Politics

Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the UK government is putting the economy in danger and attacked Prime Minister Liz Truss’s plan of...

Labour will pledge to “build British industry” through the use of a state-owned investment fund during the second day of the party’s conference in...

After last year’s showdown with the Labour left on party rules and the resignation of a shadow cabinet minister, Sir Keir Starmer is hoping...

Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Conservatives of showing their “true colours” by unveiling tax cuts that will benefit the wealthiest most. Arriving at...

Labour will attempt to fight back against the chancellor’s Trussonomics tax giveaways by unveiling rival plans to boost economic growth at its conference in...

It may have been billed a mini-budget, but what Kwasi Kwarteng announced on Friday was massive. A package of tax cuts on a scale...

In the end, Kwasi Kwarteng’s statement indeed cost more than £2 billion a minute and turned politics on its head. Threads that linked the...

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has revealed the mystery note she was passed in the Commons on 8 September told her the Queen was...

People working part-time will face cuts to their benefits if they do not look for extra hours, the chancellor is set to announce. As...

Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats are part of a desperate attempt to justify his “catastrophic” failure in Ukraine, Liz Truss is to say. In her...

When Liz Truss was vying to be the Conservative Party leader and our next prime minister, some of her colleagues worried that, as the...

Joe Biden will tell Liz Truss she must work with the EU to find a negotiated outcome to the Northern Ireland Protocol row when...

Liz Truss has promised the UK will not ration energy, but warned “we cannot jeopardise our security” for the sake of keeping costs down....

Labour members will sing the national anthem at the party’s conference this weekend, for the first time in recent history. Sir Keir Starmer, the...

The government is considering introducing a fixed discount for businesses on the amount they are charged per kilowatt hour for energy as part of...

An investigation into whether Sir Keir Starmer broke COVID rules cost Durham Police over £100,000, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The Labour...

Train drivers will resume strike action next month in a long-running dispute over pay. A planned walkout by the Aslef union on 15 September...

Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney has expressed “cautious optimism” talks between the UK and Brussels to resolve the dispute over post-Brexit arrangements in Northern...

An official Chinese delegation has been barred from attending the Queen’s lying in state. House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle will prevent access...