Politics

Rishi Sunak has said illegal migration threatens to “overwhelm” Europe and hinted a change is needed in international law in order to tackle it....

Just Stop Oil protesters who gathered outside the home of Sir Keir Starmer to sing climate change-inspired Christmas carols have been told not to...

Former Tory MP Scott Benton has said he will appeal his recommended suspension from the House of Commons and intends to make a formal...

Software programmers, IT specialists and chefs could be in shorter supply when an increased minimum salary for skilled worker visas kicks in next year,...

A ban on social media use for under-16s has been branded “speculation” – but the government must “continue to look at” the need to...

The government has scrapped its dedicated minister for disabled people – after the previous holder of the office was moved to be legal migration...

Rishi Sunak is facing another by-election after the Commons standards committee recommended MP Scott Benton be suspended from the chamber for 35 days. Mr...

Levels of homelessness in England this Christmas are likely to be 14% higher than last year, according to analysis by Shelter. The charity has...

Less than 1% of people who have arrived in the UK on small boats since 2020 have been returned to their home country, new...

Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford has announced his resignation. Mr Drakeford made the announcement in the Senedd on Wednesday morning five years to the...

The government is still hoping it will be able to start flying asylum seekers to Rwanda in the spring, according to the home secretary....

Rishi Sunak has avoided a damaging Tory rebellion over his flagship Rwanda bill in a crunch vote in the Commons. The totemic legislation, which...

Conservative rebels are meeting later to decide how they will vote on Rishi Sunak’s Safety of Rwanda bill. The prime minister met with some...

Rishi Sunak is fighting to save his flagship Rwanda bill ahead of a crunch vote this evening that could be fatal to his authority....

The One Nation group of centrist Tory MPs have recommended its members vote for the government’s Rwanda bill tomorrow. It comes as a boost...

Medical advisers were not consulted about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme as it was deemed a “micro” policy, according to Rishi Sunak....

The prime minister appeared before the COVID inquiry today – defending his Eat Out to Help Out scheme and revealing Treasury concerns that the UK would...

Conservative MPs on the right of the party have called on the government to scrap its Rwanda bill, just 24 hours before it is...