Politics

A growing divide is predicted at this week’s local elections, with Labour on course to make gains in cities in England but struggling to...

Angela Rayner has written to Boris Johnson demanding answers over reports that a ‘Sexist of the Year’ award was handed out at a lockdown-busting...

Many voters in England, Wales and Scotland will head to the polls on 5 May to elect their new local representatives. More than 4,350...

“Radical” reform is needed to working practices in the Commons, the Speaker of the House has urged, following a series of bullying and sexual...

A former MP who was jailed for sexually assaulting two women told a court he is looking at supermarket shelf stacking and building site...

An MP under investigation for allegedly watching pornography in the Commons said he opened a file by mistake but would step down if he...

All women in parliament have been subjected to “wandering hands”, a female cabinet minister has said as she told male MPs “to keep your...

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has described sexist behaviour in Parliament as “shameful” and said “the culture of Westminster needs to change”. Mr Javid made...

Labour MP Liam Byrne should be suspended from the House of Commons for two days for bullying a member of his constituency staff, a...

The Conservative Party’s chief whip is investigating reports that a Tory MP watched pornography on his phone in the Commons chamber. The party’s whips...

Annual MOT checks could be scrapped under government plans to ease the cost of living for households across the country, Sky News understands. On...

The Mail on Sunday editor has refused to meet with Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle over the paper’s controversial report about MP Angela Rayner....

There is “no golden bullet” to solve the cost of living crisis, a minister has warned, as Boris Johnson prepares to ask his Cabinet...

The UK is sending more ambulances and further funding to train Ukrainian doctors to deal with mass casualties, Boris Johnson has announced. More fire...

Tory whips will be “looking at whether they know” who made comments about Angela Rayner to a newspaper that have been roundly condemned as...

Angela Rayner has condemned a “sexist” and “misogynistic” Mail on Sunday article which claimed Tory MPs have accused her of a ‘Basic Instinct’ ploy...

There is a “strong case” for Boris Johnson to remain “in office” despite growing calls for him to resign over the ongoing partygate scandal...

Jacob Rees-Mogg has been criticised for leaving “crass, demeaning” notes on the empty desks of civil servants urging them to return to the office....

Boris Johnson will shortly return to England with his premiership under increasing strain amid the ongoing partygate scandal. The prime minister has been on...