Politics

The Conservative Party is a step closer to choosing a replacement for Rishi Sunak after picking a new leader of its backbench group. Bob...

Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the “most diverse parliament by race and gender” in his first speech as prime minister in the House of...

Sir Keir Starmer has said his government will have a “different way of doing politics” as he toured the UK’s nations in his first...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced mandatory housing targets and an end to the onshore wind ban to get “Britain building again”. The UK’s first...

Relations between London and Edinburgh have been severely strained for years. The messy relationship soured dramatically in the Boris Johnson era, with public spats...

Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are here with their guide to the day ahead in politics. They discuss how...

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “hit the ground running” with a focus on delivery from day one after returning his party to government...

The Labour government has made a swathe of announcements as it enters its first full week in power, including plans to liberalise planning laws,...

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “hit the ground running” with a focus on delivery from day one after returning his party to government...

Labour is already working to build closer ties with the European Union, Sir Keir Starmer has said as he continues his tour of the...

Defence Secretary John Healey has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with the Labour government making a new pledge on sending arms to Ukraine....

The government is to divert tens of millions of pounds from the Rwanda scheme to set up a new Border Security Command (BSC), as...

Former Tory cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has said the public was “right” to vote his party out of government, adding that now was the...

Sir Keir Starmer will begin his tour of the UK nations with a visit to Scotland today where he will meet the country’s first...

Suella Braverman has issued a scathing verdict as to why the Conservatives lost the election, blaming Rishi Sunak for pursuing an “idiotic strategy” that...

So it’s “Call me Keir”, is it? Sounds very informal. But we shouldn’t be fooled. “I’m very happy to be called Keir or prime...

It’s a gloomy and grey morning in Witney town centre. Raindrops pour down Cotswold stone and bounce from the pavements. This dismal July scene...

The new prime minister has announced he will be visiting all four nations of the UK arguing he had secured a nationwide mandate with...