Politics

As Liz Truss faces open revolt in her own party over her tax cut plans, her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will today try and reassure...

The Bank of England has confirmed its emergency bond-buying programme will end on Friday as planned after reports suggested it might extend the support...

Liz Truss has said publicly what Downing Street has said privately for some time: that there will “absolutely” be no public spending cuts. The...

Jacob Rees-Mogg has declared his confidence in the governor of the Bank of England, but disputed that pension funds are at “systemic” risk. Speaking...

Renewable energy generators and nuclear power plants face having their revenues capped as part of new government legislation. The Energy Prices Bill will be...

Kwasi Kwarteng has promised his upcoming economic plan will be “relentlessly upbeat” as some of his own MPs seemed doubtful of his direction. Speaking...

Sir Keir Starmer has sacked his chief of staff as part of a major restructuring of the Labour leader’s office as he moves the...

Therese Coffey has said Britons should “be assured” by the UK’s finances – as the Bank of England made its second intervention in the...

MPs will return to Westminster on Tuesday after a chaotic conference season, with the chancellor set to face questions for the first time since...

Labour MP Sam Tarry has been deselected by his local members – the first time one of the party’s MPs has been ousted this...

How do you keep a party fresh and maintain political momentum after 15 years in power when public services are struggling and your core...

Nicola Sturgeon says independence isn’t a “miracle cure” for Scotland’s economy, but claimed the country “can do so much better than this”. Closing the...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s debt-cutting plan will be published on 31 October – three weeks earlier than planned – alongside an independent economic forecast, the...

Liz Truss is expected to make a decision on whether to uprate benefits in line with inflation in November, a department for work and...

Liz Truss has handed a government job to a Rishi Sunak ally in a move that appears to signal her intention to bridge the...

Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has warned restive Tory MPs that “dither or delay will end in defeat” as he appealed for unity just over...

Nicola Sturgeon has said she is confident a second referendum on Scottish independence could be held next October if given the go ahead by...

Power blackouts this winter are “extremely unlikely” this winter, Cabinet Office Minister Nadhim Zahawi has told Sky News. The Tory frontbencher also insisted there...

On Thursday, the day after the end of the conference season, YouGov hosted a focus group with seven Blue Wall voters from around the...