Politics

The US State Department has accused the UK of having “significant human rights issues”, including restrictions on free speech. The unflattering assessment comes via...

As a milestone is reached of 50,000 migrants crossing the Channel since he became prime minister, Keir Starmer finds himself in a familiar place...

Campaigners have criticised a change to the rules around declarations of interest in the House of Lords as a “retrograde step” which will lead...

The number of people who have illegally crossed the Channel on small boats under the Labour government is on the brink of passing 50,000....

Yvette Cooper has defended the arrest of more than 500 people for holding signs supporting Palestine Action. The home secretary said protesters over the...

Wes Streeting has defended plans to make over 70s take compulsory eye tests every three years – which could see them banned from driving...

A hostile environment era deportation policy for criminals is being expanded by the Labour government as it continues its migration crackdown. The government wants...

Foreign criminals will be deported from the UK immediately after they are sentenced, the justice secretary has said. The law change proposed by Shabana...

The UK and four allies have criticised Israel’s decision to launch a new large-scale military operation in Gaza – warning it will “aggravate the...

JD Vance has said he does not want the UK to go down a “very dark path” of losing free speech during a meeting...

MP Rupert Lowe alerted the coastguard to potential migrants on a boat – who turned out to be a charity rowing crew. The independent...

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has resigned after reportedly hiking the rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds – something described by...

The economy is stagnating and job losses are mounting. Now is the time to cut interest rates again. That was the view of the...

A shocking revelation was unearthed by the i Paper on Thursday that homelessness minister Rushanara Ali had evicted her tenants before hiking up the...

The chancellor has declined to rule out raising taxes on gambling after a thinktank said the move could raise £3.2bn for the public coffers...

Diane Gall’s husband, Martyn, had been out on a morning bike ride with his friends on their usual route one winter morning in November...

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has told Sky News that councils that believe they don’t have a problem with grooming gangs are “idiots” – as...

A cabinet minister has said attempts to deport asylum seekers could be delayed in the courts, amid confusion over whether there is a human...