Politics

Welfare versus warfare: for decades, it’s a question to which successive prime ministers have responded with one answer. After the end of the Cold War...

Emmanuel Macron has said France will recognise Palestine as a state later this year. The French leader announced the major change of policy in a letter to the...

A new tool for monitoring violence against women and girls (VAWG) has drawn a mixed reaction from campaigners as the government seeks to halve its levels...

The head of the UK’s biggest mortgage lender has said he expects two more interest rate cuts this year, making borrowing cheaper. Chief executive of...

Sir Keir Starmer has sent a warning to Labour MPs who have rebelled against the government after suspending four MPs. The prime minister suffered his largest...

Essex Police has strongly denied claims by Nigel Farage it “bussed” counter-demonstrators to a protest outside a migrant hotel in Epping. The...

As India and Britain look set to sign a free trade agreement (FTA), some industries are disappointed and want a level playing field.  The Indian cabinet has...

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a nine-day deadline to avoid Labour MPs being banned from Sikh events and gurdwaras. Hundreds of Sikh groups are threatening to...

Conservative Senedd member Laura Anne Jones has joined Reform UK. The announcement of the party’s first member of the Senedd was made at the Royal Welsh...

Pressure is growing to renegotiate or leave an international convention blamed for slowing building projects and increasing costs after a judge warned...

Faced with a challenging set of numbers, the chancellor is having to make difficult choices with political consequences. Tax rises and spending cuts are a hard...

London and the UK’s leading status in the global financial system is “fragile”, the boss of Goldman Sachs has warned, as the government...

OpenAI has signed a deal with the government to use artificial intelligence (AI) in an effort to increase department efficiency. The new partnership will...

Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair was urged to pay back thousands of pounds worth of discounts he received on designer clothes, according to newly-released...

More victims of the infected blood scandal will qualify for compensation while others will get higher awards under changes to the scheme. The new rules mean...

The government is investing £63m in new types of jet fuel that it hopes will make your summer holiday a little more eco-friendly – though not everyone is...