Politics

Margaret Ferrier has lost her parliamentary seat following a successful recall petition. A by-election will now be called for the Rutherglen and Hamilton West...

Wine and gin drinkers will have to shell out more from today as alcohol taxes rise. The shake-up aims to encourage drinkers to cut...

Asylum seekers will not be moved on to the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge on Tuesday as planned after last minute meetings responding to fire...

Members of the largest teaching union have accepted a 6.5% pay rise and voted to end strikes. Members of the National Education Union (NEU)...

Rishi Sunak will head to Scotland on Monday as the Conservatives kick off a week of campaigning on energy security. Number 10 said the...

Rishi Sunak has ordered a review into the rollout of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), saying he is on the side of drivers. The prime...

A review has been ordered by Rishi Sunak of divisive low traffic neighbourhoods. The prime minister’s move comes as green policies and the path...

Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps will lead an intensive series of engagements this week in a determined effort to strengthen the UK’s energy independence....

Labour has accused the government of displaying an “unforgivable lack of urgency” in tackling the needs of rape victims and implementing crucial recommendations made...

Tory MPs have called for Sir Keir Starmer to “get off the fence” and tell Sadiq Khan to axe the expansion of the Ultra...

Businesswoman and aspiring MP Gina Miller has said Monzo Bank’s decision to close one of her accounts is a case of “democracy gone wrong”....

Flat owners caught up in the cladding crisis say they will remain trapped in unsellable homes despite a major new scheme to help fund...

The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after officials accidentally sent emails containing classified information to a Russian allied country. A “small number”...

The expansion of ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) to outer London boroughs has been ruled lawful by the High Court. Five Conservative-run councils had launched...

The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after officials accidentally sent emails containing classified information to a Russian allied country. A “small number”...

The Home Office has bought marquees to accommodate 2,000 migrants at disused military sites by the end of August, Sky News understands. The tents...

A local council in Nadine Dorries’s constituency is demanding she resigns as an MP “immediately”, saying “residents desperately need effective representation now”. The former...

The High Court is set to publish a ruling on Friday morning over the London mayor’s plan to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone...

Warnings about the state of the UK’s economy held back by Kwasi Kwarteng when he was chancellor have been published. They show the country’s...