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Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of The Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories
Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of The Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories

Footage shows the moment Steven Sweeney was almost hit by a rocket explosion while reporting from southern Lebanon

The Tory leader told how local businesses in south London are being plagued by shoplifting

The capital’s economy is £30 billion smaller than if the UK had stayed in the EU, says the London Mayor

US defense secretary condemns 'ungrateful' European allies for refusing to play their part in the conflict

London’s jobless total has risen far faster than almost any other region since Labour came to power

‘The US now finds itself in the naval and air equivalent of the dynamic we faced in Iraq and Afghanistan,’ says Middle East expert Ilan Goldenberg

The ships would be needed to escort commercial vessels through the key waterway amid the Iran war

The Prime Minister accused the Tory leader of making the ‘gravest mistake’ possible by an Opposition leader with her stance on committing UK troops to Donald Trump’s conflict

Accountants are advising British citizens leaving the Gulf how to avoid ‘massive’ tax bills

Charles and Camilla are expected to travel to the US next month to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence

The US president launched a new attack on Nato partners as Downing Street warned he is risking greater ‘danger’ in the Middle East the longer his war on Iran continues

Joe Kent’s resignation appears to have caught Donald Trump’s administration by surprise

‘War in the Middle East is hammering Londoners looking to buy or remortgage,’ says Adam French, head of consumer finance at Moneyfacts

The US president hit out as Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and Australia declined to jump to his request to send warships to the Middle East

Police have deployed more than 1,000 officers as thousands gather in central London for the annual pro-Iran Al Quds Day protest, with a counter-demonstration also planned

But the US president has said America is not ready to end the conflict which has entered its third week

Cabinet minister Ed Miliband confirmed that Britain is considering deploying de-mining drones to the Middle East

The tax implications of a return to the UK are ‘troubling’ expats who have flown back to the UK from tax havens like Dubai

US military to deploy more forces to the region, as Iran continues to disrupt shipping and send oil prices soaring

British spies are working 24/7 to detect any Iran-linked plot as security is stepped up across the capital amid fears tensions over the Middle East war could spill onto the streets

The Government hit back stressing the Chancellor was only telling petrol retailers to ensure motorists get a ‘fair deal at the pump’