Britain is facing a "public safety crisis" because the streets are policed by underpaid, overworked, and under threat cops, a union warns. The Police Federation of England and Wales [PFEW], which...
Local elections 2025: Polls to open across England35 minutes agoJoshua NevettPolitical reporterPA MediaVoters are set to head to the polls for local and mayoral elections being held in some parts of...
Downing Street forced Tony Blair to row back from his criticism of the government’s net zero strategy after Labour politicians warned he had given a boost to Tory and Reform ahead of local...
Nigel Farage has suggested Labour's connection with working class people is the "weakest now it's ever been".Reform UK's leader blamed policies such as the axing of the winter fuel payment for...
Kemi Badenoch slammed the police watchdog for launching a gross misconduct hearing against the police marksman who shot Chris Kaba. Metropolitan Police officer Martyn Blake, 41, shot the 24-year-old...
A fresh scandal has erupted in the Channel migrant crisis after a British Border Force vessel was left to rescue asylum seekers from French waters.The dinghy, carrying dozens of people, broke down...
A brilliant trade deal with the United States is one of Brexit’s most glittering prizes. It would be a personal triumph for Sir Keir Starmer to nail this down, especially as it eluded his...
Sir Keir Starmer's refusal to offer his unequivocal backing to Ed Miliband over Labour’s net zero policy has raised questions about the Energy Secretary's political future. While the Prime...
Sir Keir Starmer has been warned he will be guilty of an “epic fail” if India wins a trade deal with the US ahead of the UK. Andrew Griffith, the Shadow Business and Trade Secretary, blasted the...
Nurses could threaten mass walkouts if Labour rejects NHS unions’ demands for larger pay rises. An independent pay review body recommended an increase of about 3% for 1.38million workers.Labour is...
A shock poll has predicted that Labour could cling on by the skin of its teeth in the crunch Runcorn by-election despite a massive surge in support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. However, even if it...
A Labour politician has triggered fury after laying out signals that the UK is rejoining the EU. Labour councillor for the new St James ward in Waltham Forest, London, Sebastian Salek said on Meta's...
Lee Anderson has issued a blunt response to a video shared on social media by the Conservative party. The video aappears to show the Chief Whip of Reform UK saying that "a vote for Reform is a vote...
Badenoch accuses government of failure on grooming gangs31 minutes agoSam FrancisPolitical reporterKemi Badenoch has accused the government of breaking its promise to set up five local inquiries into...
The Government tells us it needs a new trade deal with the EU. What they are planning sounds more like surrender to EU demands. As always, the EU knows what it wants. They want more migrants and...
Ed Miliband’s frontline political career began in betrayal, leapfrogging his older, more talented and more electable brother David to seize the Labour leadership in 2010. That act split the party...
The rap group Kneecap is embroiled in controversy over an old concert video where a member seemingly urges fans to "kill your local MP."Downing Street has condemned the band for the clip, captured at...
Anger and indifference collide in unpredictable local elections7 hours agoChris MasonPolitical editor•@ChrisMasonBBCBBCIf last year's general election was all consuming and everywhere, this year's...
Fraudsters need to be the most worried about this new law (Image: skynesher via Getty Images)The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one step closer to being able to carry out "biggest ever...
Legions of Conservative and Reform UK supporters want the two parties to merge, according to the latest YouGov polling. Forty-five percent of people who plan to vote for Nigel Farage’s party would...