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Laura O'Callaghan

Laura O'Callaghan

Political Correspondent
London
Laura O’Callaghan is the political correspondent covering Westminster politics. Reporting from the British Parliament, she has covered the UK’s response to the war in Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the coronation of King Charles III and foreign relations. Before joining The National in 2021, she worked as a reporter for The Daily Express and a local journalist in east London.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with new Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell in Uxbridge on Friday morning. PA
Sunak's Tories avoid UK by-election wipeout

Controversial car emissions initiative blamed for Labour's failure in one of the last tests before a general vote expected next year

UKJuly 21, 2023
Soraya Ebrahimi
Russian mercenaries walk with a local soldier in Mali. AP
UK sanctions 13 Wagner commanders and businesses linked to Africa atrocities

One of those blacklisted is known as founder Yevgeny Prigozhin's 'right-hand man'

UKJuly 20, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
British soldiers take part in a training exercise on the Falkland Islands 40 years on from the war. Photo: Ministry of Defence
EU angers UK by using Argentina's name for Falkland Islands

Bloc used Argentina's favoured name to refer to disputed British Overseas Territory

UKJuly 20, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
A man adjusts a polling station sign in Womersley, part of the Selby and Ainsty constituency in North Yorkshire. PA
Sunak upbeat but set for 'tough battle' in Thursday's by-elections

Losing all would be the first time in 55 years a British government has been defeated in three on the same day

UKJuly 19, 2023
Soraya Ebrahimi
Susan Hall has pledged to scrap the Ulez expansion if elected as London mayor. PA
Who is the Conservative London mayoral candidate Susan Hall?

Former salon owner backed Brexit and believes London needs more police to stamp out burglaries

UKJuly 19, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
Susan Hall has been named as the Conservative candidate for the London mayoral election in 2024. Getty
Tories choose Susan Hall to fight London mayoral election

Councillor beats Mozammel Hossain in race to go head-to-head with Sadiq Khan

UKJuly 19, 2023
Paul Carey
People demonstrate against the expansion of Ulez in London. AFP
Mayor's green car tax is London by-election battleground

Danny Beales, Labour candidate for Boris Johnson's former seat, has distanced himself from Ulez expansion, despite uproar from Londoners

UKJuly 19, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
Armed police at the scene of an explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital in 2021 after a terrorist attack. PA
UK has foiled 39 terror attacks on public figures in six years, report finds

Home Office says all plots were in their late stages and some targeted mass gatherings

UKJuly 18, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
The Bibby Stockholm migrant barge arrives at Portland Harbour, Dorset, on Tuesday. Getty
UN chiefs raise 'grave concerns' after UK passes Illegal Migration Bill

The legislation places a legal duty on the government to detain and deport illegal migrants

UKJuly 18, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
Electricity pylons run across Romney Marsh in Kent from Dungeness nuclear power station. PA
Nuclear UK launches net-zero drive 'leading global innovation'

UK hopes a quarter of the country’s electricity will come from homegrown nuclear energy by 2050 net-zero deadline

Road to Net ZeroJuly 17, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
A police cordon in London after counter-terrorist officers carried out a raid at a property. PA
Al Qaeda and ISIS ‘planning attacks in the UK’

Home Secretary Suella Braverman set to warn the threat of terrorism is severe in Britain

UKJuly 16, 2023
Soraya Ebrahimi
Senior political figures say Iran poses a threat to Britain. EPA
Labour urges UK government to get tough on Iran

Yvette Cooper calls for new approach to threat posed by Tehran

UKJuly 16, 2023
Matthew Davies
Police have given a man, who plans to burn a Torah in front of the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, permission to hold ‘a meeting' at the site. EPA
Jewish holy book to be burned in Sweden

Man planning to set fire to Jewish holy book outside embassy in Sweden after police approve protest

EuropeJuly 14, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
Boris Johnson’s old phone is expected to contain messages relating to the ordering of Covid lockdowns. EPA
Boris Johnson phone breakthrough as officials find 'version' of PIN

The ex-PM is unsure of the digits to access his device, according to an ally

UKJuly 14, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
Use of artificial intelligence could 'fundamentally change the workplace', the OECD said. Reuters
OECD says wealthiest economies on brink of AI revolution

Technological advances forecast to bring ethical challenges to job markets

WorldJuly 11, 2023
Laura O'Callaghan
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