigns

22 May 2024
<p>Sepsis survivor Craig Mackinlay was greeted by a standing ovation from all sides as he returned to the Commons for PMQs</p>
Politics

PMQs sketch: Sunak and Starmer condemn scandals after infected blood

NHS scandal and sepsis survivor Craig Mackinlay were the talk of the House at Prime Minister’s Questions

22 May 2024
<p>Foreign students contribute twice the amount to the UK economy than resident Britons, according to London Higher</p>
Politics

Visa uncertainty leaves fate of London’s universities 'in the balance'

Ministers urged not to ‘play politics’ with a UK success story as they mull future of the graduate work visa

22 May 2024
<p>Taoiseach Simon Harris said Ireland knew all too well about the struggle to win independent statehood</p>
World

Ireland, Spain and Norway to formally recognise Palestinian state

Israel recalls ambassadors and says the recognition sends the message that ‘terrorism pays’

22 May 2024
<p>Israeli and Hamas leaders targeted by the ICC prosecutor for arrest</p>
Politics

Sunak slams 'deeply unhelpful' ICC bid to arrest Israeli PM Netanyahu

But Amnesty hits back to accuse UK of undermining the court and ‘opposing the search for justice’

21 May 2024
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World

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash

Tom Tugendhat says Raisi’s regime has ‘murdered thousands at home’ and targeted people in Britain

20 May 2024
<p>Humanitarian aid is lifted by a crane operated by US soldiers on a newly built pier off Gaza</p>
Politics

Gaza war: First truckloads of aid cross US pier amid famine warnings

But as UK aid is shipped in from Cyprus, Rishi Sunak urges Israel to open more land routes for Palestinians ‘in desperate need of help’

17 May 2024
<p>Hajj pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the heart of the Great Mosque in Mecca</p>
Politics

Hajj fraud warning to UK Muslims from MPs ahead of 2024 pilgrimage

Scam victims urged to come forward despite criminals preying on their feelings of guilt and shame

17 May 2024
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Politics

'Killer cyclists' crackdown accelerates after deaths in London

Ministers endorse change sought by MPs to update an 1861 law covering horse-drawn carriages

16 May 2024