Politics

More than 3,000 people eligible to come to the UK are trapped in Afghanistan, the government has admitted. In 2021, the UK organised a...

A new tax on gambling firms and maximum stakes for online slot machines are being considered under government plans to crack down on online...

Malcolm Cameron-Lee thought he was doing the right thing when he decided to invest his lifesavings into property twenty years ago to fund a...

The behaviour of people arriving in the UK on small boats is “at odds with British values”, the home secretary has claimed. Speaking exclusively...

Suella Braverman has ruled out introducing a safe and legal route for asylum seekers in Sudan to seek refuge in the UK. Earlier, Rishi...

Rishi Sunak must stand up for the civil service after Dominic Raab’s resignation over bullying complaints from his staff, a former Foreign Office chief...

Nicola Sturgeon has admitted she could not have imagined “in her worst nightmares” the controversy currently engulfing the SNP. The former Scottish first minister...

The government will take a nursing union to court next week in an attempt to stop its latest strike action. Members of the Royal...

The equalities watchdog is “seriously concerned” that the government’s Illegal Migration Bill could put the UK in breach of international law and expose people...

A investigation into whether Rishi Sunak breached the MPs’ code of conducted has now been extended. The prime minister was already facing a probe...

The deputy prime minister has said police will “take all necessary steps” to prevent any disruption to the King’s coronation by anti-monarchist campaigners. Activists...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he “utterly condemns” comments made by MP Diane Abbott in which she suggested Jews, Irish people and...

For the first time in England, people turning up at polling stations to vote in May’s local elections will need photographic ID to cast...

The home secretary will be able to exercise her “discretion” when weighing up whether to follow European court orders on deportations, a government minister...

Rishi Sunak should remove the whip from Dominic Raab to avoid sending the message that “bullying is somehow OK”, the Liberal Democrats have said....

Labour MP Diane Abbott has apologised for remarks in which she suggested Jewish people do not face racism but instead face prejudice similar to...

Dominic Raab says he left office with his “head held high” after resigning over a report which found he had bullied staff. The former...

The investigation into claims former deputy prime minister Dominic Raab bullied staff has led to a “complete breakdown” in trust between ministers and civil...