Politics

Concerns have been sparked about whether the Government will clampdown on TikTok after the US House of Representatives passed a landmark bill that could ban TikTok in the country

Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak should 'have the backbone' to call a general election to be held on May 2 and give voters the chance to end 14 years of Tory 'chaos, division and decline'

In a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi demanded the Tories hand back cash to Frank Hester and said he is presiding over a 'terribly racist period'

Keir Starmer accused the Tories of thinking 'working people don't need culture' and presiding over a 'creativity crisis', with GCSE enrolment in arts subjects down by 47% since 2010

MP Diane Abbott has sat as an independent since April last year after Labour withdrew the whip following comments over the Jewish, Irish and Traveller communities

'Learning music opened doors for me. It gave me that thrill of being on stage. It introduced me to people from different backgrounds, and when we played together, it didn’t matter where you came from,'

Vladimir Putin's forces have been branded "wildly irresponsible" after the GPS signal and internet signal were blocked as Defence Secretary Grant Shapps flew back from Poland

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) confirmed today that MPs will get a £4,762 hike to the £86,584 basic salary from April - a rise of 5.5%

West Yorkshire bus service Arriva has been ranked as the worst operator in England, with only 66% of satisfied passengers - but we want to know what you think about your local bus company

Michael Gove said the Muslim Association of Britain, Cage and Mend and the neo-nazi British National Socialist Movement and Patriotic Alternative will be assessed for extremism

It’s understood Frank Hester has donated another £5million to the Tories since January - a figure the Tories did not deny - on top of the £10million he had already handed the party

Home Office data shows 42 youngsters aged 17 or younger were among 219 terror suspects arrested in 2023 - with the total up 31% from 2022 and the highest level since the pandemic

Liam McCarthy, 33, admitted 'continuously' sending sinister emails and leaving voicemails for Tory MP Caroline Nokes, telling her he would 'destroy' Labour MP Alan Whitehead

Tory peer and chairman of supermarket giant Asda Stuart Rose said the 'sooner we call an election the better' and even suggested he could endorse Keir Starmer's Labour

By refusing to return Hester’s donation, Mr Sunak is giving licence to the racists who prey on people’s worst instincts

In a fiery PMQs exchange Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, and other MPs discussed a Tory donor's racist comments about Diane Abbott - but the veteran MP was not chosen to ask the PM a question

Anti-extremism campaign group Hope Not Hate raised concerns about the rhetoric being used by politicians about immigration, calling out Suella Braverman to Rishi Sunak

Artist Damien Hirst, who was a free school meals kid, will argue that culture should be 'not just for the rich by the rich' as he endorses Labour's plan to widen access

They wouldn’t begin to explain how I feel as not just a young woman, but a young Black woman. The attack on Diane Abbott was an attack on all Black women for just… existing, writes Serena Richards

The Government has repeatedly refused to share its assessments on tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite saying it is a safe country

The former Shadow Cabinet Minister Andy McDonald had the Labour whip suspended in October over comments he made at a pro-Palestine rally. He has since sat as an independent MP

Rishi Sunak was challenged to explain how he'd find an estimated £46billion a year to scrap National Insurance Contributions (NICs), but didn't rule out NHS and pension cuts

Diane Abbott was not selected to ask a question during a fiery Prime Minister's Questions exchange that centred on racist comments made by a Tory donor about her

Businessman Frank Hester allegedly said that seeing MP Diane Abbott on TV made him 'want to hate all Black women' and that she should be 'shot' in a meeting in 2019

Pollster Savanta said it was the lowest vote share it had recorded for the Tories since Liz Truss was forced to resign as Prime Minister in 2022 after trashing the economy