Ministers are facing the prospect of a legal challenge if they go ahead with plans to house asylum seekers on a barge off the Dorset coast....
Former Conservative Chancellor Nigel Lawson has died at the age of 91. Holding several cabinet posts under Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, he was seen as...
A UK government announcement on plans to impose consistent waste collection rules in England has been delayed until after the upcoming local elections. Under the reforms,...
The UK’s response to the plight of those taken hostage is failing British citizens, a group of MPs have warned. The Foreign Affairs Committee highlighted examples...
In a quiet corridor of the UK parliament, which played a pivotal role in the development and eventual abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, Labour MP...
Suella Braverman has insisted Rwanda is a safe country for migrants, despite evidence that 12 Congolese refugees were shot dead by police there in 2018. When...
MPs have approved plans to make street sexual harassment a crime carrying a jail sentence of up to two years. Catcalling, following someone or blocking their...
When are you going to feel better off? How politicians answer that big question sets the terms for the next election. The response is certainly not this...
Boris Johnson has set out his defence against claims he misled MPs over parties in Downing Street during lockdown. The former prime minister has accepted that...
Boris Johnson is walking, talking political theatre. It has always been his great political knack: compelling to some, infuriating to others. A headline generating, column filling,...