Politics

The UK government has chartered a commercial flight out of Lebanon for Britons wanting to leave amid escalating violence. The plane is due to...

Politicians, we know only too well, are fond of repetition. With Sir Keir Starmer it’s: “My father was a toolmaker.” With Sadiq Khan it’s:...

The head of the civil service Simon Case has announced he will resign at the end of the year on health grounds. The Cabinet...

A businessman has revealed he is the person who donated £75,000 to Robert Jenrick via a company that has taken loans from a tax...

Kemi Badenoch has said her remarks about maternity pay have been “misrepresented”, as she called for an “honest campaign” for the Tory leadership. The...

Former deputy prime minister Sir Oliver Dowden has become the most senior ally of Rishi Sunak to be interviewed in the official investigation into...

Robert Jenrick has defended receiving £75,000 from a company registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) despite criticising Labour over the freebies row. The...

Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield has resigned from the Labour Party. The 53-year-old MP is the first to jump ship since the general election and...

Applications for pension credit hit nearly 75,000 in the eight weeks since the new chancellor announced the winter fuel payment for pensioners would be...

Russell Findlay has been elected the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives. The MSP saw off competition from Murdo Fraser and Meghan Gallacher in...

Sir Keir Starmer has called for Israel and Hezbollah to agree to a ceasefire, saying “escalation serves no one”. Speaking at the United Nations...

Sir Keir Starmer should give up his current arrangements for watching football and instead watch on television, a former Labour MP and minister has...

Downing Street has said Sir Keir Starmer did not break any rules when he used Lord Alli’s London penthouse to record a COVID-era broadcast...

Sir Keir Starmer accepted a £20,000 donation for the use of a flat during the election after promising his family he would protect them....

A motion calling for Labour to reverse its cut to the winter fuel allowance has been backed by party conference members, in an embarrassing...

The prime minister has told Britons in Lebanon to “leave immediately” as around 700 UK troops are deployed to Cyprus in case an emergency...

Sir Keir Starmer has defended removing the winter fuel allowance from millions of pensioners as he warned of a “hard” path ahead. The prime...

Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard share their daily guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20...

Today saw a shift in rhetoric from Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she moved to promise the Labour conference a more optimistic vision for the...