U-turn after U-turn, it seems as though Labour’s damning local election results have given them a much-needed wake up call.Firstly, Labour admitted that they were wrong to take vital funding away...

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall vowed to defy Labour critics and press ahead with benefit cuts of £5 billion as she warned they were needed to defeat Nigel Farage and Reform at the ballot...

Starmer's winter fuel U-turn seeks to calm Labour nerves21 minutes agoHenry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondentPA MediaThe details will follow in the Budget this autumn. But make no mistake,...

The much-criticised deal to hand over Britain's Chagos Islands to Mauritius appears to be on the rocks, with Sir Keir Starmer reportedly deciding to delay the agreement out of fears it could creates...

The King's Foundation has unveiled a list of 35 "changemakers" under the age of 35 to mark the charity's 35th anniversary - and included a man who was previously arrested and acquitted for glueing...

Starmer faces growing rebellion over welfare cuts2 hours agoJoshua NevettPolitical reporterHouse of CommonsPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing rebellion by Labour MPs over planned...

British rockers The Who have announced the final tour of their musica career after six decades in the music business. The Another Tricky Day hitmakers – who formed in the 1960s – unveiled the...

Starmer faces growing rebellion over welfare cuts1 hour agoJoshua NevettPolitical reporterHouse of CommonsPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing rebellion by Labour MPs over planned...

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...

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...

Those whispers turned into a roar after yesterday’s local elections, which even Labour MPs are calling “catastrophic”.The party is in open revolt, with MPs saying Starmer’s first 10 months in...

Indian and Pakistani troops have traded gunfire across the highly militarised frontier in Kashmir for a second day as tensions flare between the nuclear-armed rivals. The exchange of fire came after...

Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction - now the movement has gone deeper underground28 minutes agoJustin RowlattClimate EditorBBCListen to Justin read this articleJust Stop Oil (JSO) activists are...

Anti-Hamas protests on rise in Gaza as group's iron grip slips33 minutes agoPaul AdamsBBC News, JerusalemGetty Images"Out! Out! Out!"The voice in the Telegram video is insistent. Loud. Sometimes...