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Senedd politician Laura Anne Jones has defected from the Tories to Reform, Nigel Farage announces. Source link
Joe Pike Political correspondent Getty Images Former Unite boss Len McCluskey enjoyed private jet flights and football...
Lewis Adams BBC News, Essex CPS Howard Phillips was “infatuated” with MI5 and MI6, according to his...
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said he is appalled and sickened by the plight of civilians in...
Warwickshire County Council has formally appointed a teenager to run the £2bn local authority. Reform’s George Finch,...
Senedd politician Laura Anne Jones has defected from the Conservatives to Reform, Nigel Farage has announced. Jones...
Getty Images President Trump will visit Scotland from 25 to 29 July The organisation that represents rank-and-file...
Mariam Issimdar BBC News, Suffolk Sizewell C The government has said it will invest £14.2bn into the...
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch is set to reshuffle her shadow cabinet on Tuesday. Sir James Cleverly,...
Gang leaders and companies selling small boat equipment will be named this week as the first targets...
The government has said it is making “substantial changes” to the compensation scheme for thousands of victims...
Sanchia Berg News correspondent AFP PHOTO/POOL/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI via Getty Images Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair and his...
Getty Images File photo shows British Army soldiers patrolling with Afghan National Army soldiers in Helmand Province...
Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images Ministers who leave office following a “serious breach” of ministerial rules...
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has proposed sending some prisoners overseas to serve their sentences, as part...
Becky Morton Political reporter Jeff Overs/BBC Nigel Farage has accused some council officials of obstructing the work...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter Getty Images The first schools in England to install what the government described...
PA Media A powerful new criminal offence to target suspects who are found to be preparing mass...
PA Media The number of times sewage is discharged by water companies will be halved by 2030,...
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC Who is in charge? You might think the answer...
Andy Mitchell Local Democracy Reporting Service BBC George Finch says existing staff have been unable to bring...
Rob England Data Journalist, BBC Verify Jack Fenwick Political correspondent EPA The government spent nearly a third...
Abbott suspended by Labour Party pending investigation into her comments about racism Source link
David Wallace Lockhart BBC Scotland political correspondent Getty Images John Swinney is attempting a balancing act on...
Sir Keir Starmer speaks about how reshaping government works with communities. Source link
Sam Francis Political reporter UK Parliament A government minister has rejected Diane Abbott’s claim that the Labour...
How one Lib Dem MP persuaded ministers to change the law within a year of being elected....
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Ed Hill was elected as a Reform UK councillor on...
Former defence secretary Grant Shapps has defended the decision to keep secret a data breach involving the...
Kerry Ashdown Local Democracy Reporter Alex McIntyre BBC News, West Midlands LDRS Jeremy Pert won the by-election...
Political parties, like the rest of us, are forever confronting choices. But, also like the rest of...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter Alamy Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff is the highest paid...
The Metropolitan Police plans to close half the front desks at its stations to save money, the...
The government has set out plans to lower the voting age across the UK to 16 by...
MP Diane Abbott is suspended by the Labour Party pending an investigation, the BBC understands. Source link
Getty Images The voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK before the next general...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter Reform UK Zia Yusuf (C) visited West Northamptonshire Council to meet leader Mark...
The government is spending £53m over the next four years on an intervention programme which it says...
Becky Morton Political reporter Adam Smith and Jonelle Awomoyi BBC News In Pictures via Getty Images Around...
The government has announced that 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in the next general...
Sam Francis Political reporter PA Media One of four rebel MPs suspended by Labour for defying party...
Joel Gunter and Hannah O’Grady BBC News PA British troops leaving Camp Bastion in Helmand Provice, Afghanistan,...
This July, just like last July, the prime minister has decided to kick some of his MPs...
Brian Wheeler Political reporter PA Media Diane Abbott says she stands by comments she made about racism...
PA Media The Liberal Democrats have backed a plan to household energy bills by changing how new...
Getty Images Afghans feared revenge attacks by the Taliban in 2021 following 20 years of Western occupation...
Paul Seddon Political reporter House of Commons Kemi Badenoch and Sir Keir Starmer have clashed over a...
Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent Joshua Nevett Political reporter BBC Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has suspended...
Former Conservative ministers have “serious questions to answer” over a data breach which revealed the details of...
Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent Getty Images Tory MP Julian Smith says David Cameron had...
Frank Gardner Security correspondent EPA It has been more than three years since a British official inadvertently...
Former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace said he makes “no apology” for stopping the reporting of a...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves inadvertently breached parliamentary rules by missing the deadline for registering gifts, the MPs’ watchdog...
Data showing the immigration status of those claiming universal credit (UC) – a benefit designed to help...
A Reform UK-led council has called on the government to reconsider its plans to end health and...
A new report into antisemitism has laid out a number of recommendations, including that the NHS tackle...
Jayne McCormack BBC News NI political correspondent PA Media Hilary Benn said the government is “listening carefully”...
Gary O’Donoghue Chief North America Correspondent Getty Images Donald Trump has said there is no need to...
The UK is to start processing Syrian asylum claims again, more than seven months after decisions were...
Sam Francis Political reporter EPA Nigel Farage has said it is “shoddy” that Donald Trump will not...
An MP accused of sexually assaulting two women at a private members’ club in London must wait...
BBC Political Editor Chris Mason on the latest defection from Tory to Reform. Source link
A political strategist says there are eight words that resonate with all voters. Source link
Daniela Relph Senior royal correspondent UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer presented an invitation from the King...
Talks between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the British Medical Association (BMA) will take place next week...
The leader of the Unite union says Labour is not defending working people and they are turning...
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is investigating South Basildon and East Thurrock MP James McMurdock over allegations...
Oscar Edwards & Joe Pike BBC News Reuters Craig Williams is the former Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire...
Football fans who enter or attempt to enter matches in England and Wales without a ticket face...
Caroline Lowbridge BBC News, East Midlands BBC Rosey Hudson was asked to pay £1,906 after taking too...
Starmer says ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal with France will begin within weeks Source link
Unite says it has suspended Angela Rayner from her membership of the union, amid a deepening row...
Parliament’s standards commissioner has launched an investigation into ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe. The BBC understands it is...
PA The home secretary has said the new “one in, one out” migrant scheme agreed with France...
BBC Most young people surveyed did not recognise politicians “I’ve never seen that lady in my life,”...
Brian Wheeler Political reporter Getty Images Donald Trump did not invent the phrase but he made it...
Details aside, the agreement is likely to encounter legal, political and practical obstacles. Source link
A senior Reform UK councillor has been criticised after claiming man-made global warming is a “hoax”. Bert...
Watching the president of France and the prime minister close up was to see two men under...
The UK will begin returning migrants arriving in small boats to France within weeks under a new...
PA A silent march in west London in memory of those killed in June Investigations into banning...
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron joked about Larry the cat, ahead of talks to finalise a plan...
Air-conditioned buildings such as gyms, leisure centres and libraries should be opened up to the public during...
A Reform UK council has announced it is considering plans to remove net zero targets. West Northamptonshire...
The UK faces a “rising” and unpredictable threat from Iran and the government must do more to...
Asha Patel BBC News, Nottingham UK Parliament Gedling MP Michael Payne said he was doing everything he...
Plans to set people’s electricity bills based on where they live have been dropped by the government....
Senior government figures believe they are on the cusp of achieving a breakthrough with Emmanuel Macron on...
For the second time this week, Reform UK have announced a former Conservative cabinet minister has joined...
Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Kemi Badenoch will call for foreign nationals to be barred from...
MPs have approved the government’s benefits bill, which was heavily watered-down last week following a rebellion by...
Former Conservative MP and party chairman Sir Jake Berry has announced he is defecting to Reform UK....
Mary McCool BBC Scotland News Getty Images Donald Trump at his Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire in...
Sam Francis Political reporter Watch: Farage drowned out by jeers at PMQs The UK must refuse to...
Talks over Birmingham’s bin strike have broken down with the council leader saying the authority was “walking...
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out extending the freeze on tax thresholds, which has seen...
Sima Kotecha Senior UK Correspondent PA Media Sir Brian Leveson, pictured in his former role as Lord...
Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined Goldman Sachs as a senior advisor. Sunak, who resigned as...
MP James McMurdock has said he will not return to Reform UK, after he asked to be...
