Reuters David Lammy’s meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi comes three months after Labour returned to power Labour declared after the election that “Britain is back” on the world stage after...
The government has said there will not be an apology over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa next week. A Do...
The government has said there will not be an apology over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa next week. A Dow...
Getty Images Murray Foote (left) with SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, became the party’s chief executive in August 2023 The SNP’s chief executive is quitting the post after 14 months. Murray Foo...
The government says “radical” reform of the system for getting people off sick back into work will help it slash the welfare bill. Government sources have confirmed Labour is looking to “deliver savin...
Watch: Alex Salmond’s coffin being flown home to Scotland The body of Alex Salmond, Scotland’s former first minister, has arrived back in Scotland on a plane which landed at Aberdeen Airport. His coff...
You can learn a lot about modern election campaigns by looking at the rows about TV debates. And the current Conservative leadership race is no different. The two candidates Kemi Badenoch and Robert J...
Getty Images Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver Labour’s first Budget on Wednesday 30 October. She has already warned that it will involve “difficult decisions” on tax, spending and benefits. Prime...
GB News/PA Media Conservative leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has criticised a Tory MP who said he wouldn’t choose her as leader as she is “preoccupied with her own children”. Sir Christopher Chope t...
Tourism hotspot cuts council tax on second homes Getty Images A 200% council tax premium introduced in April trebled bills One of Wales’ tourism hotspots has voted to make it cheaper to own a second h...
BBC Ed Miliband promoted a “skills passport” to help North Sea workers to transition to renewables jobs The UK’s energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has denied avoiding the UK’s oil and gas sector for more...
Northamptonshire Police Lucy Connolly was being held on remand at HMP Peterborough prior to the hearing The wife of a Conservative councillor has been jailed for 31 months after calling for hotels hou...
