Politics

Remarkable – and relatively speaking a blessing – that the wake-up call for Britain to take defence seriously again did not come in the...

The UK, France and Ukraine will work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, the prime minister has said, in the...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived at Downing Street for crisis talks with Sir Keir Starmer following his fiery Oval Office exchange with Donald Trump. Mr...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the Ukrainian people “are truly thankful” for US support, hours after talks with Donald Trump descended into a row at...

Sir Keir Starmer has held crisis talks over the phone with both Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump following their heated exchange in the White...

The resignation of Anneliese Dodds as international development minister “won’t make a difference” to Sir Keir Starmer, Harriet Harman has said.  The Labour peer...

The Baltic states are “very unhappy” after the UK failed to invite their leaders to join a summit on Ukraine this weekend, a European...

Anneliese Dodds has quit as international development minister over Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the overseas aid budget to pay for an increase...

“Relieved is an understatement”. That’s how one senior government figure described their mood as the prime minister, his foreign secretary and the Number 10...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer brushed aside growing tensions between the White House and Europe over Ukraine on Wednesday, saying he trusted Donald Trump...

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of failing to guarantee the recently announced uplift in defence spending will not be spent on the contentious...

Seven companies named and shamed in the Grenfell Inquiry are to be investigated and face being placed on a blacklist. Following the deaths of...

Something has changed dramatically in your home in a way you won’t have even noticed. The electricity in your plug socket no longer comes...

Big announcement. Big spending. Big numbers. That’s what the prime minister wants you to know.  But do the numbers stack up? £59.8bn is the...

Sir Keir Starmer has admitted his decision to increase defence spending was “accelerated” by Donald Trump taking office. The prime minister said today’s announcement...

This is the moment the government finally woke up to the enormity of the threat faced by the UK and the inability of its...

People who have tracked the location of their stolen mobile phones, laptops or bikes can expect swifter police action under new measures to be...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said Runcorn needs a new Labour MP after Mike Amesbury was jailed for beating up a constituent – and...

The head of NHS England has announced she is standing down. Amanda Pritchard was the first woman to take on the role in 2021,...