Conservative right wingers are growing increasingly anxious about the direction of Rishi Sunak’s government – and what might come after it. “What is the point of...
Jacob Rees-Mogg has suggested the Conservatives introduced voter ID to boost their election chances, but it came “back to bite them”. The former minister said it...
The global system to tackle illegal immigration is “not working” and the most vulnerable are “paying the price”, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. He made...
Reform UK – formerly the Brexit Party – has made little headway in England’s local elections. The party, founded in 2018 with Nigel Farage’s backing, fielded...
Swap the velvet cloaks, jewels, implausibly well-behaved choirboys and animals for ballot boxes, soggy rosettes, clipboards and leisure centres. We are watching one transfer of power...
The Scottish government will meet its pledge to provide free school meals for all primary school children, the deputy first minister has said. Shona Robison said...
Senedd presiding officer Elin Jones has said she will not be attending the coronation of King Charles on Saturday. The Plaid Cymru MS said “as a republican” it...
Sue Gray is back in the news: the civil servant who compiled the report into Partygate and Boris Johnson, and has now been offered a job...
The polls for more than 8,000 councils seats on 230 councils, and four mayors, across England have closed. Millions of votes will now be counted in...
Liz Truss is contesting a government bill relating to her use of the grace-and-favour country house she had access to as foreign secretary. The former Conservative...
