Politics

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...

Labour is unveiling its security plans for government on Thursday, promising to treat criminal gangs who smuggle people in small boats “on a par”...

The chair of the Commons’ defence committee, Tobias Ellwood, has resigned from his role following criticism over a video he posted on social media,...

Sir Keir Starmer has branded Rishi Sunak “inaction man” over problems facing the UK’s schools and prisons. The prime minister has been greeted with...

The Conservatives reportedly dropped two potential candidates to become MPs after MI5 warned that they could be spies for China. The security service contacted...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Steve Barclay will today meet health experts as they seek to “mitigate winter pressures” hitting the NHS...

The level of illness among the UK population is costing lives and harming the economy, a report has warned – after the number of...

Angela Rayner declared the battle to win over voters at the next general election is “getting started” as she revealed Labour’s vision to boost...