Politics

The last Westminster parliament to run for a full five-year term ended in 2015. After that we had general elections every two years, in...

Inheritance tax is “punitive and unfair”, government minister Grant Shapps has said, amid reports the prime minister is considering cutting death duties. Inheritance tax...

Sir Ed Davey has insisted the Liberal Democrats will continue to support the pensions triple lock under any circumstances. The policy means the state...

Grant Shapps has hinted at a change to plans for HS2, as the northern section of the rail project looks set to be scrapped....

Labour will look to build a closer trading relationship with the EU if it wins the next election, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The...

Liz Truss is set to urge the government to cut taxes – and insist her plan to grow the economy would eventually have worked....

A former governor of the Bank of England has launched a scathing attack on Liz Truss – accusing her government of turning Britain into...

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to guarantee the tax burden – currently the largest since the Second World War –  would not increase under...

With the arrival of autumn, the Labour Party is shifting into pre-election mode. The likelihood is that the next general election will take place...

Rishi Sunak was persuaded not to quit as chancellor over his COVID lockdown fine after discussions with executives working for media mogul Rupert Murdoch,...

At the start of Sir Keir Starmer’s interview on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, during a summit of the centre-left’s great and the good...

Sir Keir Starmer has described Conservative Party claims that Labour’s plans on immigration would increase asylum seeker numbers as “nonsense”. Speaking exclusively to Sunday...

Susan Hall, the Conservative candidate for London mayor, is reported to have liked tweets praising controversial former minister Enoch Powell. Ms Hall, who will...