Politics

“Relieved is an understatement”. That’s how one senior government figure described their mood as the prime minister, his foreign secretary and the Number 10...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer brushed aside growing tensions between the White House and Europe over Ukraine on Wednesday, saying he trusted Donald Trump...

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of failing to guarantee the recently announced uplift in defence spending will not be spent on the contentious...

Seven companies named and shamed in the Grenfell Inquiry are to be investigated and face being placed on a blacklist. Following the deaths of...

Something has changed dramatically in your home in a way you won’t have even noticed. The electricity in your plug socket no longer comes...

Big announcement. Big spending. Big numbers. That’s what the prime minister wants you to know.  But do the numbers stack up? £59.8bn is the...

Sir Keir Starmer has admitted his decision to increase defence spending was “accelerated” by Donald Trump taking office. The prime minister said today’s announcement...

This is the moment the government finally woke up to the enormity of the threat faced by the UK and the inability of its...

People who have tracked the location of their stolen mobile phones, laptops or bikes can expect swifter police action under new measures to be...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said Runcorn needs a new Labour MP after Mike Amesbury was jailed for beating up a constituent – and...

The head of NHS England has announced she is standing down. Amanda Pritchard was the first woman to take on the role in 2021,...

The business secretary has apologised after it emerged he claimed to be a solicitor – despite not finishing his training. Jonathan Reynolds faced calls...

MP Mike Amesbury, who has been jailed for 10 weeks after punching a man in the street, will still get his £91,000 salary in...

Insults hurled by Donald Trump at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are “ghastly to hear” and “complete untruths”, former British prime minister Boris Johnson has...

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court after he was accused of making favourable statements about Russia in the...

The jailing of Mike Amesbury for 10 weeks for assault means Sir Keir Starmer potentially faces his first by-election test since becoming prime minister....

👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy have their...

Sir Keir Starmer has said the United States “is right” about the UK and Europe needing to take more responsibility for defence and security....

The prime minister has announced £200m for Grangemouth ahead of the closure of Scotland’s last oil refinery. Sir Keir Starmer, speaking at the Scottish...