Politics

There comes a point in the arc of most political scandals after which a resignation risks prompting more questions than it answers. The danger...

The government will “mainline AI into the veins” of the UK, with plans being unveiled today by Sir Keir Starmer. The prime minister is...

The health secretary has said that the cabinet is aware of the “pressure” on Chancellor Rachel Reeves amid volatile markets and a challenging broader...

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq could lose her job if the investigation into her properties finds she broke government rules, a cabinet member has suggested....

The chancellor has said the budget is “non-negotiable” on a visit to China in the face of volatile markets back in the UK. Rachel...

Rachel Reeves’s trip to China – the first by a British chancellor since 2019 – was always going to be controversial. In recent years...

Half the public think Elon Musk is having a negative impact on British politics following his rants on X about Labour and Sir Keir...

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has called on Sir Keir Starmer to sack Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq over allegations she lived in properties linked...

Making Britain better off will be “at the forefront of the chancellor’s mind” during her visit to China, the Treasury has said amid controversy...

Nigel Farage has told Sky News he “can’t be pushed or bullied” by anybody after Elon Musk said the Reform MP “doesn’t have what...

Harriet Harman has suggested a “mini inquiry” into issues raised by the grooming gangs scandal and called on Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch...

An intervention by the chancellor to help shore up flagging financial market confidence in the UK economy has been ruled out by the government,...

Liz Truss’s lawyers have sent a cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer over his claims she “crashed the economy”. The letter says...

There are grooming gangs “in every single part of our country”, Jess Phillips has told Sky News. The safeguarding minister told Sky’s political editor...

The treatment of Jess Phillips over recent days tells me all I need to know about the epidemic of misogyny, abuse and violence against...

So can you stop people smugglers by lumbering them with sanctions? That is the government’s latest idea, and it is bold and innovative. It...

A “world first” sanctions regime which specifically targets people smugglers will be introduced by the government this year, David Lammy will announce. The foreign...

A Tory bid to launch a new national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal has been voted down by MPs. MPs rejected the amendment...

Jess Phillips has said “nothing is off the table” when dealing with the grooming gangs scandal – including a new national inquiry if victims...