Politics

James Cleverly has admitted to calling a Labour MP “s***” – but denied describing Stockton-on-Tees as a “s***hole”, a source has said. The home...

Net migration to the UK has risen to 672,000 in the year to June 2023 – up from 607,000 for the previous year, the...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has insisted his tax cuts are about “long-term growth” for the economy, calling it “silly” to think they were instead about...

Jeremy Hunt has acknowledged it will “take time” to bring taxes down, but he had “made a start” with his autumn statement. The chancellor...

Here are the main announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement to MPs: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts an average inflation rate...

There is “no doubt” the Falkland Islands are British, Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson has said, after Argentina’s new president vowed to “get them back”. Javier...

National Insurance is to be cut by two percentage points, the chancellor has announced in his autumn statement – as he pledged to “honour...

Here are some of the main announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement to MPs: This will be updated as more information comes in…...

Public sector borrowing reached the second highest level for any October since records began, according to official figures, casting doubt on the prime minister’s...

Jeremy Hunt will claim the economy is “back on track” in an autumn statement that is expected to prioritise tax cuts and economic growth....

Public sector borrowing reached the second highest level for any October since records began, according to official figures, casting doubt on the prime minister’s...

Rishi Sunak thought the government should “just let people die” rather than see the country go into another lockdown, Dominic Cummings is said to...

Sir Patrick Vallance today detailed the tug of war in government in the run up to the first and second lockdowns – and in...

Professor Sir Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, will be the latest high-profile figure to reveal his first-hand experience of the COVID pandemic when...

Boris Johnson was left “bamboozled” by the science around COVID, according to the government’s then chief scientific adviser. Extracts from Sir Patrick Vallance’s diaries...

Rishi Sunak has promised he will cut taxes now the government has achieved its pledge to halve inflation by the end of the year....

Nigel Farage made his debut on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! by sticking his head through the window of a campervan...

An MP found guilty of racial abuse has announced he will stand down at the next election. Bob Stewart, who has represented the London...