Politics

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...

Michael Gove has urged pro-Palestinian protesters to question whether extremist groups are behind some of the demonstrations – days ahead of publishing a new...

Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela last month to meet the country’s controversial leader Nicolas Maduro. A spokesperson for the former prime minister confirmed the...

Never mind elections, wars, revolutions, scandals and deaths, this week marks the 40th anniversary of probably the most gripping news story I have ever...

Two serving ministers have broken cover to urge Rishi Sunak’s government to “lead the way” and increase defence spending to at least 2.5% at...

Former prime minister Theresa May has announced she will stand down as an MP at the next general election, it has been reported. In...

The UK has no “credible” plan to buy all the weapons it needs after a huge jump in the cost of the nuclear deterrent...

George Galloway’s hopes of recruiting Jeremy Corbyn to his party have been dashed after sources close to the former Labour leader dismissed the idea...

Rishi Sunak has appeared to quash lingering speculation of a May general election – saying “nothing has changed” since he last indicated it will...

Cherie Blair has revealed the advice Hillary Clinton gave to her before her husband’s landslide victory at the 1997 general election. Speaking to Sky’s...

The UK will supply 10,000 more drones to Ukraine, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has announced during his third visit to the war-torn country. The...

Jeremy Hunt has outlined his desire to abolish “unfair” national insurance tax – but admitted it “won’t happen any time soon”. The chancellor described...