Politics

More than 1,000 Passport Office staff across the UK will strike for five weeks in an escalation of a dispute over pay, jobs and...

Criminals who fail to turn up in court to hear their judgment should face tougher sentences as a matter of “respect” for victims, Dominic...

NHS unions have reached a pay deal with the government in a major breakthrough that could herald the end of strikes by frontline staff....

MPs will debate a motion next week on the so-called “Stormont brake” – a key part of the new Brexit deal agreed between the...

NHS unions have received a new pay offer and an announcement is expected this afternoon, Sky News understands. It follows reports of progress in...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has defended the speed of the rollout for his budget offer of free childcare for working parents, describing it as the...

Jeremy Hunt said the British economy is “proving the doubters wrong” and will avoid recession, as he delivered his first full budget speech to...

Just six months ago, the economy was on the brink, with markets concerned that the UK would not be able to pay back its...

Jeremy Hunt said the British economy is “proving the doubters wrong” and will avoid recession, as he delivered his first full budget speech to...

After the debacle of Liz Truss’s September mini-budget, with all its mega ramifications, and an autumn statement eight weeks later that performed an about-turn...

Gary Lineker has hit back at a Tory MP who made “dangerously provocative” claims that the BBC presenter had called northern voters “racist bigots”....

The chancellor will promise to provide 30 hours of childcare a week to parents of one and two-year-olds, Sky News has learned. The multi-billion...

The government has announced it will keep its cap on energy prices for a further three months as part of Jeremy Hunt’s first full...

The chancellor will promise to provide 30 hours of childcare a week to parents of one and two-year-olds, Sky News has learned. The announcement...

After the debacle of Liz Truss’s September mini-budget, with all its mega ramifications, and an autumn statement eight weeks later that performed an about-turn...

Boris Johnson will be questioned by MPs next Wednesday as part of the partygate investigation into whether he misled parliament when he was prime...

It has been 11 months since the privileges committee launched its inquiry into Boris Johnson to establish if he misled parliament over lockdown parties...

The Conservative chairman has offered an apology to union bosses after a message was sent out by the party accusing civil servants of being...