Politics

Dominic Raab has defended Downing Street staff who were under “incredible pressure” after police investigating the partygate scandal began to announce fines for lockdown...

Russian-born newspaper mogul Evgeny Lebedev has said he supports Labour’s call for information on the decision to give him a peerage to be made...

The Metropolitan Police is to issue 20 fines to people who attended lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. But the force has not...

Twenty fines could be issued to 20 people in the coming hours over events held in Downing Street and Whitehall during lockdown, Sky News...

Pupils falling behind in English and maths will be given extra support under new plans set out by the education secretary – but the...

The government plans to take a 20% stake in a new nuclear plant in Suffolk in a move to bolster the country’s energy security...

Vladimir Putin and his henchmen face a “day of reckoning” with evidence of war crimes having been committed in Ukraine, a cabinet minister has...

The High Court has found that the Home Office acted unlawfully in a programme known as Project Sunshine in which data was extracted from...

P&O chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite has denied the company broke criminal law when sacking 800 workers and told remaining staff they should not fear...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is preparing to welcome a family of Ukrainian refugees into his home – along with their pet dog. The cabinet...

Electric vehicle owners will have access to 300,000 public charge points by the end of the decade, the government has said. Some £500m will...

Rishi Sunak has admitted he goes to bed “every night” knowing that he “can’t solve all the problems that people want me to” following...

For all the eye-catching measures from Rishi Sunak in his mini-budget on Wednesday, what most stood out was the strength of the economic headwinds...

Boris Johnson is set to announce a new military support package for Ukraine on Thursday as he meets with NATO and G7 leaders and...

Rishi Sunak is expected to pledge to “stand by” hardworking families and set out further plans to support people with the rising cost of...

As he faces yet another mini budget on Wednesday, Rishi Sunak now suffers from having set expectations unsustainably high during his two years as...

A group of Conservative MPs are expected to rebel on a number of the government’s proposed asylum and immigrations reforms today. This afternoon, the...

Detectives investigating allegations of breaches of COVID rules in Downing Street and Whitehall have sent questionnaires to more than 100 people as they begin...

Labour will force an emergency vote in parliament to demand the government takes action to outlaw the so-called fire and rehire of staff after...