Politics

Jeremy Hunt will claim the economy is “back on track” in an autumn statement that is expected to prioritise tax cuts and economic growth....

Public sector borrowing reached the second highest level for any October since records began, according to official figures, casting doubt on the prime minister’s...

Rishi Sunak thought the government should “just let people die” rather than see the country go into another lockdown, Dominic Cummings is said to...

Sir Patrick Vallance today detailed the tug of war in government in the run up to the first and second lockdowns – and in...

Professor Sir Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, will be the latest high-profile figure to reveal his first-hand experience of the COVID pandemic when...

Boris Johnson was left “bamboozled” by the science around COVID, according to the government’s then chief scientific adviser. Extracts from Sir Patrick Vallance’s diaries...

Rishi Sunak has promised he will cut taxes now the government has achieved its pledge to halve inflation by the end of the year....

Nigel Farage made his debut on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! by sticking his head through the window of a campervan...

An MP found guilty of racial abuse has announced he will stand down at the next election. Bob Stewart, who has represented the London...

The government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is “probably dead” after it was ruled unlawful this week by the Supreme Court, one...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says “everything is on the table” when it comes to tax cuts in this week’s autumn statement. Speaking to Sky News’...

One of the most quoted pieces of folk wisdom is that “voters don’t like divided parties”. The implication is that a political party which...

There will be a lot of positive talk from the chancellor when he delivers his autumn statement on Wednesday, but this will be a...

The chancellor has warned “difficult decisions” need to be made to “reform the welfare state” as he mulls introducing controversial tax cuts in next...

Jeremy Hunt has said there is the chance to lower taxes in the autumn statement next week, arguing the economy had “turned a corner”....

Rishi Sunak has vowed to “take on” anyone who is “standing in our way” regarding the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda....

Jeremy Hunt has said there is “no guarantee” deportation flights to Rwanda will take off next year – in an apparent climbdown on the...

A wave of Labour frontbenchers including senior MP Jess Phillips have resigned in order to back an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in...