People who are fit to work but do not accept job offers will have their benefits taken away after 12 months, the prime minister has pledged....
The House of Lords has delayed the passing of the government’s Rwanda bill until next week – in a blow to Rishi Sunak’s attempts to get...
This was the week it was meant to be done. Having forced the House of Commons to vote down the Lords’ amendments to the prime minister’s...
The government has agreed to have an independent IT expert review of a Post Office software system predating Horizon, amid claims dozens more sub-postmasters may have...
The Scottish government has ditched its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030 after accepting that it is now “out of reach”....
Almost one million private renters in England have been handed no-fault evictions since the Conservative government promised to abolish them, new data has shown. Research carried...
A Conservative peer has called for an election to take place “sooner rather than later” – adding that if the government were accountable to shareholders, they...
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been charged by police after he was arrested amid an investigation into the SNP’s funding and finances. Police said he...
Sir Keir Starmer said police should be involved in the case of suspended Tory MP Mark Menzies, who faces allegations he misused campaign funds. The backbench...
Conservative peer Ruth Davidson does not think Mark Menzies will survive the week as an MP. The ex-Tory MP for Fylde in Lancashire is being investigated...
Conservative MP Mark Menzies has been suspended from the parliamentary party in light of allegations he abused local Tory party funds to pay off “bad people”....
An MP has lost the Conservative Party whip while newspaper claims about alleged misuse of campaign funds are investigated. Mark Menzies, the MP for Fylde, disputes...
This was the week it was meant to be done. Having forced the House of Commons to vote down the Lords’ amendments to the prime minister’s...
The House of Lords has delayed the passing of the government’s Rwanda bill until next week – in a blow to Rishi Sunak’s attempts to get...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said that “better times are ahead” but that the fundamentals of the UK economy are “very strong”. Speaking to Sky News in...
The government is “working on operationalising” Rwanda flights, a minister has said – amid reports RAF planes could be used for the controversial deportation scheme. Laura...
New defeats for the government’s Rwanda bill in the House of Lords have set up a parliamentary showdown on Wednesday – forcing MPs to consider changes...
Locked out and not allowed back in. That was the rather extraordinary position Nigel Farage and some conservative politicians found themselves in today at a right-wing...
Nigel Farage has hit out at “cancel culture” after officers moved to shut down the National Conservatism conference in Brussels. Local officials arrived as the former...
Rishi Sunak’s flagship smoking ban has passed its first parliamentary hurdle despite opposition from within his cabinet – as Labour backed the bill. Mr Sunak wants...