The justice secretary has not ruled out shortening the sentences of violent offenders in a drive to create more space in an over-stretched prison system...
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Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled what he says is a major transport boost to stop the North being “held to ransom” by a Victorian-era system. The prime...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement this week. Now we’ve heard the detail we’ve picked out three key policy areas from...
Child poverty is set to increase under a Labour government for the first time in history and an “alternative path” is needed to stop the rise of...
Labour MPs have expressed concern about potential plans to cut or scrap a tax paid by tech giants to stave off the threat of Donald Trump’s tariffs. The...
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “keep all options on the table” after Donald Trump imposed a “very concerning” 25% tariff on all imported...
JD Vance is less liked among the UK public than Donald Trump, Sir Keir Starmer or any other major UK politician, a new poll shared with Sky News has found...
The average family could be £1,400 a year worse off by the end of the decade, new analysis suggests. Frozen tax thresholds, rising mortgage and rent costs, and...
The civil service is to be told to cut more than £2bn from its budget as part of the government’s spending review. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected...
The government is considering sending failed asylum seekers, including those arriving on small boats, to overseas ‘migrant hubs’, Sky News...
Ousted Reform MP Rupert Lowe has said Nigel Farage must “never be prime minister” after leaked messages came to light reigniting the party’s...
Vladimir Putin will break any peace agreement with Ukraine that is not “defended” by an international coalition of forces, the British prime...
The chancellor’s update on the economy next week is not going to be an emergency budget in its truest sense. But it will be a moment when the sirens...
The government can’t “shrug its shoulders” and pretend the welfare system is “progressive”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he...
The foreign secretary has said it is “difficult to see” how Israel denying aid to Gaza can be compatible with international law. The remarks in the...
“Almost every” council the Conservatives won in 2021 could be lost in this year’s local elections, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has conceded...
