Politics

Tory MP Patrick Spencer has been charged with two counts of sexual assault. The charges follow two alleged incidents involving two separate women at...

A 21-year-old man has been arrested over a series of arson attacks, police have said, after a fire at a house owned by Prime...

Robert Jenrick has claimed the UK is “already an island of strangers” after the prime minister faced criticism for using that phrase in a...

A 21-year-old man has been arrested over a series of arson attacks, police have said, after a fire at a house owned by Prime...

“Supermax” jails could be built to house the most dangerous offenders following a spate of alleged attacks on staff, the prisons minister has said....

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to bring down migration numbers by tightening up the rules on those allowed to come to the UK. The...

Nigel Farage has told Sky News he would allow some essential migration in areas with skill shortages but that numbers would be capped. The...

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to bring down net migration by the end of this parliament with a system that is “controlled, selective and...

The combination of full prisons and tight public finances has forced the government to urgently rethink its approach. Top of the agenda for an...

“As far as I’m concerned, there’s only three ways to spend the taxpayers’ hard-earned when it comes to prisons. More walls, more bars and...

Migrants will have to live in the UK for a decade before they can apply for citizenship under plans to reduce reliance on foreign...

The combination of full prisons and tight public finances has forced the government to urgently rethink its approach. Top of the agenda for an...

“As far as I’m concerned, there’s only three ways to spend the taxpayers’ hard-earned when it comes for prisons. More walls, more bars and...

Migrants will have to live in the UK for a decade before they can apply for citizenship under plans to reduce reliance on foreign...

Care workers will no longer be recruited from abroad under plans to “significantly” bring down net migration, the home secretary has said. Yvette Cooper...

A Nobel Prize-winning economist has told Sky News the recently announced UK-US trade deal “isn’t worth the paper it’s written on”. Sir Keir Starmer...

Russia’s president has suggested fresh peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul as part of “direct negotiations” but also “without preconditions”. Vladimir Putin put forward...

The government is set to roll out sweeping reforms to the immigration system. The skilled visa threshold will be raised to require a graduate...

Sir Keir Starmer has joined other European leaders in Kyiv to press Russia to agree an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. The prime minister is attending...