Politics

“Just the man I want to talk to!” We are out in Dover with Mike Tapp, the first elected Labour MP here for 20...

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to repeat a promise made by the chancellor that the government will not raise any more borrowing or taxes....

The new inheritance tax policy could affect up to five times more farms than the Treasury initially said, according to new analysis. The government...

A landmark bill to ban the younger generation from ever smoking has cleared its first hurdle in the House of Commons. The legislation, backed...

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin says his party has made “a policy decision” not to enter coalition government with Sinn Fein after Ireland’s general...

Council services such as leisure centres and waste collection could suffer due to the cost of social care if the government goes ahead with...

This is politics but not as we know it. Up and down the country public meetings are being held where attendees speak candidly, listen...

Post Office scandal victims will wait until the end of 2024 for compensation scheme improvements or the matter will “move back to courts”, Sky...

Jobcentre reform will be at the centre of the Labour government’s plans to “get Britain working again”. Tackling the increasing number of people out...

MPs are set to vote on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill today, which the health secretary calls an “urgent intervention” to help children “avoid...

The UK is on a “slippery slope towards death on demand”, according to the justice secretary ahead of a historic Commons vote on assisted...

The UK will “set out a path” to lift defence spending to 2.5% of national income in the spring, the prime minister has said,...

“We are in unchartered territory.” Sir John Curtice understands polling like few others, but you do not have to be an expert to see...

The UK will “set out a plan” to lift defence spending to 2.5% of national income in the spring, the prime minister has said,...

The home secretary has refused to say if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he landed on British soil after an...

Anas Sarwar is “right” to distance himself from Sir Keir Starmer over the decision to scrap winter fuel payments for most pensioners, Baroness Davidson...

Former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86, following a battle with Alzheimer’s, his family has announced. The former trade union...

Long-awaited legislation to abolish England’s “feudal” leasehold property system will be published in the second half of next year, the government has confirmed in...

Some hospitals in England were within “six or seven hours” of running out of personal protective equipment in the early stages of the COVID...