Politics

Downing Street has defended Suella Braverman after she flew to an overcrowded migration centre in a £3,500-an-hour military helicopter. The home secretary avoided questions...

Suella Braverman has confirmed that steps are being taken to “immediately” improve the situation at Manston migration centre, according to the Home Office. These...

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has told Sky News that the last few months of political turmoil have “upset” him and he wants MPs...

A Tory MP should be suspended from the Commons for suggesting the commissioner’s potential peerage depended on ruling against him over lobbying breaches, the...

Rishi Sunak has reversed his decision to skip the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next week – and all his campaign pledges are now...

All of Rishi Sunak’s campaign pledges from the summer leadership contest are under review. The prime minister’s official spokeswoman said that the pledges were...

Sir Keir Starmer has told Rishi Sunak to “start governing for once and get a grip” as he blamed 12 years of Tory leadership...

A minister has admitted that the Manston asylum processing centre is not operating legally, telling Sky News the government wants to “get a grip”...

The Home Office is facing a judicial review over the conditions at the migrant Manston processing centre, the immigration minister has told Sky News....

The new transport secretary has said the government is “looking at all of the options” over HS2 ahead of expected spending cuts. Mark Harper...

Rishi Sunak has said he will go to COP27 in Egypt, in a reversal of his previous snub. In a statement on Twitter, the...

The government is testing plans to cope with energy blackouts that could last up to seven days, according to a report. The Guardian says...

Hundreds of migrants have been moved from an overcrowded immigration centre in Kent – with the government accused of presiding over a “shambles”. The...

Boris Johnson has told Sky News that he does not think Vladimir Putin will use a tactical nuclear weapon in his war in Ukraine....

Boris Johnson has confirmed he will attend COP27 in Egypt next week as question marks remain over whether the UK’s new prime minister will...

The autumn statement this month will likely encompass “rough” tax rises as the Treasury seeks to fill a multi-billion “black hole” in the nation’s...

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has rejected language used by the home secretary describing the increase of asylum seekers to the UK as an “invasion”....

So it’s all a “political witch-hunt”, is it? That was the claim made by the embattled Suella Braverman on Halloween. For a gruelling hour...

The Home Office has been told to “get a grip” over the issues at the Manston migrant processing centre – as a new report...