Politics

Rishi Sunak appears to have ruled out returning money to a Tory donor who allegedly said Diane Abbott made him “want to hate all...

A Conservative minister says he does not believe his party’s biggest donor is a racist, despite alleged comments he made about former Labour MP...

Growth returned in the UK economy in January, according to official figures. The measure of everything produced in the UK – a metric called...

A law aimed at quashing the wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal is being introduced by the government later....

Zarah Sultana starts every event she attends the same way. She has to log the date, location and time into a little mechanical device...

Sir Keir Starmer has promised Dame Esther Rantzen that he will allow a vote on assisted dying in the next parliament if he wins...

Migrants who have been refused asylum in the UK will be offered thousands of pounds to move to Rwanda under a new “voluntary” scheme...

Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said alleged comments made about Diane Abbott by a Tory donor were “racist” – but that there should be...

Rishi Sunak had a private meeting with the chairman of the 1922 backbench committee on Monday, Sky News can reveal. The prime minister saw...

Businessman Frank Hester has been widely condemned after the emergence of comments he allegedly made about Diane Abbott. Hackney MP Ms Abbott has since...

The leader of Reform UK has hinted at further defections to his party following the high-profile move of former Conservative deputy chair Lee Anderson....

A minister has refused to say if the Conservatives should return money to one of its biggest donors, after reports Frank Hester said former...

Former Conservative deputy chair Lee Anderson has defected to Reform UK, becoming the party’s first MP in the Commons. Mr Anderson, who took the...

Tom Tugendhat, the security minister, has told Sky News he wants to see defence spending reach 2.5% of GDP “now – as soon as...

Michael Gove is poised to unveil a new definition of extremism amid jitters in government at his plan. The Politics at Jack and Sam’s...

More than £117m of taxpayers’ money will be spent to protect mosques, Muslim faith schools and community centres from hate attacks, the government has...

Far-right and Islamist threats made the man set to be the UK’s next anti-Muslim hatred adviser withdraw before being appointed. Fiyaz Mughal, founder and...

Labour will not bail out bankrupt councils, the shadow chancellor has said. “I’m not going to be able to fix all the problems straightaway,”...

A cabinet minister has failed to name which groups or individuals would fall under the upcoming revised definition of extremist groups. Health Secretary Victoria...