Politics

Ministers share the “same frustrations” over the Gaza war as protesters, Wes Streeting has said. The health secretary said Prime Minister Sir Keir...

The expansion of free school meals is a “down payment” on the plan to lift children out of poverty, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he did not rule...

Kemi Badenoch is to launch a review into whether the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) – and set out plans to revive a...

👉Listen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’s Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy serve up their essential guide...

A week today, Rachel Reeves presents the spending review; how the budget is divided between government departments between 2026 and 2029 – the bulk of...

Voters in South Lanarkshire will go to the polls on Thursday to elect a new MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse. The by-election comes following the...

Charities and school leaders have welcomed free school meals being opened up to more than half a million extra children. The government has announced it will...

Next week, the chancellor will unveil the first spending review since 2021. It will set Whitehall budgets for the remainder of this parliament and it will be a...

The government has said it is “appalled” by reports of Palestinians being killed while trying to access aid sites in Gaza. Foreign Office minister...

Rachel Reeves has confirmed more pensioners will be eligible for winter fuel payments this year – but confusion remains over how the threshold could be...

Rachel Reeves has said £15.6bn will go towards regional transport projects in next week’s spending review, but there are other “good things”...

The UK must rebuild its military and get the whole country ready for war as the threat of conflict with a nuclear power like Russia or China is real, a major...

Barely a day after lift-off for the Strategic Defence Review, there are serious questions about whether the government needs to go further. It has emerged...

A suspected criminal gang accused of helping more than 200 migrants from Botswana enter the UK illegally over a two-year period has been targeted in a series...

The UK will be forced to agree this month to increase defence spending to 3.5% of national income within a decade as part of a NATO push to rearm and keep the...

Nigel Farage has successfully exploited the Commons recess to “grab the mic” and “dominate” the agenda, Harriet Harman has said...