Politics

Health Secretary Steve Barclay is understood to be writing to the unions to request fresh talks over strike action – but sources say he...

Strikes will continue across a number of industries this week in an escalating campaign of industrial action, with Border Force workers among those expected...

The government’s outgoing adviser on violence against women has accused the home secretary of “normalising hate” that black people get on Twitter with her...

Giving in to nurses’ pay demands would “stoke” inflation and have a “huge impact” on public finances, a minister has told Sky News. Oliver...

Rail workers have entered the second half of their latest 48-hour strike – as the business secretary says he is hopeful that a resolution...

A deal between train companies and rail unions is “achievable”, Mick Lynch, the head of the RMT union, has said as the biggest day...

Labour has comfortably held on to its seat in Stretford and Urmston, in its second by-election victory in two weeks.  Andrew Western, who is...

Parts of the UK are facing more travel trouble with rail, bus and highways workers walking off the job today in the continuing dispute...

Former health secretary Sajid Javid has warned that the NHS “won’t survive many more years” without “fundamental reforms”, urging the country to have an...

Tens of thousands of nurses are going on strike today for their first mass walkout in a century across England, Wales and Northern Ireland....

Nurses will continue to strike in January if the government does not negotiate with them on pay, union leader Pat Cullen has told Sky...

A backbench Conservative MP has failed in an attempt to override international human rights rulings and get the Rwanda deportation scheme up and running...

Boris Johnson has made more than £1m from speaking engagements since being ousted as prime minister three months ago. An update to the MPs’...

The Chinese government has “removed” a consul general and five of its officials involved in beating up a Hong Kong protester inside its Manchester...

Labour has asked the government whether disgraced former minister Chris Pincher made any attempts to stop American Anne Sacoolas going to the US after...

Senior health leaders have raised concerns about the care of cancer patients during the impending nurses’ strikes – including warnings that some chemotherapy appointments...

The SNP plans to introduce a bill that would allow Scotland to decide on independence without the UK government’s approval. The party is pushing...

Rishi Sunak has promised to bring in new laws to tackle illegal immigration, saying anyone who comes to the UK illegally will not be...

The “tide is turning” in rail unions when it comes to pay offers on the table, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has claimed. Members of...