Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said he will look at plans to revive the northern section of HS2 through private investment with “an open mind”...
Politics
The Conservatives have “opened themselves up” to allegations that changes to voter ID rules were designed to benefit them, the head of the...
Wales’s first minister Mark Drakeford has said he was “genuinely baffled” Rishi Sunak did not call him to discuss plans to support people...
“Fiscal headroom”. It is a desperately boring term, meaningless to many. Yet this bit of economic jargon may well have the power to swing the next...
Rishi Sunak has said the UK is “not seeking a confrontation” with Yemen’s Houthi fighters, but it will strike again if their attacks in the...
A government minister has hit out at a BBC satirical show for being “completely biased” in the latest allegation from the Conservatives about the...
Government borrowing came in sharply lower than expected last month, boosting the chancellor’s aim of pre-election giveaways in his March budget. Data...
Labour’s David Lammy has pledged to work with Donald Trump if both take power in upcoming elections – despite previously calling the 45th president...
If anyone doubted the strength of opposition to Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda policy in the House of Lords, there shouldn’t be any doubt now. Peers voted by...
The House of Lords has defied Rishi Sunak to vote against the ratification of the UK’s new treaty with Rwanda – in what could prove a damaging...
Rishi Sunak has insisted his plan to expand free childcare will go ahead despite facing “practical issues” in the run up to the rollout. There have...
Jeremy Hunt has compared himself to tax-cutting former chancellor Nigel Lawson as he suggested using his spring budget to “relieve pressure on...
Isaac Levido, the man in charge of the Conservative general election campaign, did not hold back. “Let me be clear,” he briefed Tory MPs at a...
Ofcom’s oversight of the BBC will be extended under reforms aimed at bolstering confidence in the impartiality of the corporation. The communications...
Water company bosses have awarded themselves over £25m in bonuses and incentives since the last general election, according to analysis by Labour. The analysis...
Rishi Sunak will seek to refocus attention on the economy this week amid questions about how long his chancellor will remain in post. Downing Street issued a...
