Politics

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to “grip the cost of living” in the budget – while also saving millions of pounds by raising taxes....

Wednesday’s budget is going to big. It will be big in terms of tax rises, big in terms of setting the course of the...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he “absolutely” wants Angela Rayner back in his cabinet after she resigned for failing to pay the correct amount...

It feels like the most torturous build-up to any budget in recent history. After a slow and painful climb up the mountain of manifesto-busting...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised to “grip the cost of living” in the budget next week. Writing in The Mirror newspaper, she acknowledged that high...

Keir Starmer flies out of South Africa this evening with two massive issues on his agenda – a potentially manifesto-busting budget and, as it...

The fast-moving developments on Trump’s Ukraine peace deal are dominating the G20 summit in South Africa, as European leaders scramble to put together a...

The prime minister has refused to rule out manifesto-breaking tax hikes in next week’s budget while speaking to Sky News political editor Beth Rigby....

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been sentenced to 10 and a half years after he admitted accepting tens of thousands...

The prime minister is expected to approve plans for a new Chinese ‘super embassy’ in London, Sky News understands, after the government delayed the...

Sir Keir Starmer is preparing for a likely visit to China in the new year, Sky News understands. Political editor Beth Rigby told the...

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn fear Zarah Sultana is encouraging members of far-left splinter groups to disrupt Your Party’s inaugural conference. In recent weeks, Ms...

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the G20 still matters and is a “really important” forum to bang the drum for British business, despite the...

Government borrowing was higher than expected and consumers tightened their belts, spending less than anticipated, official figures show. Government borrowing rose to the third-highest...

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the G20 still matters and is a “really important” forum to bang the drum for British business, despite the...

They’ve been billed as the “most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times” and the “biggest shake-up of the legal migration system” in nearly 50...

All four UK governments failed to appreciate the scale of the threat posed by COVID-19 or the urgency of the response the pandemic required,...

This scathing report goes a long way to answer the UK COVID-19 Inquiry’s critics, who have consistently attacked it as a costly waste of...

Sir Keir Starmer is preparing for a likely visit to China in the new year, Sky News understands. Political editor Beth Rigby told the...