Politics

Jeremy Hunt’s younger brother has died from an “aggressive” form of cancer aged 53. Charlie Hunt, a father of three, died peacefully on 2...

The discovery of Legionella on board the Bibby Stockholm is the latest embarrassing setback in a plan beset with controversy and delay from the...

The home secretary is facing fresh pressure to scrap plans to house asylum seekers on barges after Legionella bacteria was discovered in the water...

Asylum seekers are being removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset after Legionella bacteria was found in the water. All of those on...

The number of people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the past five years has now passed 100,000. The latest...

In the constituency of Mid Bedfordshire, most people have an opinion about their apparently AWOL MP Nadine Dorries. “She’s an acquired taste,” says a...

The number of people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the past five years is now likely to have passed...

Nicola Sturgeon has branded Labour a “pale imitation” of the Tories and called on Sir Keir Starmer to “find a backbone” and stand for...

Diane Abbott has been accused of exploiting the deaths of 41 migrants in a shipwreck off Italy in a now-deleted tweet about the tragedy....

A government minister has called for “absentee” Tory MP Nadine Dorries to officially resign, saying her constituents are not being properly represented – while...

The UK and Turkey will work together to “disrupt and dismantle” people smuggling gangs under a new deal announced today. A new operational “centre...

Lee Anderson has refused to apologise for saying asylum seekers who don’t want to be housed on barges should “f*** off back to France”....

Asylum seekers who did not get on the Bibby Stockholm on Monday have until today to board the vessel or face having their government...

Alex Salmond has refused to rule out a reconciliation with his successor Nicola Sturgeon, saying he would be “sad” if they remained on poor...

Labour has set up a task force responsible for drawing up reforms to increase the number of crimes solved – which the party would...

Downing Street has defended Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson after he said asylum seekers who don’t want to be housed in barges should “f***...

Asylum seekers who did not get on the Bibby Stockholm today have until Tuesday to board the vessel or face having their government support...

The government will fail to meet its asylum backlog target without a drastic increase in the processing of applications, a Sky News analysis has...