Politics

Boris Johnson has been criticised for the swelling size of the House of Lords and an imbalance in the political make-up of the upper...

The government has managed to fight off the latest challenge from the House of Lords seeking to change its Illegal Migration Bill. In a...

Labour’s Yvette Cooper has refused to say if she supports Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to keep the two-child benefit cap, amid growing party divisions...

Boris Johnson has been criticised for the swelling size of the House of Lords and an imbalance in the political make-up of the upper...

A Tory MP has demanded to see safety reports for a barge that the government plans to use to house asylum seekers. The Bibby...

A barge which will house 500 asylum seekers is on the move, with the first residents expected to board later this month. The barge...

Labour’s Yvette Cooper has refused to say if she supports Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to keep the two-child benefit cap, amid growing party divisions...

The government is set to finish only 32 of its promised new 40 hospitals by 2030 as part of an over-budget and hard-to-deliver scheme,...

Boris Johnson has been criticised for the swelling size of the House of Lords and an imbalance in the political make-up of the upper...

The government has said it plans to cap the number of students accepted on to “rip-off” university degrees. The limits will be imposed on...

Union boss Mick Lynch has said Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has to show he is “on the side of the people” before the...

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has revealed he will step down from his post at the next reshuffle and quit as an MP at the...

The government has signed an agreement to join an Indo-Pacific trading bloc, although the estimated benefit could only be £1.8bn in GDP. In announcing...

Tony Blair has said that the NHS is “not serving its purpose” in an exclusive interview with Sky News. Speaking to Sophy Ridge on...

July and December are always vicious months in the calendar at Westminster. No matter when the monarch officiates at the official state opening of...

Kemi Badenoch has signed off UK membership to a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc. The business and trade secretary signed the accession protocol to the...

Defence minister Ben Wallace says he will stand down at the next election. Mr Wallace, the longest-serving Conservative defence secretary, said in an interview...

Senior Conservatives are said to be discussing abolishing inheritance tax – at an annual cost of £7billion to the Treasury – in a bid...

Ben Wallace – the longest-serving Conservative defence secretary – is considering leaving government in an anticipated autumn reshuffle, Sky News understands. It follows a...