Politics

Victims of the infected blood scandal will get £210,000 as an interim compensation payment from as early as this summer, the government has announced....

Victims of the infected blood scandal have called for former health secretary Ken Clarke to be stripped of his peerage. Lord Clarke was heavily...

The government will outline how it plans to compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal when it makes a statement in...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has offered a “wholehearted and unequivocal” apology to the victims of the infected blood scandal, saying it was a “day...

After decades of denial, gaslighting and a chilling cover-up of the plight that befell thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal, finally an...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologised to the victims of the infected blood scandal, saying it was a “day of shame for the British...

The defence secretary has said he is “angry inside” over the infected blood scandal ahead of a long-waited report into the decades-long injustice. Grant...

Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has told Sky News that Britain is ready for a change of government after scolding the Conservatives over their handling...

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said he won’t be standing at the next general election but will keep campaigning for the Conservative Party....

A Tory peer has resigned the government whip after he was found to have bullied and harassed two people while drunk. Lord Kulveer Ranger,...

Jeremy Hunt has pledged to cut national insurance again in the autumn “if we can afford” it. The chancellor has lowered the tax twice...

Jeremy Hunt will promise further tax cuts if the Tories win the next general election and will accuse the Labour Party of not being...

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he can be trusted to deliver his six pledges to voters – despite abandoning many of the promises that...

Sir Keir Starmer will outline his “first steps” for government at a launch event to kickstart the next phase of Labour’s campaign for the...

Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer are both facing a historic lack of popularity among ethnically diverse communities, new polling suggests. While ethnically diverse...

Children in the UK are suffering “the highest levels of poverty in living memory” – with basic toiletries including shampoo, soap and toothpaste now...

Age limits are set to be imposed for the first time on when children can be taught sex education, according to reports. Under the...

The UK will spend £140m next year helping starving people in Yemen who are suffering one of the most “acute humanitarian crises in the world”,...

Landlords have been accused of “holding parliament hostage” with the threat of selling up to stop tenants’ rights from being strengthened. A fresh row...