Eleni Courea
Political correspondent for the Guardian
Get in touch — eleni.courea@theguardian.com or carob7@proton.me
- EXC: Ministers are weighing up proposals for a Chinese company to supply wind turbines for a major offshore windfarm in the North Sea Green Volt is in discussions with the government over the implications and has been waiting for weeks for a verdict www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Explainer on the UK-India deal unpacking some of the opposition attacks on it 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- The Indian government's press release describes the three-year National Insurance exemption for Indian workers in the UK as a "huge win" This is likely to be the most scrutinised aspect of the UK-India trade deal in the coming weeks pib.gov.in/PressRelease...
- UK and India agree trade deal after three years of negotiations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- EXC: Ministers are rethinking changes to copyright law before a vote in parliament next week, in a further concession to artists Proposals for an opt-out system are no longer the government's preferred option but one of several being considered www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- EXC: Ministers table concessions to copyright reforms to mollify rebels ahead of a Commons vote next week The govt is promising an economic impact assessment and to publish four reports on issues including transparency — but campaigners are dismissive www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
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- EXC: Met police ‘maintain concerns’ about China's proposed super-embassy in east London Deputy assistant commissioner Jon Savell has written to MPs and the Home Office saying the new embassy will require additional officers to deal with protests www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- NEW: Russia has sanctioned 15 MPs and 6 members of the House of Lords over "hostile statements and unfounded accusations" mid.ru/ru/foreign_p...
- Inside No10's British Steel rescue mission: — How a dispute over a shipment of coking coal unfolded — Why aides drew up Operation Steelback to send the ship to Gibraltar — Senior govt figures suspect Jingye wanted to make UK a dumping ground for Chinese steel www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Exc: Labour select committee chairs call for parliament to be given a vote on any UK trade deal with the US
- EXC w/ @dansabbagh.bsky.social: Ministers could target parts of China’s security apparatus under foreign influence rules Govt is considering putting parts of the Chinese state such as the MSS, UFWD and PLA on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence reg scheme www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- EXC: A Labour MP has apologised and referred himself to the standards commissioner after promoting a company in the Commons without declaring it had given him a £10,000 donation www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- New - Nigel Farage has rebuffed a suggestion from Kemi Badenoch that Tory and Reform councillors could form coalitions in town halls after 1 May "The Tories broke Britain nationally for 14 years ... Reform have no intention in forming coalitions with the Tories at any level"
- EXC: The UK-India free trade deal is 90% done, British negotiators told businesses on a private call yesterday The mobility chapter — involving visas for Indian workers — is largely resolved Outstanding issues include whisky, cars and pharmaceuticals www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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- Tariffs driving India to strike trade deals, finance minister says ahead of UK talks www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
- Currently the most viewed story on the Guardian website 👇
- EXC: One of the Conservatives’ biggest donors, Richard Harpin, has stopped funding the party in a blow to Kemi Badenoch Harpin's £33k monthly donation paid for the Tory northern HQ in Leeds — insiders believe it will now have to close www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- EXC: One of the Conservatives’ biggest donors, Richard Harpin, has stopped funding the party in a blow to Kemi Badenoch Harpin's £33k monthly donation paid for the Tory northern HQ in Leeds — insiders believe it will now have to close www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- In the scheme of things Downing Street will be happy with 10% Analysis: How Keir Starmer's approach to Trump is bearing fruit — and why it is risky www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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- Security minister Dan Javis has told the Commons that the foreign influence registration scheme will go live on 1 July
- Rachel Reeves has told ITV she is "not intending" to accept more free concert tickets in future after Sabrina Carpenter "I wouldn't do it again, I felt I was doing the right thing but I do understand perceptions"
- NEW: Several MPs challenged Darren Jones over the welfare cuts at a "brutal" PLP meeting today Of around 25-30 Labour MPs present, more than half a dozen criticised the cuts and as many as four indicated that they would vote against them, according to MPs present
- Assisted dying law thrown into doubt as plans for rollout delayed by two years — with @jessicaelgot.bsky.social and @peterwalker99.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Exc: Henna Shah has taken up the role of No10 foreign policy spad, reporting to NSA Jonathan Powell Read more on Powell's increasingly influential role in government 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Analysis of the Nigel Farage v Rupert Lowe battle has engulfed Reform: In Reform UK’s power struggle, Farage takes on unusual role of moderate voice www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Eleni CoureaYou probably read this weekend the government was watering down the workers rights bill. Having looked at the amendments, there’s no weakening of anything, in most cases it’s been toughened up. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Exc: Parents will be granted a right to bereavement leave after suffering a miscarriage as part of the employment rights bill www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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- This seems extraordinary until you realise it's current govt policy Ministers have made clear they'll ditch the deal if the US asks them to - and only put it forward bc it's what the US wanted What makes it especially humiliating is that it's so unimportant to Trump that he hasn't looked at it yet
- EXC: UK ministers have delayed plans to regulate artificial intelligence as they seek to align with Donald Trump’s administration www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- Good morning from New Delhi where Jonathan Reynolds and Piyush Goyal are restarting negotiations for a free trade agreement
- They say that to govern is to choose, but for one former chief whip it meant rescuing a Conservative MP from a suspected KGB agent in a London brothel. The best of the the Times extracts of Simon Hart's diaries 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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- My read on the attorney-general Richard Hermer and how he became a lightning rod for criticism www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- We've had confirmation today that China's top diplomat Wang Yi will visit London for talks with David Lammy this week As we first reported last month 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Planners recommended against nuclear plant in 2019 over Welsh language and cultural concerns www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- A friend sends this. Written in 2024 or... 2002? "Mandelson emerged last night as a leading candidate to take over as British ambassador to Washington" "Would mark one of the most remarkable comebacks in British politics" "He is also close to Jonathan Powell" www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
- Rachel Reeves said the government is open to joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention "We are absolutely happy to look at these different proposals, because we know that the deal the previous government secured it not working well enough" she tells Sky's Trevor Phillips
- How Labour is preparing for Trump - The moment David Lammy realised Trump would win - Royals to play a key role - Prince William was scrambled to meet Trump in Paris at the reopening of the Notre Dame — they spent long enough together that it annoyed the French www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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- Exc: Labour party staff balloted on whether to accept a pay freeze next year www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Tulip Siddiq gone Laurie Magnus says he found no evidence of impropriety but given she had the anti-corruption brief, "it is regrettable that she was not more alert to the potential reputational risks - both to her and the government - arising from her close family’s association with Bangladesh"
- This from Rachel Reeves's Times op-ed isn't strictly true Rishi Sunak made many of the same arguments she does - but faced vociferous opposition from Tory backbenchers And he was unlucky that his meeting with Xi at the G20 in 2022 was called off because of a missile strike on Poland
- Exc: The government has held talks with at least two Chinese electric car manufacturers about investing in the UK Unlike the US and EU the UK has not put tariffs on Chinese EVs In this story about Rachel Reeves's trip to China 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- ICYMI: Tory MPs have contacted Kemi Badenoch to raise concerns about Jenrick’s comments on "people from alien cultures" by @jessicaelgot.bsky.social and me www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
