Politics

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to abolish the House of Lords in his first term if he were to be elected as prime minister....

As a winter of strike action looms, and a growing list of unions threaten to grind the county to a halt, the PM is...

The RMT union has rejected an offer from train operators aimed at preventing strikes over the Christmas period, the union has announced. The Rail...

Sir Keir Starmer will promise the “biggest ever transfer of power from Westminster to the British people”, as the Labour leader launches a report...

As a winter of strike action looms, and a growing list of unions threaten to grind the county to a halt, the PM is...

Sajid Javid has announced he will not stand in the next general election, saying it had been “the privilege of my life” to represent...

Labour has won the Chester by-election – the first public vote since Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were ousted from Number 10. Samantha Dixon...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said whenever we see racism “we must confront it” in response to the race row engulfing Buckingham Palace. A...

Ian Blackford has announced he is stepping down from his role as Westminster leader of the SNP. “After more than five years in the...

Union leaders could coordinate industrial action across the NHS this winter to cause “maximum impact”, the head of the GMB has suggested. Andy Prendergast,...

China’s military advances could “eventually lead to a clash” and the UK has been “asleep” to the threat it poses for the last 30...

The ancient Romans considered Chester as strategically important as London. This week, it is arguably just as central to Labour and the Conservatives.  People in...

Ukraine’s first lady has urged the UK to lead the way in the creation of a special international tribunal to prosecute Russia for aggression...

Aboard the Lady Diana, a tourist river cruise through Chester, there is little talk of the upcoming by-election: “We don’t do politics here”, captain...

Plans to build the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk have been reconfirmed by the government along with a £700m investment. Business...

Social media sites will no longer have to take down material designated “legal but harmful” as part of the government’s proposed plans for online...

Firefighters will start voting on strike in the latest industrial dispute over below-inflation pay offers. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said the “historic ballot” comes...

Rishi Sunak has said the “golden era” between the UK and China is over as he called for a new approach to the Chinese...

The government will spend an extra £1bn to insulate the least energy-efficient homes in the UK, the business secretary has announced. Grant Shapps said...