Almost all small boat arrivals who claimed asylum in the UK over the last year are still waiting for a decision from the Home Office, figures show. In the year...
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Labour’s plan to increase detention capacity is unlikely to stop small boat crossings and the “only real solution” is a deal with the EU, the...
Robert Jenrick has said he would be “delighted” to include Boris Johnson in his shadow cabinet if he won the Tory leadership contest. The former...
Official data shows government borrowing in July was above expectations and at its highest since the pandemic. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)...
Brazil has awarded special protected status to Scotch whisky – with the UK’s trade secretary toasting the decision by visiting a distillery in...
Thousands of prisoners languishing in prison indefinitely deserve “justice” and should be resentenced as a priority, the UN’s leading torture...
Giving workers the “right to switch off” is key to productivity and could boost economic growth, Downing Street said. Labour has promised to give...
Pensioners are being urged to check if they are eligible for the winter fuel allowance after universal payments were scrapped. Last month Chancellor Rachel...
The Scottish government has announced it will no longer hold meetings with Israeli ambassadors until “real progress has been made towards peace” in...
Conservative Party deputy chair Matthew Vickers has resigned from his role in order to back Robert Jenrick in the Conservative Party leadership contest. Mr...
The Conservatives are demanding an investigation into Labour’s appointment of several senior civil servants since the election, which the Opposition...
A British diplomat has resigned over claims continued arm sales to Israel could be making the UK “complicit in war crimes”. Mark Smith, who worked...
The education secretary has said the rollout of 30 hours’ free childcare by 2025 “will go ahead” but some parents might not get their first...
An emergency plan to avoid overcrowding in jails is expected to be triggered today, Sky News understands. Operation Early Dawn is a long-standing plan that...
Labour has urged rail union leaders to “get around the table” as drivers threaten fresh strikes despite a recent pay rise offer from the government...
Clapping for the NHS in the COVID pandemic may have been “dangerous” because “no organisation can be a national religion”, the health...
