Politics

The UK government has blocked Scotland’s gender reform bill in an unprecedented intervention which Nicola Sturgeon has described as a “full-frontal attack” on the...

Thousands of teachers are set to walk out of classrooms over pay after the largest education union reached the threshold required to take strike...

The GMB union is expected to announce further strike dates this Wednesday, Sky News understands. Members held a meeting that lasted more than two...

The High Court has granted an appeal against its own ruling last month that the government’s scheme to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is...

Rishi Sunak plans to give wider powers to the police to tackle “highly disruptive and dangerous protests”. In an announcement on Monday, the prime...

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to overhaul GP services if he gets into power, saying the NHS will “die” without drastic change. The Labour...

The health secretary claims the disparate level of emergency cover during recent ambulance strikes could not be “relied upon to ensure patient and public...

The transport secretary has given rail operating companies “permission” to make a new offer to railway unions this week as the government hopes for...

Another round of nurses strikes twice as large as recent industrial action will be announced for February if negotiations with the government do not...

Rishi Sunak is preparing to block laws in Scotland that make it easier for people to change gender, Sky News understands. The move would...

Ambulance workers have written to Rishi Sunak accusing his government of “demonising” them in order to justify new anti-strike legislation. The letter from paramedics...

Rishi Sunak has said Boris Johnson intends to stand in his current Uxbridge seat at the next general election – after allies suggested the...

Scotland is to gain two new freeports in Cromarty Firth and the Forth, which Downing Street says will help to create over 75,000 new,...

“A single employee” of one of the UK’s largest trade unions is at the centre of a bribery, fraud, money laundering and tax evasion...

Attempts to settle public sector pay disputes have been undermined by “spiteful” anti-strike legislation tabled by the government this week, the UK’s senior union...

The economy grew by 0.1% in November, partly aided by the football World Cup, according to official figures which call into question predictions the...

Boris Johnson has become the number one most donated to MP this parliament after receiving a single donation of one million pounds. Labour leader...

Just 48 hours after Boris Johnson rallied his supporters at an event that looked like the start of a comeback tour, we learn that...

Sadiq Khan will use a speech this evening to condemn the government’s Brexit damage “denial” and call for a pragmatic debate on rejoining the...