Politics

As an opening gambit at PMQs, Kemi Badenoch attacked Labour’s knight, the prime minister, over his Treasury queen, Rachel Reeves. “We now know the...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suffered another budget blow with a rebellion by rural Labour MPs over inheritance tax on farmers. Speaking during the final...

The UK is “really unprepared” to fight a war and has been living on a “mirage” of military strength that was shocking to discover,...

Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice has told Sky News that talks of an electoral pact with the Tories “are not happening at any...

Four mayoral elections due to take place in May 2026 are set to be postponed by two years, Sky News understands. Elections for the...

As an opening gambit at PMQs, Kemi Badenoch attacked Labour’s knight, the prime minister, over his Treasury queen, Rachel Reeves. “We now know the...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suffered another budget blow with a rebellion by rural Labour MPs over inheritance tax on farmers. Speaking during the final...

The UK is “really unprepared” to fight a war and has been living on a “mirage” of military strength that was shocking to discover,...

“Systematic failures” led to the Chinese spy case collapsing – and there’s a risk they could be repeated, a parliamentary inquiry has said. A...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suffered another budget blow with a rebellion by rural Labour MPs over inheritance tax on farmers. Speaking during the final...

Sir Brian Leveson, who conducted the independent review of the courts system that guided the government’s decision to reduce on jury trials, has suggested...

The UK government has again delayed its decision over whether to approve a Chinese “super embassy” in London until January. A decision over the...

An influential parliamentary committee is launching an inquiry into the Crown Estate – the vast range of properties and land owned by the monarchy....

Over a third of people think Rachel Reeves exaggerated economic bad news in the run-up to the budget – twice as many as thought...

Sir Keir Starmer has warned China poses “real national security threats to the United Kingdom”. But the prime minister also described China as a...

The chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has resigned after an investigation into the leak of last week’s budget criticised the watchdog’s...

Sir Keir Starmer has warned China poses “real national security threats to the United Kingdom”. But the prime minister also described China as a...

Did the chancellor mislead the public, and her own cabinet, before the budget? It’s a good question, and we’ll come to it in a...

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in jail for corruption in Bangladesh. Ms Siddiq was accused of obtaining plots of...