Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill will become Northern Ireland’s first nationalist first minister when the power-sharing government is restored...
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The government is offering £1,000 to new childcare staff amid concerns about the rollout of free childcare hours in just two months’ time. Nurseries and...
Margaret Thatcher was the Iron Lady, Theresa May was “strong and stable” and on Thursday, Rachel Reeves sought to emulate aspects of both these...
Rachel Reeves has refused to commit to Labour’s pledge of investing £28bn in green technologies if her party wins the next election. Asked 10 times by...
A Conservative minister quitting parliament over a raft of death threats and abuse has told Sky News: “There comes a point when you just have to say...
Labour’s Rachel Reeves wants to be the next chancellor. She’s used an event in London to try to convince hundreds of business leaders that her...
MPs have approved the government’s plan to revive the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland, despite some unhappiness from unionists in Westminster...
The Speaker of the House of Commons has urged MPs to “treat each other in a much better way” after a long-standing MP said he was standing down...
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has rejected Nicola Sturgeon’s claim she did not seek to politicise the pandemic – claiming he “didn’t...
Rachel Reeves has defended her decision not to restore a cap on bankers’ bonuses, arguing businesses do not need “more chopping and changing”...
A government minister who avoided being murdered “by the skin of my teeth” is stepping down as an MP at the next general election over fears for...
Council services will be at risk if the government doesn’t step in to “fix the £4bn hole” in local authority finances, MPs have warned. The...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Jeremy Hunt should not be planning to cut taxes any time soon. In what will be seen as a bombshell intervention...
“Any British government needs to pay attention to Ireland,” Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said. “I would dearly like the Tory...
Lord David Cameron has faced a backlash from Conservative MPs after he suggested the UK was moving towards recognising a Palestinian state. Speaking to the...
The UK and France have agreed to “closer cooperation” to tackle illegal migration after two of the countries’ ministers held talks in Paris...
