Politics

The government is considering changing the legal definition of sex to “biological” in a move that could bar trans women from female-only spaces. Equalities...

New rules must be adopted to prevent hostile states and lobbyists buying access to politics, MPs have been warned. The Commons Standards Committee has...

Labour will force fly-tippers to work in “clean-up squads” if it wins power at the next election. The party made the pledge as it...

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has said convicted criminals should be forced to attend their sentencing in court, after Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s murderer Thomas Cashman refused...

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has been disqualified from driving for six months and fined £1,639 for speeding on the M1. The offence happened on...

Funding for the social care workforce in England is to be halved – a move one charity has called “an insult” and a union...

Liz Truss told the family of a British hostage who was set to be released by Iran with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that he was not...

A giant barge could be used to house more than 500 asylum seekers, under controversial plans to reduce the government’s reliance on hotels. The...

Nigel Lawson, chancellor to Margaret Thatcher, has died at the age of 91. He leaves behind five of his six children, including TV chef...

Politicians have paid tribute to former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson after his death aged 91. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the party grandee “was...

Downing Street has conceded “new processes” brought in after Brexit played a role in days of travel queues at Dover over the weekend. The...

A giant barge could be used to house more than 500 asylum seekers, under controversial plans to reduce the government’s reliance on hotels. The...

Former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson has died at the age of 91. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the party grandee “was a transformational chancellor...

Nigel Lawson, chancellor to Margaret Thatcher, has died at the age of 91. He leaves behind five of his six children, including TV chef...

Downing Street has conceded “new processes” brought in after Brexit played a role in days of travel queues at Dover over the weekend. The...

A new grooming gangs taskforce will be launched to stop the exploitation of children and young women, the government has announced. Specialist officers will...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has refused to confirm if deportation flights to Rwanda will begin this summer. The policy to deport migrants arriving in...

The UK government is “in negotiations” over three Britons held by the Taliban in Afghanistan, the home secretary has said. The three British men...

The Home Secretary has announced people working with children in England will have a new legal duty to report “signs or suspicions” of child...