Politics

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has revealed his support for cabinet colleague Liz Truss in the Tory leadership race. Mr Wallace described Ms Truss as...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said one of his shadow ministers was sacked yesterday for making up policy “on the hoof” as he...

Senior Labour MP John McDonnell says he supports a general strike and criticised Sir Keir Starmer for sacking a junior minister after he stood...

A Labour MP has been removed from the party’s frontbench by Sir Keir Starmer after giving a TV interview on the picket line during...

Tonight’s Conservative Party leadership debate between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak was halted after presenter Kate McCann fainted during the live broadcast. Ms Truss...

Rishi Sunak has announced a plan to scrap VAT on energy bills – a significant U-turn on his previous pledge not to make any...

Public spending in the north has fallen behind the England average despite the government’s flagship “levelling up” agenda, according to a new think tank...

Sir Keir Starmer has suggested Labour would drop its pledge to renationalise the railways, despite repeated promises to do so. The Labour leader insisted...

Liz Truss’ team has accused Rishi Sunak of cosying up to China while he was chancellor after he pledged to impose curbs on Beijing...

The two remaining Tory leadership candidates have vowed to continue the government’s controversial scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. While former chancellor Rishi...

The battle to be the next leader of the Conservative Party – and prime minister of the United Kingdom – continued on Saturday. Rishi...

By September the UK will have its fourth Conservative prime minister in a row. Of these only David Cameron was chosen by the wider...

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are ramping up their campaigns for the Conservative leadership this weekend, announcing new policies to tackle NHS backlogs and...

Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby’s looking at the final two candidates for the Conservative party leadership on her last podcast before a summer...

Rishi Sunak says he flew back from a government trip last December to stop the country going into a new COVID lockdown. The former...

Body language expert Judi James has offered a fascinating insight into the mannerisms of Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – and the issues they...

The final two runners in the race to be the next prime minister will begin a summer of campaigning today in an effort to...

Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have agreed to take part in a head-to-head debate on Sky News. The event – which...

The final two candidates in the Conservative leadership contest will be decided today as the hopefuls edge closer to the top job – and...