Politics

Rishi Sunak has refused to accept the government’s failure to strike a trade deal with the US is a “broken promise”, blaming the pandemic...

Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas is stepping down at the next general election. In a letter sent to her Brighton Pavilion constituents, Ms...

Rishi Sunak will take personal responsibility if inflation in the UK has not halved by the end of the year. The prime minister was...

A two-year pilot scheme is being launched to increase access to weight loss drugs and cut NHS waiting lists – as Rishi Sunak said...

The prime minister said Russia would have hit “new lows” if it turns out that Moscow is responsible for what he described as the...

The chair of the COVID inquiry says it is up to her to decide what evidence is “relevant or potentially relevant” amid a legal...

Ian Blackford, the former leader of the SNP in Westminster, has told Sky News he will be standing down at the next election. Mr...

The chair of the COVID inquiry says it is up to her to decide what evidence is “relevant or potentially relevant” amid a legal...

Sir Keir Starmer will try to persuade trade unions to back his green energy plans after bosses publicly criticised his policy of banning new...

Paediatricians have warned youth vaping is “fast becoming an epidemic among children” as they called for the government to ban disposable vapes. Responding to...

The government is still being “too slow” to recover taxpayer money lost to fraud and error over the pandemic, MPs have said. The cross-party...

Conservative MP Bob Stewart has been charged with public order offences relating to a “racially aggravated” incident in December last year. Police say the...

A third formal complaint has been made against the former Labour MP Geraint Davies who was suspended over allegations of inappropriate behaviour, Sky News...

Two more barges will be used to house asylum seekers as part of continued efforts to reduce Channel crossings, Rishi Sunak has announced. The...

The majority of the British public thinks Rishi Sunak is doing a bad job in delivering on his five priorities, a new poll has...

The government is to use two more barges to house an extra thousand asylum seekers, Rishi Sunak has announced. The first barge to hold...

The majority of the British public thinks Rishi Sunak is doing a bad job in delivering on his five priorities, a new poll has...

Years of austerity left the UK hugely unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The TUC said funding cuts left health and...

“Hundreds” of migrants have so far been returned to Albania under the government’s “landmark” deal with the country, says immigration minister Robert Jenrick. That’s...