Politics

The prime minister has said the migrant who was mistakenly released from prison and found again will be deported following an error that Reform...

The health secretary has compared the collapse of Labour’s vote in the Caerphilly by-election to the party’s defeat in Hartlepool in 2021 – when...

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell promised to be Sir Keir Starmer’s ally. Yet in her victory speech she criticised his government and its...

Lucy Powell has been elected as the deputy leader of the Labour Party. But who is she and what does she stand for? Powell...

Lucy Powell’s had quite the political comeback. Sacked from cabinet by the prime minister but weeks ago, she’s back with her own powerbase and...

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell promised to be Sir Keir Starmer’s ally. Yet in her victory speech she criticised his government and its...

Cutting the annual allowance for cash ISAs could backfire in multiple ways, an influential group of MPs has warned the government. For months, speculation...

A reference to China being an “enemy” of the UK was removed from key evidence for a collapsed spy trial in 2023 as it...

Lindsay Whittle stood for election in Caerphilly 13 times since 1983 – and on the 14th attempt, he finally succeeded. In the process, the...

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s Your Party gained its first Scottish councillors after three Green councillors and one of the party’s top candidates in...

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips can repair relations with grooming gang survivors so the inquiry can go ahead, Harriet Harman has said. A row over...

Plaid Cymru have won the by-election in the Senedd seat of Caerphilly for the first time. The Welsh nationalist party secured 15,960 votes –...

In a by-election in the birthplace of the comedian Tommy Cooper, it was Plaid Cymru that had the last laugh. During the campaign, Nigel...

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips can repair relations with grooming gang survivors so the inquiry can go ahead, Harriet Harman has said. A row over...

Plaid Cymru have won the by-election in the Senedd seat of Caerphilly for the first time. The Welsh nationalist party secured 15,960 votes –...

In 1645, the stronghold of Caerphilly’s famous medieval castle was besieged and captured by the forces of Oliver Cromwell. And as the polls closed...

The London property market is in crisis with “nothing like enough new homes being built”, forcing the government to water down targets for affordable...

Sir Keir Starmer has backed his under-fire safeguarding minister to continue leading the government’s efforts to set up a national inquiry into grooming gangs...

The government is refusing to make time in parliament for MPs to debate the conduct of Prince Andrew amid a flood of new allegations...