Politics

Doctors in England planning to go on strike in the run-up to Christmas are considering a new offer from the government to end the...

Homelessness charities have warned that ministers are “falling short of what is desperately needed to end Britain’s homelessness crisis”. It comes as the government...

Tax changes announced in the budget could have “devastating, unintended consequences” on live music venues, including widespread closures and job losses, trade bodies have...

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has acknowledged there were “too many leaks” in the run-up to last month’s budget. The flow of budget content to...

Sir Keir Starmer has called for a tougher approach to policing Europe’s borders ahead of a meeting between leaders to discuss a potential shake-up...

Sir Keir Starmer has declared it his “moral mission” to “turn the tide on the lost decade of young kids left as collateral damage”....

Kemi Badenoch has refused to say that the Conservatives are intending to win next May’s local elections, despite being repeatedly pushed on the issue....

COVID-19 fraud and error cost the taxpayer nearly £11bn, a government watchdog has found. Pandemic support programmes such as furlough, bounce-back loans, and Eat...

The day after Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted Angela Rayner back in the cabinet, she showed Labour MPs what they’ve been missing. The...

The Sandie Peggie case has been such a high-profile story because it gets to the heart of the debate about trans rights versus women’s...

A “striking” new design for UK trains is revealed for the first time by the transport secretary. Train services already in public ownership will...

A UN committee has called on the government not to ratify its treaty on the future of the Chagos Islands – warning it will...

A nationwide grooming gangs inquiry must “leave no stone unturned”, Kemi Badenoch has said as the Conservatives urged the government to ensure ethnicity and...

Scottish independence would reduce energy bills north of the border by more than a third, First Minister John Swinney has claimed. However, the SNP...

Young people could lose their right to universal credit if they refuse to engage with help from a new scheme without good reason, the government...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is heading to Downing Street once again, but Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will be keen to make this meeting more than...

Young people could lose their right to universal credit if they refuse to engage with help from a new scheme without good reason, the government...

Millionaire Tory donor Malcolm Offord has defected to Reform UK, saying he would be campaigning “tirelessly” to “remove this rotten SNP government”. Nigel Farage...

Nigel Farage sang antisemitic songs to Jewish schoolmates – and had a “big issue with anyone called Patel”, a former schoolfriend has claimed. Jean-Pierre...