Politics

Former Tory MP Scott Benton has been suspended from the Commons for 35 days over his role in a lobbying sting – creating another...

Rishi Sunak is failing to hold together the voting coalition that delivered Boris Johnson a decisive victory in the 2019 general election, according to...

The ousted Post Office chairman has insisted it was the company’s chief executive who was the subject of an internal investigation, not him. Former...

Former sub-postmaster and lead campaigner Alan Bates has called for the Post Office to be sold to the likes of Amazon for £1 as...

Mark Drakeford used WhatsApp to “seek clarification of the rules” during the pandemic, the COVID inquiry has been told. A legal representative told the...

A former Tory minister has apologised for claiming there are “no-go areas” in London and Birmingham following a backlash. Paul Scully, who served as...

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a possible parliamentary investigation over allegations he put pressure on the Speaker in a debate on Gaza last week....

Labour has called on Rishi Sunak to consider removing the whip from Liz Truss after her appearance in the US sparked controversy. Anneliese Dodds,...

Four in ten people think the Labour Party has a problem with antisemitism, according to a poll shared exclusively with Sky News. A survey...

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....