Those worried about the health of British politics have diagnosed a new disease at Westminster. Chris Patten, a grandee from the Conservative establishment, spotted what he...
A proportion of Conservative members feel “disconnected” from the party as they were “denied a vote” when Rishi Sunak became prime minister, a former Tory chairman...
The final words of a US motorist who died after he was allegedly beaten by five police officers were “mum, mum, mum”, according to a lawyer....
The alleyways that run inside the Balata refugee camp are narrow, claustrophobic and full of uncollected rubbish. Posters celebrating dead militants are stuck to the walls....
Seven people have been killed and several injured in a shooting at a synagogue in Jerusalem, according to Israeli police. The gunman was shot and killed...
HS2 will end at Euston after reports the high speed line could stop before reaching central London, the chancellor has confirmed. Jeremy Hunt said he did...
The chancellor will dismiss “gloom” about the prospects for the UK economy and say the government will bring about long-term prosperity in a plan “energised” by...
The NHS is in the worst crisis in its 75 years, say health experts. And you only had to listen to the heart-wrenching stories of the...
Hannah Lewis was just seven years old when she watched a Nazi death squad execute her mother. Her family was rounded up by Adolf Hitler’s forces...
The government could spend more than £222,000 of public money on legal advice for Boris Johnson as he faces an investigation into whether he deliberately misled...
A former Tory MP who compared the COVID vaccine rollout to the Holocaust has threatened to sue Matt Hancock for saying his comments were “antisemitic”. Andrew...
The former chancellor Philip Hammond said he would not have accepted the job if he was being investigated by the tax office. Asked by Sky News...
A 61-year-old man has been charged with assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground. Geza Tarjanyi, from Leyland, Lancashire, faces three counts –...
The British government is to summon opposition to Russian athletes being allowed to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics as neutrals. The action follows Olympic chiefs...
From planting wildflowers and new hedgerows to tackling crop pests without pesticides, farmers will now be paid for 280 different measures to protect Britain’s natural world,...
Rishi Sunak has refused to place his full confidence behind Nadhim Zahawi as the Tory party chairman faces an investigation into whether he breached the ministerial...
Home Secretary Suella Braverman is under fire for rowing back on reforms designed to prevent another Windrush scandal, with Labour’s David Lammy saying victims were being...
There is plenty of bemusement, irritation and anger in some quarters of the Conservative Party as to why Nadhim Zahawi is still in post. Revelations that...
The Ukrainian president has told Sky News he is “not interested” in meeting Vladimir Putin for peace talks, describing him as a “nobody” who lives in...
Parliament’s reputation is being put at risk by groups of MPs that can be funded by lobbyists, according to a rare joint letter from the speakers...