The Conservatives have been "wiped out" after eight years in power in a major local election defeat. Reform UK now has control of Derbyshire County Council with a majority 42 elected members, up from...
Sir John Curtice: The map that shows Reform's triumph was much more than a protest vote12 minutes agoSir John CurticeProfessor of politics at the University of StrathclydeBBCThere is no doubt that...
Keir Starmer is reportedly plotting a tougher crackdown on migrants crossing the English Channel in a bid to see off the growing threat of Nigel Farage's Reform UK. Labour is at risk of losing the...
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...
Victoria Atkins prosecuted gun-runners, fraudsters and gangsters during her years as a barrister and now she is fighting to stop the desecration of the countryside. Labour has been in power for less...
Heartbroken farmers have been pushed to the brink of suicide by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid, Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins has warned. Farmers say their...
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...
He wanted to be Australia's PM. But a 'Trump effect' thwarted Peter Dutton2 hours agoKaty WatsonAustralia correspondentReporting fromSydneyKelly NgReporting fromBrisbaneGetty Images"It's not our...
Australia PM Albanese makes stunning comeback with landslide win33 minutes agoTiffanie TurnbullReporting fromSydneyLabor's Anthony Albanese has defied the so-called "incumbency curse" to be...
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...
Polling expert Sir John Curtice has shared his thoughts on the real reason why Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour party might be in more trouble than they think. Yesterday's local elections marked a big...
King Charles has been urged to strip Prince Harry of his royal title following the latest attack against the Royal Family. After losing a multimillion-pound fight for protection in the UK, Harry made...
The Prime Minister is reeling after Thursday’s elections as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK knocked him for six.We could even be witnessing the end of two-party politics after the hash Labour and the...
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...
Chris Mason: Fireworks for Reform as Labour and Tories write election post-mortems53 minutes agoChris MasonPolitical editor•@ChrisMasonBBCGetty ImagesFor all of the noise and the numbers following...