US and UK agree deal slashing Trump tariffs on cars and metals2 hours agoNatalie ShermanBBC NewsThe US has agreed to reduce import taxes on a set number of British cars and allow some steel and...
On July 10th, 2022 my beloved 78-year old mum Jackie fell in the early hours, when getting out of bed, at her home in Barwell, Leicestershire. She pressed her alarm, which she’d been given as...
A trade deal with the US to save Britain’s endangered carmakers could be confirmed as soon as this week – but farmers warned Sir Keir Starmer not to compromise on food safety or animal welfare...
PM defends winter fuel cuts in face of calls for U-turn2 hours agoBecky MortonPolitical reporterSir Keir Starmer has defended the decision to axe winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners, as...
This week proves Nigel Farage's PM ambition is not a wild notion29 minutes agoLaura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBCIn the first week of 2025, Nigel Farage told me...
Labour and Tories digest Reform UK election surge3 hours agoSuzanne LeighBBC News UKReutersThe Labour and Conservative parties are digesting the results of England's local and Mayoral elections after...
Nigel Farage has often been accused of hyperbole over his many audacious political claims. Some don’t, or have not yet, come true.But others do, notably the biggest of them all - Brexit. So it’s...
Henry Zeffman: Seven things we have learnt from the election results23 minutes agoHenry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondentReutersThe election results are still being counted but this patchwork...
Nigel Farage's Reform UK has been tipped to be the "big winner" of the local elections. New polling shows 26% of people intend to vote for the insurgent party this Thursday.The Tories were second on...
It is almost unbelievable that we are even having this debate. Yet here we are — people taking to the streets to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling that a woman is, in fact, a biological woman....
As Conservative eyes look to Reform UK appearing to overtake them in popularity, they are perhaps not taking enough notice of another, quieter menace. Threat may not be the first word voters...
How many times have you endured a journey on public transport that was ruined by inconsiderate passengers playing music loudly, or watching videos on their smartphone? Or even worse, holding a video...
Greens call for single-sex guidance to be withdrawn1 hour agoBecky MortonPolitical reporterInterim guidance on single-sex spaces is "ill-considered and impractical" and should be withdrawn, the Green...
Will this be the 'anyone but the big parties' local election?4 hours agoLaura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBC"A sliver here and a sliver there" – in a few days...
Will this be the 'anyone but the big parties' local election?1 hour agoLaura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBC"A sliver here and a sliver there" – in a few days...