Former arch-Remainer Peter Mandelson has admitted the UK’s trade deal with the US was only possible because of Brexit. Lord Mandelson is a former EU commissioner who sat on the board of the...
Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair, who was in charge of the force during the July 7 bombings, has died at the age of 72.Ian Blair, who ran the force from 2005 to 2008, took a seat as...
Police officer David Rathband blind 2011Police officer David Rathband arrives with his wife Katherine Rathband and son Ash rathband (left) to give evidence in the Raoul Moat case at Newcastle Crown...
Girl, 8, 'having time of her life' at summer camp among Texas victims2 hours agoRachel HaganBBC NewsCamp MysticAn eight-year-old girl and the director of an all-girls' summer camp are among the...
Is the UK really any safer 20 years on from 7/7?28 minutes agoDominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent•@BBCDomCBBCThere are extraordinary secret surveillance images - now largely forgotten -...
At precisely 8.11pm on Thursday, Zarah Sultana, the Corbynite MP for Coventry South, took to social media to announce the formation of a new political party alongside Jeremy Corbyn — sending...
Just one year ago 125 Tory MPs, including myself, lost our seats. After 14 years in power – and a particularly turbulent final stretch – a Labour victory had seemed inevitable. We looked...
Chris Mason: Labour still has a big persuasion job ahead13 minutes agoChris MasonPolitical editor•@ChrisMasonBBCReuters"I've not had as much quality time with my colleagues since the Brexit wars,"...
At least 150,000 more people will be pushed into relative poverty by the end of 2029-30 because of welfare changes, the government’s modelling has suggested. The figure is down from the 250,000...
The Prime Minister is lurching from U-turn to U-turn, his authority draining by the day. First came the scrapped winter fuel payment cut. Then the binned £5billion raid on disability benefits. Now,...
Culshaw remembered: “You'd watch in awe as he just set about building the show and nurturing it with this wonderful knowledge, confidence and instinct for how to make all the elements of humour...
Tangled history and trouble today - what is the UK's plan on Iran?34 minutes agoLaura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBC"If this is true, all our troubles are over." A...
Labour’s dishonesty is now well-known. Last week’s attempt to gaslight us about the reasons for the winter-fuel U-turn was one of the more obvious lies. But a crass inability to tell the truth,...
Labour is cosying up to China after years of rollercoaster relations6 hours agoAnkur ShahEditor, BBC Global China UnitBBCThe sprawling city of Chongqing in southwestern China is an incredible sight....
Keir Starmer has repeatedly thrown his support to go “all out” for a low-carbon future and accelerate the push to net zero, however, the Prime Minister has been warned this could severely...