Politics

Sir Keir Starmer has denied that a Labour attack advert aimed at Rishi Sunak is racist. A series of recent ads, which have been...

A senior MP has accused police of giving the “green light” to internet trolls after a vexatious complaint saw her subjected to a social...

Labour insiders have expressed concern about Tory plans to ramp up attacks on Sir Keir Starmer’s tenure as director of public prosecutions, Sky News...

The “bonfire” of EU legislation by the government is to scrap less than a quarter of the estimated European laws on statute books, MPs...

Richard Sharp has resigned as chairman of the BBC in the wake of a report into his appointment following a cronyism row. Mr Sharp...

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...