Eddie Izzard has failed in her latest bid to represent the Labour Party as an MP at the next general election. The 61-year-old comedian and activist announced...
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An MP who has family members she says are trapped in a church in Gaza is worried they will not survive until Christmas. Layla Moran told Sky News that around...
Grant Shapps and Mark Harper are the most trusted public faces of this government, according to new research for the Politics at Jack and Sam’s podcast...
Rishi Sunak was “absolutely right” to issue a warning that immigration could “overwhelm” Europe, one of his ministers has claimed. The...
Baroness Michelle Mone has admitted she stands to benefit from a contract between the government and PPE firm Medpro. The Conservative peer and Ultimo bra...
Plans to modernise spiking laws will be set out in the coming days. Ministers have come under pressure to make needle and drink spiking a specific offence...
Rishi Sunak has said illegal migration threatens to “overwhelm” Europe and hinted a change is needed in international law in order to tackle it...
Software programmers, IT specialists and chefs could be in shorter supply when an increased minimum salary for skilled worker visas kicks in next year...
Former Conservative MP Scott Benton has said he will appeal his recommended suspension from parliament and intends to make a formal complaint over it. The...
Just Stop Oil protesters who gathered outside the home of Sir Keir Starmer to sing climate change-inspired Christmas carols have been told not to return to the...
NatWest says an external review has found no evidence of political or other such discrimination in the closure of customer accounts at its Coutts arm, amid the...
A council has warned it could be forced to declare bankruptcy after the government’s “devastating” decision to cancel the northern leg of HS2...
Social media ban for under-16s ‘speculation’ – but ‘right’ we look at potential harms, says minister
A ban on social media use for under-16s has been branded “speculation” – but the government must “continue to look at” the need...
A former minister has been described as “heroic” after he intervened to help a homeless man who was being attacked near Parliament. David Davis...
The government has been told to be more open and honest about the state of the NHS if it wants to reduce record waiting lists. As of August, 7.75 million...
The government has scrapped its dedicated minister for disabled people – after the previous holder of the office was moved to be legal migration minister...