Politics

Ministers are launching a consultation on banning under-16s from social media after coming under pressure from dozens of their own backbench MPs. After initially...

An emergency news conference in the Downing Street briefing room and the prime minister the gravest I’ve seen. He came to level with the...

A trade war is “not the right way to resolve differences” within an alliance, Sir Keir Starmer has said.  At a Downing Street press...

Robert Jenrick claims he told Kemi Badenoch to kick former prime minister Liz Truss out of the Conservative Party because of her “cackhanded” mini...

Andrew Rosindell has become the second Conservative MP to defect to Reform UK within a week. The MP for Romford, Essex, announced on Sunday...

Keir Starmer had wanted this week to get on with his “cost of living tour” of the country to tap into voters’ concerns in...

First Minister John Swinney has said a potential majority in Scotland’s May election would be taken as a green light to demand another independence...

You almost had to see it to believe it. Kemi Badenoch’s team could have chosen anywhere in Scotland to hold their media event on...

The UK wants to learn from Ukraine’s war time experience to tackle the threat of drones carrying weapons and drugs into British prisons, the...

Over a third of the local councils offered a delay to their elections in May have requested one, Sky News analysis shows. Twenty-nine councils...

The chief constable of West Midlands Police (WMP) is to retire following a row over the force’s decision to ban Israeli football fans from...

There have been “no tears” shed over Robert Jenrick’s departure from the Conservative Party, former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has said. Speaking to...

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Robert Jenrick joins Reform and becomes the party’s second big name...

Over a third of the local councils offered a delay to their elections in May have requested one, Sky News analysis shows. Twenty-four councils...

Labour MPs expect a “politically inept” U-turn from the government on banning social media for under-16s amid Conservative plans to force a vote on...

Times really have changed. What the hell has just happened? Robert Jenrick has defected to Reform after Kemi Badenoch found some evidence and unceremoniously...

Ofcom has welcomed restrictions on Grok, X’s AI chatbot, to prevent the generation of sexualised images. Sir Keir had made similar comments the previous...

In an interview with Sky News during last autumn’s Conservative conference, Robert Jenrick appeared to leave the door open to a Tory deal with...

Ministers have confirmed those already awaiting trial may lose their right to have their case heard by a jury – in a major escalation...