Politics

The government has delayed publishing its long-awaited transgender guidance for schools after its own legal advisors concluded some of the suggested elements would be...

Nigel Farage has described a document he claims showed Coutts closed his bank account because it did not agree with his political views as...

Susan Hall has been selected as the Conservative candidate for London mayor. She will face the current mayor, Sadiq Khan, when the next election...

Susan Hall has been announced as the Tory candidate who will challenge Sadiq Khan in next year’s London mayoral election. As a member of...

Nigel Farage has claimed his bank account was closed down after Coutts decided his views “do not align with our values”. The former UKIP...

The rate of price rises has dropped to 7.9% in the year up to June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The...

Selby in Yorkshire, Somerton in the south west and Uxbridge in the London suburbs: from rural to town, from north to south – the...

Rishi Sunak’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since he entered No 10, new polling has shown. A survey from YouGov showed...

Two giant cruise ships set to house 1,000 asylum seekers were unable to find anywhere to dock and have been returned to their owners,...

The risk from terrorism is “rising”, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said. The cabinet minister was speaking as the government published a review of...

A controversial barge that is set to accommodate 500 asylum seekers has arrived in Dorset. The Bibby Stockholm departed Falmouth in Cornwall on Monday...

Controversial plans to tackle the small boats crisis are poised to become law after the government crushed a series of renewed challenges by peers...

The government’s plans for adapting the UK to the effects of climate change have been labelled “deeply disappointing” by critics. Ministers have said that...

A Tory MP has demanded to see safety reports for a barge that the government plans to use to house asylum seekers. The Bibby...

Labour’s Yvette Cooper has refused to say if she supports Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to keep the two-child benefit cap, amid growing party divisions...

Boris Johnson has been criticised for the swelling size of the House of Lords and an imbalance in the political make-up of the upper...

The government has managed to fight off the latest challenge from the House of Lords seeking to change its Illegal Migration Bill. In a...

Labour’s Yvette Cooper has refused to say if she supports Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to keep the two-child benefit cap, amid growing party divisions...

Boris Johnson has been criticised for the swelling size of the House of Lords and an imbalance in the political make-up of the upper...