Politics

Andy Burnham has claimed Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge the prime minister, as he unveiled his “plan to turn the country...

“Chauvinistic” debates on immigration are distracting ministers from tackling the child poverty “emergency”, the founder of the Big Issue has told Sky News. Lord...

Sadiq Khan has branded Donald Trump “racist, sexist, misogynistic” and “Islamophobic” following the US president’s latest attack on London. The London mayor said he...

Nigel Farage has refused to criticise Donald Trump for claiming pregnant women who take paracetamol risk causing autism in their child – saying “science...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to “reject the path of least resistance” and consider increasing taxes in the budget. The Institute for Government...

The Home Office has lost a Court of Appeal bid to challenge a High Court ruling granting an Eritrean man a temporary block on...

Sir Ed Davey has used his keynote speech to warn that the UK has a choice between “the real change people crave”, and a...

UK health experts and officials have pushed back on Donald Trump’s claim that paracetamol is linked to autism, saying there is “no evidence” for...

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Britain’s largest car manufacturer, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), faces a prolonged shutdown of its global operations after the company announced an extension of the...

Rachel Reeves has been urged by a think tank to cut national insurance and increase income tax to create a “level playing field” and...

Sir Ed Davey will call on US experts fleeing an “anti-science agenda” to come to the UK, and pledge to make curing cancer a...

New homes in England could be fitted with mandatory water-saving showers and toilets under government proposals to save water. The environment department is consulting...

Sir Ed Davey has refused to rule out striking a deal with Sir Keir Starmer in order to stop Nigel Farage from entering Number...

This is the story of two announcements – and the bigger lessons they tell us about the state of our politics. First, there was...

Zarah Sultana has said she will not pursue legal action in a bid to repair the row that has engulfed her new political party...

Sir Keir Starmer has announced the UK has officially recognised Palestine as a state. “Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians...

Today, Sir Keir Starmer will deliver on his pledge to recognise a Palestinian state – after setting out a series of conditions in July...

The UK is to recognise the state of Palestine, potentially as soon as this weekend – with the prime minister insisting it was always...