Politics

Labour has won control of a string of Leave-voting councils as results begin to roll in from the local elections across England and Wales....

Senior Tories are predicting they will lose the Blackpool South by-election as counting gets under way. Sources told Sky News’ political correspondent Tamara Cohen...

Boris Johnson was turned away from his local polling station when trying to vote in the local elections after forgetting to bring an acceptable...

Vote counting is under way after polls closed in local elections taking place across England and Wales. More than 2,600 council seats across 107...

The race is on to find a new SNP leader and first minister of Scotland. Humza Yousaf announced he was stepping down on Monday...

John Swinney has announced his bid to take over from Humza Yousaf as SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister. The Perthshire North MSP has...

Polls are to open for the local elections across the country, with the added extra of a by-election on the same day. Over 2,600...

The Scottish government has survived a vote of no confidence at Holyrood. Scottish Labour pressed ahead with its motion despite Humza Yousaf announcing earlier...

The Tory mayor of the West Midlands is sending voters an endorsement from Boris Johnson which urges people to “forget about the government”, Sky...

The UK has sent the first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda under a voluntary scheme. The scheme is for those who have gone through...

More than 2,600 seats are up for election in 107 English councils on Thursday. Now, YouGov has made its final calls for some key...

Bin collections, potholes, local schools and town centres: Ruth Davidson and Jess Phillips were right in our Electoral Dysfunction podcast last week when they...

Labour has appointed an expert panel to help it “modernise” His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if it wins the next election, with the...

Labour will pursue tax avoiders to fund its commitments on schools and the NHS after the government stole its revenue-raising plan to abolish the...

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron will meet with Donald Trump in Florida on Tuesday, before holding talks with US secretary of state Antony Blinken. Lord...

Twelve people have been arrested in connection with a demonstration that saw the Labour Party’s headquarters daubed in red paint. Activists from the Youth...

The UK has a “duty” to support Israel “in her hour of need” despite the killing of three British aid workers in Gaza, a...

Angela Rayner has “played by the rules” when it comes to her tax affairs, her shadow cabinet colleague has said, amid further claims around...