Labour is considering scrapping the two-child benefit cap and allowing parents to claim Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit for more than two children, Ministers have confirmed. A review is underway...
The warning signs are everywhere. Britain’s economy shrank again in May, following a drop in April, with retail sales collapsing as cash-strapped shoppers stay home. Gilt yields are climbing to...
Starmer and Macron plead for patience in an impatient world59 minutes agoChris MasonPolitical editor•@ChrisMasonBBCReutersWatching the president of France and the prime minister close up was to see...
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are facing a growing backbench revolt as civil war threatens to engulf Labour. Labour MPs seized Chancellor Rachel Reeves's humiliating u-turn on winter fuel payments...
Israel denying food to Gaza is 'weapon of war', UN Palestinian refugee agency head tells BBC12 hours agoJeremy BowenInternational editor, BBC NewsHow do you measure misery? For journalists the usual...
Denying food to Gaza is 'weapon of war', says UN refugee agency head34 minutes agoJeremy BowenInternational editor, BBC NewsHow do you measure misery? For journalists the usual way is to see it, to...
Why Labour aims to buck 25-year trend of rising legal migration9 hours agoChris MasonPolitical editor•@ChrisMasonBBCIn Pictures via Getty Images ImagesImmigration into the UK is, arguably, the...
Why Labour aims to buck the 25-year trend of rising legal migrationJust nowChris MasonPolitical editor•@ChrisMasonBBCIn Pictures via Getty Images ImagesImmigration into the UK is, arguably, the...
Off the back of YouGov's recent blockbuster opinion poll for Reform UK – putting Nigel Farage's party seven points ahead of Labour and 12 clear of the Conservatives – the latest poll by Find Out...
Migrant hotels and accommodation will cost £15billion over 10 years, the spending watchdog has revealed. Taxpayers will shell out £4,191,780 a day on housing asylum seekers over the life of the...
Labour MPs' rage over election results simmers on3 hours agoHenry ZeffmanChief political correspondentGetty Images"It's all depressing to be honest". Those are the words of one Labour MP, hitherto...
Reform UK could take the government to court to prevent migrants being housed in areas where it now controls the local council. Chairman Zia Yusuf said his party will "resist" housing asylum seekers...
Reform considers legal challenges against asylum hotels1 hour agoBrian WheelerBBC NewsBBCReform UK could take the government to court to prevent migrants being housed in areas where it now controls...
Thursday night was a brutal verdict on Keir Starmer’s leadership. Remarkably, Labour has performed even worse than in 2021 – when Starmer reportedly had to be talked down from resigning as Leader...
Oh, they’ll be some sore heads today - of that there is no doubt. The Champagne corks will have been popping last night to celebrate the newly elected tranche of Reform councillors across the...