Politics

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has denied that her plans to clamp down on illegal immigration are “racist” – instead describing them as a “moral...

Many Labour MPs have been left shellshocked after the chaotic political self-sabotage of the past week. Bafflement, anger, disappointment, and sheer frustration are all...

The home secretary is set to unveil sweeping measures to tackle illegal migration, vowing to end the UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers. People...

Many Labour MPs have been left shellshocked after the chaotic political self-sabotage of the past week. Bafflement, anger, disappointment, and sheer frustration are all...

People granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, in sweeping reforms to be announced on Monday....

What the hell’s just happened?  On Thursday night I was told that Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer were now not...

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less...

The prime minister’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney will not leave his job at Number 10, Sky News understands, despite furious calls for him...

Sir Keir Starmer’s communications chief Tim Allan owns a minority stake in a lobbying firm and still discusses government activity with a senior consultant...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has defended a new round of resident doctor walkouts starting on Friday, insisting medics’ pay is still “way down”...

Sir Keir Starmer has apologised to his health secretary after allies of the prime minister accused him of plotting a coup. Sky News understands...

Double-dealing, plotting, declarations of loyalty and treachery – in recent weeks the nation has feasted on Celebrity Traitors. But these sorts of antics emanating...

Reform UK has pulled out of a BBC documentary about the party amid a row over the broadcaster’s misleading editing of a Donald Trump...

Thousands of job cuts at the NHS will go ahead after the £1bn needed to fund the redundancies was approved by the Treasury. The...

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Groups tackling AI-generated child sexual abuse material could be given more powers to protect children online under a proposed new law. Organisations like the...

A decision not to award compensation to the Waspi women will be reconsidered by the government because of undisclosed “evidence”, the Work and Pensions...

Sir Keir Starmer is vowing to fight any challenge to his leadership rather than stand aside, amid claims of plotting by MPs being compared...

Groups tackling AI-generated child sexual abuse material could be given more powers to protect children online under a proposed new law. Organisations like the...