Politics

In the wake of Angela Rayner’s departure, Number 10 has carried out a swift and drama-free reshuffle that is all about delivery, but they...

Defence Secretary John Healey has told Sky News the government is considering using military barracks to house asylum seekers, as an estimated 1,000 people...

Nigel Farage has confirmed he wants to deport women asylum seekers back to the Taliban in Afghanistan if he becomes prime minister. The Reform...

It’s normally Nigel Farage who seizes the megaphone, but his big Birmingham Reform UK party conference was metaphorically gatecrashed by Angela Rayner’s dramatic resignation,...

Sir Keir Starmer has reshuffled his cabinet following Angela Rayner’s resignation after admitting she had not paid enough stamp duty on the purchase of...

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is reportedly set to unveil plans to move asylum seekers being housed in hotels to barracks at former military bases,...

Nigel Farage has confirmed he wants to deport women asylum seekers back to the Taliban in Afghanistan if he becomes prime minister. The Reform...

David Lammy has been stripped of his role as foreign secretary, and given the job of justice secretary, along with the role of deputy...

Sir Keir Starmer is reshuffling his cabinet following Angela Rayner’s resignation after admitting she had not paid enough stamp duty on the purchase of...

Leaving school aged 16, pregnant and with no qualifications, Angela Rayner has had a meteoric rise to the second-highest office in the UK –...

Farage-led party conferences used to be relatively ramshackle affairs. The 2013 UKIP gathering saw then MEP Godfrey Bloom engulfed in a row after declaring...

Tens of thousands of people in the UK pay fees each year to be a member of a political party. As party conference season...

Ministers are being urged not to meet the Israeli president during an expected visit next week, as the government continues to condemn his country’s...

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Sir Keir Starmer could be forced into a decision over Angela Rayner’s future as early as today, as the prime minister’s ethics adviser prepares...

Nadine Dorries has never forgiven the Conservative Party for ousting her hero Boris Johnson, on whom she continues to lavish praise. Now she’s taken...

The Conservatives have repeated calls for Angela Rayner to resign after a legal firm she used said it did not provide her with tax...

An investigation has been launched after security guards foiled a plot to embarrass the prime minister by playing “sex noises” from a phone hidden...

The backgrounds of Angela Rayner and Sir Laurie Magnus – the sleaze watchdog who holds her fate in his hands – couldn’t be more...