Politics

Liz Truss has brushed off a growing clamour for a windfall tax on energy companies even as she admitted the UK was in a...

Ministers plan to introduce legislation to change Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade arrangements in coming weeks as it faces a “very grave and serious situation”,...

A Cabinet minister has said he was “somewhat surprised” to hear the Bank of England warn of “apocalyptic” food price rises. Northern Ireland secretary...

Boris Johnson has said the UK needs to “proceed with a legislative solution” to the Northern Ireland Protocol as an “insurance” in case a...

A government minister has suggested that people struggling with the cost of living should take on more hours or move to a better-paid job....

The government is planning to publish legislation to override the Northern Ireland Protocol, but Sky News understands the cabinet has still not agreed the...

NHS prescription charges in England are to be frozen as pressure mounts on ministers to ease the cost of living crisis following the recent...

The first group of illegal migrants have been told they will be sent to Rwanda within a fortnight under the government’s controversial new immigration...

Britain should be “very proud” of its private school system, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said as he rejected a push for elite universities...

A bottle of champagne that Conservative Party Chairman Oliver Dowden donated to a fundraising auction was labelled as being “hugely valuable as a souvenir...

The unknown is far scarier than the known when it comes to partygate, even on a day when the number of fines issued to...

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said Vladimir Putin was “humiliating himself on the world stage” as she called on international allies to go “further...

Emergency talks between the UK and EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol are due on Thursday as ministers consider whether to override parts of...

Tory backbenchers are pushing for tax cuts after Boris Johnson was said to have shown “more than a bit of ankle” on doing so...

The government will not be bringing forward an emergency budget in light of the cost of living crisis, but “will be saying more and...

Boris Johnson has hinted at an announcement about addressing the cost of living crisis in coming days – but the Treasury swiftly denied there...

Priti Patel has said her plan to send migrants to Rwanda sends a “clear signal” that those who arrive illegally have no right to...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to offer his resignation if he is issued a fixed penalty notice for breaking COVID rules. Sir...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has pulled out of a keynote speech he is due to give today – as pressure mounts on him...