Politics

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has said he will not stand for the Conservatives in the next general election. In a letter to the...

Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone – who is at the centre of controversy over her alleged links to a firm awarded £200m of PPE...

A bill through which the government promised to “raise education standards across the country” through a range of measures has been axed in its...

Ambulances will be dispatched to “life-threatening” Category 1 calls during the two days of industrial action this month but may not attend if an...

The Speaker of the Lords is set to condemn Labour’s plans to abolish the second chamber, claiming changing it to a fully elected House...

The government has U-turned over its ban on onshore wind by saying turbines could be installed if the projects gain the support of local...

Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone is taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords with immediate effect. Baroness Mone, who is at...

More than 10,000 ambulance workers across nine trusts in England and Wales will strike on 21 and 28 December, the GMB union has confirmed....

Antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A to stop the spread of the infection, schools minister Nick Gibb has...

Officials are in discussion with MPs about onshore wind farms amid a growing Conservative rebellion to lift the ban, a minister has confirmed. Schools...

More than 10,000 ambulance workers across nine trusts in England and Wales will strike on 21 and 28 December, the GMB union has confirmed....

Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone will take a leave of absence from the House of Lords with immediate effect. Baroness Mone is at the...

Antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A to stop the spread of the infection, schools minister Nick Gibb has...

“TikTok traffickers” who use social media to advertise small boat crossings to migrants must face criminal penalties, ministers have been told. Conservative MP Natalie...

The home secretary has pledged to do “whatever it takes” to deal with the “small boats problem” in the Channel. Writing a foreword to...

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to abolish the House of Lords in his first term if he were to be elected as prime minister....

As a winter of strike action looms, and a growing list of unions threaten to grind the county to a halt, the PM is...

The RMT union has rejected an offer from train operators aimed at preventing strikes over the Christmas period, the union has announced. The Rail...

Sir Keir Starmer will promise the “biggest ever transfer of power from Westminster to the British people”, as the Labour leader launches a report...