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...
Former Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay has been formally introduced in the House of Lords as Baron Mackinlay of Richborough. By taking up his peerage he becomes the first quadruple amputee to sit in t...
PA Media Conservative leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick has said he would reduce benefits spending in order to enable cuts to income tax. In a speech, the former minister said unemployed claimants sho...
Reuters Jimmy Lai arriving in court in 2023 Securing the release of pro-democracy activist and British citizen Jimmy Lai from a Hong Kong prison is a “priority” for the government, Sir Keir Starmer ha...
Inquiry announced after carers forced to repay benefits Getty Images The government has announced an independent review into Carer’s Allowance overpayments, after families were forced to pay back thou...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the idea of assisted dying “dangerous” and suggested it would lead to a “slippery slope” where more people would feel compelled to have their life ended medical...
Getty Images Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to replace the House of Lords with an elected chamber Over hundreds of years, the House of Lords has had its fair share of scrapes with extinct...
Downing Street has denied Sir Keir Starmer received free Taylor Swift tickets as a “thank you” for the singer getting a police escort to her concerts at Wembley in August. Swift was given a motorbike ...
In the Budget on 30 October, Chancellor Rachel Reeves might be about to raise National Insurance (NI) – a form of tax – on employers. This could be by charging NI on an employer’s contributions to wor...
