Politics

Some young voters were stopped from taking part in last week's local elections because their proof-of-age cards were not accepted, it is claimed

Downing Street repeatedly declined to say whether the Tories would strike deals with the DUP or fringe parties like Nigel Farage's Reform and Reclaim, founded by actor turned anti-woke crusader Laurence Fox

In a fiery exchange at PMQs, Keir Starmer blasted the Government for failing to support Brits as he said we have a PM 'who boasts he's never had a working class friend'

After Prime Minister Rishi Sunak watered down key climate commitments in a major U-turn which plunged the UK's net zero target by 2050 into chaos, do you think it's time we had a government which kept its promises?

Archbishop Justin Welby - fresh from his central role at King Charles's Coronation on Satruday - lashed out at Suella Braverman's draconian Illegal Migration Bill, which has been branded a "gimmick" and a "con" by critics

Critics said expelled Tory Andrew Bridgen's 'misinformation' has no place in the Commons and demanded he submit to a by-election in his North West Leicestershire seat

Justin Welby is set to join criticism of Suella Braverman's plan to deport new arrivals to Rwanda as proposed immigration legislation is debated in the House of Lords today

The longer semi-trailers will mean vehicles can carry more goods and therefore take fewer journeys in a bid to boost the economy and cut emissions, the Department for Transport has announced

A scathing report published today says nearly one in five people who work in the food industry rely on foodbanks, and demanded that an incoming Labour Government addresses rising inequality

It symbolises the complete failure of the UK Conservative Government to halt small boat crossings across the English Channel despite Rishi Sunak insisting it's a priority

The disaster PM of 49 days should feel embarrassment, but there she was on the front row, says Polly Hudson

When people are struggling to live we must do more to help them than offer them entertainment in the form of pageantry

Labour peer Lord Ray Collins of Highbury told the House of Lords that the Minimum Services Bill will be revoked when Labour comes to power "fairly shortly"

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting described the latest Tory failure as another 'broken promise', adding: 'So much for Rishi Sunak's relaunch.'

The Prime Minister of Caribbean nation St Vincent and the Grenadines suggested British politicians would not 'permit' the King to apologise for the wrongs of slavery

Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy criticised the government's failure to publish the Renters’ Reform Bill, four years after the Tories promised to scrap no-fault evictions

The Labour leader said he was pushing for an 'outright majority' at the next general election but repeatedly failed to explicitly rule out striking a deal with the Liberal Democrats

Former I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant Lord Brian Paddick is leading a charge to throw out the Government's cruel Illegal Migration Bill, while dozens will tomorrow demand changes

The Prime Minister shunned public transport as he flew on a taxpayer-funded chopper to Southampton where he attempted to brush off his local elections humiliation

Rishi Sunak notably refused to repeat the vow to recruit 6,000 more GPs by the end of next year on a visit to Southampton to promote his new pharmacies blueprint

Former No10 comms chief Guto Harri also claimed Boris Johnson was planning to remove Rishi Sunak as chancellor before he "beat him to it in a way and brought the whole show down"

The engineless Bibby Stockholm has docked in Falmouth for vital inspections and refurbishment before being towed to Portland in Dorset where she will accommodate 500 asylum seekers

The former Prime Minister risks creating a diplomatic headache for Rishi Sunak when she flies to the Far East next week to deliver a speech showing solidarity with the breakaway island, which China has vowed to retake - by force if necessary - by 2050

The former No10 Director of Communications Guto Harri claimed the former PM 'went in quite hard' on the then-Prince over his alleged criticism of government policy

The TUC warned that 5.5 million people across the country face being hit by the Minimum Service Levels, which will be debated in the House of Lords today