Politics

The budget will deliver billions of pounds of new funding for the NHS to unlock two million extra appointments a year, the government has...

Kemi Badenoch has suggested she will offer all six candidates in the Tory leadership race a job in her shadow cabinet if she is...

Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed there will be tax rises in the budget to prevent a “devastating return to austerity” and rebuild public services....

Sir Keir Starmer has called footage of a Labour MP punching someone “shocking” – but declined to say if he should resign. In a...

Mike Amesbury has been suspended by the Labour Party after CCTV footage showed him punching a man in the street. A Labour Party spokesperson...

The Labour government’s first budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” but “better days are ahead”, Sir Keir Starmer will say in...

Briefings and speculation are rife over what will be included in the chancellor’s budget on Wednesday, particularly the scale of tax rises. The biggest...

New CCTV footage shows Labour MP Mike Amesbury punching a man in the street. The new video, obtained by MailOnline, shows the MP for...

Mayors are set to be one of the big winners in the budget after Sir Keir Starmer personally intervened to ensure they have more...

Sir Keir Starmer has denied misleading the public in the general election after hinting at tax rises for those who own shares and assets....

In a classic piece of political understatement, a government source justified the coming £20bn rise in employer national insurance as “asking businesses to help...

A Labour MP has said he was involved in an incident where he “felt threatened” and is cooperating with police. Mike Amesbury, the MP...

Sir Keir Starmer has downplayed the prominence of reparations for slavery being addressed at a Commonwealth summit, saying “none of the discussions have been...

More migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats so far this year than in the whole of 2023, Home Office figures show. It...

The amount employers pay in national insurance is set to rise in next week’s budget to raise money for public services, Sky News understands....

Sir Keir Starmer has hinted at possible tax rises for those who own shares and assets, saying they do not fit his definition of...

Rachel Reeves will rewrite the government’s fiscal rules in next week’s budget to allow her to increase borrowing for public investment by around £50bn....

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her first budget at the end of October, providing the first chance for her to change the fiscal rules....

Apologising for the UK’s role in the slave trade is “not on the agenda,” Downing Street has said amid the row engulfing the Commonwealth...