Politics

Rishi Sunak has condemned Lee Anderson’s attack on London mayor Sadiq Khan as unacceptable and “wrong” – as the suspended MP said his words...

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has rejected an application from the SNP for an emergency debate over a ceasefire in Gaza – despite proposing the...

Tory MPs have complained that suspending Lee Anderson may have been a mistake, WhatsApp messages leaked to Sky News have revealed. After one of...

Another week, another row about racism in one of the two main Westminster parties. Following incendiary comments about Muslims from both Suella Braverman and...

MPs are set to hold another debate on a ceasefire in Gaza after the SNP said it would take up the Speaker’s offer following...

The deputy prime minister has refused to say on Sky News whether Lee Anderson is “racist” as he backed the decision to suspend him...

Sir Keir Starmer has accused the prime minister of harbouring extremists in his party after a senior Tory MP was suspended for “Islamophobic” comments....

Labour’s Angela Rayner has rejected accusations of hypocrisy after she personally benefitted from a housing policy developed by Margaret Thatcher that she has since criticised....

The deputy prime minister has refused to say on Sky News whether Lee Anderson is “racist” as he backed the decision to suspend him...

Sir Keir Starmer has accused the prime minister of harbouring extremists in his party after a senior Tory MP was suspended for “Islamophobic” comments....

A scheme to allow prisoners to be released early because of a lack of space has been extended indefinitely, Sky News can reveal. Ministers...

For weeks – months even – we’ve been watching a beauty parade on the Conservative benches preparing for life after Rishi Sunak as various...

Sir Keir Starmer is a Prime Minister In Waiting. The job is not in the bag unless and until the votes have been cast...

Lee Anderson has been suspended from the Conservative Party after making “Islamophobic” comments. A spokesperson for Simon Hart, the chief whip, said: “Following his...

For weeks – months even – we’ve been watching a beauty parade on the Conservative benches preparing for life after Rishi Sunak as various...

New research has revealed a huge lead for Labour in coastal towns and communities. Exclusive polling from the Fabian Society shows that in 108...

Sadiq Khan has accused the former Tory deputy chairman of “pouring fuel on the fire of anti-Muslim hatred” after he said “Islamists” had “got...

Conservative MP Lee Anderson has been criticised for “divisive and dangerous” comments about London mayor Sadiq Khan – with some calling for him to...

The home secretary has warned the Speaker against changing Commons conventions due to intimidation from outside parliament, telling Sky News: “The only thing MPs...