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    Keir Starmer holds two folders and smiles as he steps out of No 10 to head to PMQs

  2. Anas Sarwar, who has short black hair, speaks in the Scottish Parliament chamber. He is holding a piece of paper in his left hand and wearing a dark suit, white shirt and red tie.

  3. A large screen says "We Say No To Digital ID" in front of the Elizabeth Tower in Whitehall

  4. A group of men and women standing around, negotiating inside a community centre which was hosted a council meeting.

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    Chancellor Rachel Reeves

  6. Jo Farrell has short dark brown hair and is mid-speech. She stands in front of a blurred police vehicle and wears a black jacket, white shirt, and black and white checked police tie

  7. A woman with blonde hair - Kim Leadbeater - stands at Parliament Square in London in front of a crowd of pro-assisted dying campaigners holding purple and pink placards with pictures of different people's faces on.

  8. Protesters hold signs during a 'No to Digital ID' demonstration against the planned introduction of a government-issued digital ID for all British adults, near to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 28, 2025.

  9. A woman with shoulder length dark hair and a fringe smiling at the camera. She is wearing a blue blouse and there is an out of focus map behind her.

  10. Lenny Scott, who is bald and has a ginger beard, poses with his arms around his young sons. Their faces have been blurred.

  11. MP Luke Myer speaking in Parliament. He has short ginger hair combed to one side and a trimmed beard. He is wearing a grey suit with a white shirt and blue and green chequered tie. Behind him is brown wooden panelling with engraved decorations.

  12. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer standing in front of an open door to 10 Downing Street in London, in a navy suit and blue tie looking to the right.

  13. A group of Senedd members sat in the Senedd debating chamber, with the first minister Eluned Morgan stood at the front in the centre, in a white jacket and green dress.

  14. A woman is wearing a grey jumper and glasses. She is sat at a desk and is looking at a document and is using a calculator.

  15. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is standing next to Jeffrey Epstein and both men are wearing silky bron patterned shirts and smiling as they look to the right

  16. Image of a young boy with a blue t-shirt with images of camper vans and ice creams with his arm around a man with blue eyes and short brown hair. The boy has gaps in his teeth but he and the man are smiling at the camera. In the background can be seen sand, sea and beach umbrellas.

  17. Four young people are walking away from the camera down the centre of the street. They are dressed casually, wearing hoodies, jogging bottoms and trainers. One person is carrying a brown bag, and another has a small backpack. They are on a pedestrian-friendly street lined with historic buildings featuring ornate architecture

  18. Three junior doctors walking down a hospital corridor while wearing blue scrubs.

  19. Shona Robison, who has blonde hair tied back, speaks in the Scottish Parliament chamber with her right hand held out in front of her, holding a pen. She is wearing a pink suit jacket and a black and white scarf.

  20. A shot of the Senedd from above, with the Pierhead building and a Ferris wheel in view to the left hand side

  21. US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer point at cameras at Chequers during the president's state visit to the UK in September.

  22. Mike Stonard is sitting on a bench in Anglia Square. He's wearing a blue and white pinstripe shirt along with a light blue lanyard. He also is wearing glasses.

  23. The imposing white stone facade of the former Royal Mint in Tower Hamlets, east London, which China wants to turn into an embassy