Kemi Badenoch has accused Labour of “a full-blown assault on rural Britain” through their inheritance tax raid. The Tory leader told how her party is “fighting every day” to get them to...

Sewage discharges to halve by 2030, minister pledges15 minutes agoAlex BoydBBC NewsGetty ImagesLucy HookerBBC NewsThe government is preparing a "water revolution" that will halve the number of times...

A Reform UK-led council will become the first in the country to scrap net zero targets. The axe is due to be voted on at a West Northamptonshire Council Cabinet meeting today.The 10 Reform...

France has proposed scrapping two public holidays in an effort to reduce its growing debt, boost the economy, and prevent financial collapse. The shocking proposal was made by the Prime Minister,...

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...

Jury-free trials recommended to save courts from 'collapse'6 hours agoSima KotechaSenior UK CorrespondentPaul GlynnBBC NewsGetty ImagesThousands of cases that would normally be heard in front of a...

Sir Keir Starmer is now almost certain to shelve plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap with no money left after Labour’s £5 billion retreat on welfare. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson...

Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, minister says17 minutes agoJoshua NevettPolitical reporterBBCSpending decisions have been made "harder" by the government's U-turn on welfare changes,...

The launch of a new left-wing insurgent party was engulfed in chaos today just hours after being announced. Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, quit Labour last night and announced she was...

Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to “smash the criminal boat gangs” is in tatters after the number of migrants illegally crossing the English Channel reached a new record for the first half of the...

Just what is happening to this country? Britain was always known as a fairly decent place: people were polite, reasonable and above all honest. But now? Recent reports have shown a massive increase...

Can Reform UK face down vested interests and make the tough decisions if it ever forms the next government? Reform's newfound leadership in local government will offer evidence of whether it can...

Only someone with limited intelligence could have given the go-ahead for Britain to be turned into one big shanty town. Yes, step forward Angela Rayner who ludicrously thinks that, by scrapping a...

A veteran with a household income just £5 above Rachel Reeves’s winter fuel payment threshold has shared his relief following Rachel Reeves’s U-turn. John Dockree, 73, and his wife Wenefreda,...