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...
Getty Images Robert Jenrick has been on a political journey and looks to be a man in a hurry. An MP at the age of 32, he arrived at Westminster as the first Conservative in 25 years to hold a seat for...
Tories continue questions over Taylor Swift police escort Getty Images Senior Conservatives have continued to question the government over the police escorts Taylor Swift received to her concerts at W...
PA Media Sir Tom Hunter says the former first minister and his family deserve “dignity and privacy” Businessman and philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter has paid for the plane flying Alex Salmond’s body home...
Ministers are giving magistrates new sentencing powers in an effort to ease record delays to criminal trials, despite the fact that they are likely to temporarily push the prison population back up. M...
