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...
A ban on Palestine Action as a terror group is poised to become law after peers backed the Government move at Westminster but faces a legal bid to block it. The House of Lords backed proscribing the...
The Crying Game has always been part of British politics. Winston Churchill, our greatest national leader, was famously lachrymose whether in adversity or triumph, while the departures of Margaret...
Angela Rayner has been slammed for not helping to save an iconic beer garden despite Labour promising to "slash red tape to protect pubs". A Labour council has ordered the Trafalgar Tavern by the...
MP refers himself to commissioner over 'cash for questions' claims25 minutes agoAdam HaleBBC NewsGetty ImagesA Conservative MP has referred himself to the standards commissioner after it was claimed...
Before his death in 1806, William Pitt the Younger was credited with saving Europe from Napoleon. His reply remains one of the most powerful statements in British political history: “England has...
Why Starmer faces a political storm over welfare reforms1 hour agoIain Watson, Henry Zeffman and Harry FarleyPolitical correspondentsReutersAngela Rayner has declared that the government will go...
The Home Secretary has decided to proscribe Palestine Action and will lay an order before Parliament next week to make membership and support for the protest group illegal. Yvette Cooper...
Keir Starmer put his cabinet on red alert for the US to enter Israel's war with Iran during an emergency Cobra meeting today (Wednesday).The Prime Minister, senior Cabinet ministers, the UK...
The Foreign Office is accused of breaking the law by flying flags in support of bisexual awareness week without planning permission. The pink, purple and blue flags appeared in the courtyard of the...
Vladimir Putin’s top security official has vanished during efforts to end the war in Ukraine, amid swirling health rumours and claims he could be caught up in a corruption probe. Sergei Shoigu, 69,...
Across Dame Sheila Hancock has claimed she is going to be “cancelled by death” as she reflects on entering her ninth decade.The world renowned actress, who has starred in the likes of...
The sun is shining, the trees are in full blossom, spring has sprung and summer is just around the corner. So perhaps today wasn’t really the day for Kemi Badenoch to make winter fuel payments her...
Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure16 hours agoPaul Kirby and Jessica ParkerIn London and BerlinGetty ImagesConservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament...
Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure3 hours agoPaul Kirby and Jessica ParkerIn London and BerlinGetty ImagesConservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament...