Politics

Police are preparing for a surge in crime if the Labour government’s plans to overhaul prison sentences go ahead – with hundreds of thousands...

The charitable view of the latest prison release blunder that has plunged the government into another political crisis is that it’s extremely bad luck...

Another foreign prisoner is on the run after being mistakenly released, Sky News has learnt. The error at HMP Wandsworth in south London happened...

A small boat migrant has been sent back to France for a second time in less than two months. The man was initially sent...

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has told Sky News the AI sector is a “long, long away” from a Big Short-style collapse. Speaking outside Downing...

The UK is facing an “economic inactivity crisis” as employers are losing an estimated £85bn a year in costs linked to sickness and poor...

Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out breaking her manifesto pledge not to raise certain taxes, as she lays the groundwork ahead of the...

Sir Keir Starmer says AI will improve public services, put money in your pocket, create jobs and improve your children’s future. Politicians are betting...

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have hinted at tax rises to come when the chancellor delivers the budget later this month. In a...

Strangulation pornography will be banned following a review which found such images have helped to establish it as a sexual norm. The possession and publication...

Your Party membership stands at 50,000, Sky News can reveal. The figure is well short of the 800,000 people who expressed interest when it...

Nigel Farage has said Reform UK could cut the minimum wage for young people, saying there is “an argument” that it is currently “too...

The transport secretary has ruled out installing airport-style security scanners in stations, following an alleged stabbing attack on a train on Saturday evening. Speaking...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said she is “rebuilding” the party as she marks her first year in the job. Ms Badenoch also said...

A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Tories after becoming “uncomfortable” with Nigel Farage’s party. James Buchan said he wanted to be able...

Sir Keir Starmer has said Rachel Reeves will face no further action over her “inadvertent failure” to obtain a rental licence for her south...

Only a quarter of people think immigration is an important issue locally – and concern about it is “a manufactured panic,” it has been...

Rachel Reeves was never going to resign over her failure to apply for a permit to rent out her house in south London. She...

Kemi Badenoch has said hacking into Harriet Harman’s website when she was younger is “not the same” as Rachel Reeves failing to get a...