King should decide if laws are needed to remove Prince Andrew’s dukedom, minister suggests – UK politics live

<p>Bridget Phillipson says that the government will be ‘guided by the royal family’ as calls grow for rule changes to strip him of his titles</p><p>Soldiers are to be given new powers to shoot down unidentified drones believed to be threatening UK military bases in response to a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/this-is-europe-russia-hybrid-war-destabilise-europe">recent spate of incursions and sightings in Europe</a>, <strong>Dan Sabbagh</strong> reports.</p><p>Good morning. <strong>Bridget Phillipson</strong>, the education secretary and candidate for deputy Labour leader, has been doing an interview round this morning. She was meant to be talking about <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyzjp5n5kro">V-levels</a>, a government plan to simplify and improve vocational education in schools in England. It is an important topic, albeit not an exciting one to people who don’t have children who might be affected. Instead, this being Britain, rather than a sensible, modern country, she ended up talking about the royal family.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/20/uk-politics-latest-news-updates-prince-andrew-covid-starmer-labour-reform-education">Continue reading...</a>