In the Blair and Brown years, the irrepressible Derek Draper was one of Westminster’s best known and most colourful characters. Affectionately known as “Dolly”, he was...
Rishi Sunak has kicked off 2024’s political season with a hint at when the next general election will be – saying it’s his “working assumption” it...
Labour has launched a new attack ad against Rishi Sunak – and it has ended up on the Tory-supporting Conservative Home website. In the ad, which...
Sir Elton John and former prime ministers Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have joined an outpouring of tributes from the political and entertainment worlds to...
The NHS “doesn’t just belong” to striking junior doctors and can’t be “switched on and off on whim”, the health secretary said. Victoria Atkins turned up...
The United Kingdom is failing to coordinate with France in efforts to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, according to...
Sir Keir Starmer said it is “nonsense” to suggest he would duck TV debates with Rishi Sunak during the general election campaign. The Labour leader insisted...
Sir Keir Starmer has rejected claims he is being too cautious and timid in his offer to the public – and insisted there is a “huge...
Two people have been charged in connection with a fire at the office of Conservative MP Mike Freer that took place over Christmas. Paul Harwood, 42,...
The world’s forests – the lungs of the planet – are being put under “enormous pressure” by the UK’s appetite for commodities like soy, cocoa, palm...
Nigel Farage is still “assessing” what role he will play in the upcoming general election, the leader of Reform UK has said. Holding a news conference...
Rishi Sunak has given the clearest hint yet about when he will call a general election, saying his “working assumption” is that it will happen in...
Sir Keir Starmer is launching his election campaign on Thursday – and will promise the “character of politics will change” if Labour enters power. The government...
Nigel Farage is still “assessing” what role he will play in the upcoming general election, the leader of Reform UK has said. Holding a news conference...
The UK’s stats watchdog has launched an investigation into the government’s claim that it cleared the legacy backlog of asylum claims in 2023. Rishi Sunak and...
Michelle Mone has hit out at the “obsession” with her personal life – claiming she is surprised the Daily Mirror hasn’t asked about her “bras and...
Sir Keir Starmer will vow to take on those who commit “fraud against the public purse” in a major speech that will mark the start of campaigning...
The cost of living crisis is “no excuse” for a rise in shoplifting, the policing minister has told Sky News, because the UK’s benefits system is...
Home Secretary James Cleverly has made a personal apology for a date rape joke and admitted it “potentially distracted” from the government’s work to tackle drink...
Almost £90,000 worth of champagne was bought for events and at the gift shop in the House of Lords last year. A total of 1,589 bottles...