Politics

A UN committee on disability rights has criticised the UK government’s welfare reforms, saying they will “increase poverty rates”.  In an...

Emmanuel Macron addressing parliament in the Palace of Westminster’s Royal Gallery was a highly anticipated moment in the long history of our two nations...

Emmanuel Macron has said the UK and France have a “shared responsibility” to tackle the “burden” of illegal migration, as he urged co...

Norman Tebbit, the former Tory minister who served in Margaret Thatcher’s government, has died at the age of 94. Lord Tebbit died “peacefully at...

Sophisticated drones sending “overwhelming amounts” of drugs and weapons into prisons represent a threat to national security, according to an...

Victims will no longer have to “suffer in silence”, the government has said, as it pledges to ban non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) designed to...

The education secretary has said children with special needs will “always” have a legal right to additional support as she sought to quell a...

I want to take you into the daily Downing Street briefing for political journalists to try and explain the likelihood of the government introducing a wealth...

The government has declined to rule out a “wealth tax” after former Labour leader Neil Kinnock called for one to help the UK’s dwindling...

An MP who decided until recently to “never speak” about the abuse he suffered as a child has shared his harrowing story so that “no kid has...

It might feel like it’s been even longer for the prime minister at the moment, but it’s been a whole year since Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour...

Wales should “learn” from the SNP’s successes in Scotland, according to the man who could well be the next first minister of Wales. Plaid...

On Thursday, Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf was gloating that a hard-left party led by Jeremy Corbyn meant the odds of Nigel Farage becoming PM had narrowed...

Reform MP James McMurdock has suspended himself from the party. In a statement, Reform chief whip Lee Anderson said it is over allegations around his business...

Rachel Reeves has hinted that taxes are likely to be raised this autumn after a major U-turn on the government’s controversial welfare bill. Sir Keir...

July 5 2024, 1pm: I remember the moment so clearly. Keir Starmer stepped out of his sleek black car, grasped the hand of his wife Vic, dressed in Labour red...