Politics

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...

The levelling up agenda is “steaming ahead”, a government minister has insisted – despite being unable to say whether the HS2 rail link will...

Labour has promised to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers if it gets into power at the next election. Outlining its latest...

Labour has confirmed it could accept a quota of migrants from the EU under a returns agreement it hopes to strike with the bloc...

Labour has set out a major plank of its pre-election foreign and security policy which is worthy of close scrutiny – even though some...

Rishi Sunak will not face a sanction for breaching confidentiality rules around the investigation into his original failure to declare his wife’s shares in...

The NHS will receive a £200m boost from the government ahead of the busiest months of the year for them. The winter resilience fund...