Politics

The Labour manifesto never did add up. On the one hand, Keir Starmer vowed there would be “no return to austerity” under his government,...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will promise to “invest, invest, invest” in Labour’s first budget for 15 years. Ms Reeves – who is set to stand...

‘Everyone in cabinet’ knew the Rwanda deportation bill would not work, according to Conservative leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick. Speaking to the Politics Hub With...

The minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over will rise by 6.7% to £12.21 – with pay for those aged 18 to...

Budgets are all about numbers. In the coming 24 hours, we’ll be engulfed with all sorts of figures – about the state of the...

Former Conservative MP Aaron Bell carried out “brazen and drunken” sexual misconduct in the parliament bar, a watchdog has found. Parliament’s standards watchdog found...

The budget will deliver billions of pounds of new funding for the NHS to unlock two million extra appointments a year, the government has...

Kemi Badenoch has suggested she will offer all six candidates in the Tory leadership race a job in her shadow cabinet if she is...

Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed there will be tax rises in the budget to prevent a “devastating return to austerity” and rebuild public services....

Sir Keir Starmer has called footage of a Labour MP punching someone “shocking” – but declined to say if he should resign. In a...

Mike Amesbury has been suspended by the Labour Party after CCTV footage showed him punching a man in the street. A Labour Party spokesperson...

The Labour government’s first budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” but “better days are ahead”, Sir Keir Starmer will say in...

Briefings and speculation are rife over what will be included in the chancellor’s budget on Wednesday, particularly the scale of tax rises. The biggest...

New CCTV footage shows Labour MP Mike Amesbury punching a man in the street. The new video, obtained by MailOnline, shows the MP for...

Mayors are set to be one of the big winners in the budget after Sir Keir Starmer personally intervened to ensure they have more...

Sir Keir Starmer has denied misleading the public in the general election after hinting at tax rises for those who own shares and assets....

In a classic piece of political understatement, a government source justified the coming £20bn rise in employer national insurance as “asking businesses to help...

A Labour MP has said he was involved in an incident where he “felt threatened” and is cooperating with police. Mike Amesbury, the MP...

Sir Keir Starmer has downplayed the prominence of reparations for slavery being addressed at a Commonwealth summit, saying “none of the discussions have been...