Politics

A former Bank of England governor has criticised potential proposals for a mansion tax, saying the government lacks a “coherent strategy” on the economy....

Justice Secretary David Lammy has said an exclusive Sky News interview will be used as part of an independent inquiry into how migrant Hadush...

Shoulders will have begun to fall in Number 10 today after the news broke that the convicted sex offender somehow released in error has...

The prime minister has said the migrant who was mistakenly released from prison and found again will be deported following an error that Reform...

The health secretary has compared the collapse of Labour’s vote in the Caerphilly by-election to the party’s defeat in Hartlepool in 2021 – when...

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell promised to be Sir Keir Starmer’s ally. Yet in her victory speech she criticised his government and its...

Lucy Powell has been elected as the deputy leader of the Labour Party. But who is she and what does she stand for? Powell...

Lucy Powell’s had quite the political comeback. Sacked from cabinet by the prime minister but weeks ago, she’s back with her own powerbase and...

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell promised to be Sir Keir Starmer’s ally. Yet in her victory speech she criticised his government and its...

Cutting the annual allowance for cash ISAs could backfire in multiple ways, an influential group of MPs has warned the government. For months, speculation...

A reference to China being an “enemy” of the UK was removed from key evidence for a collapsed spy trial in 2023 as it...

Lindsay Whittle stood for election in Caerphilly 13 times since 1983 – and on the 14th attempt, he finally succeeded. In the process, the...

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s Your Party gained its first Scottish councillors after three Green councillors and one of the party’s top candidates in...

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips can repair relations with grooming gang survivors so the inquiry can go ahead, Harriet Harman has said. A row over...

Plaid Cymru have won the by-election in the Senedd seat of Caerphilly for the first time. The Welsh nationalist party secured 15,960 votes –...

In a by-election in the birthplace of the comedian Tommy Cooper, it was Plaid Cymru that had the last laugh. During the campaign, Nigel...

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips can repair relations with grooming gang survivors so the inquiry can go ahead, Harriet Harman has said. A row over...

Plaid Cymru have won the by-election in the Senedd seat of Caerphilly for the first time. The Welsh nationalist party secured 15,960 votes –...

In 1645, the stronghold of Caerphilly’s famous medieval castle was besieged and captured by the forces of Oliver Cromwell. And as the polls closed...