Politics

Keir Starmer has said standing up to Russia is ’about our way of life’ when asked how worried he is about the threat of Putin using nuclear weapons

Liz Truss is the only former party leader of past five years to rank lower in terms of starting popularity

London Mayor Sadiq Khan told a podcast that Donald Trump decided to ’come for me’ because of his religion and skin colour and branded his policies ’racist’

The incoming Trump administration in the US could be preparing to lock horns with the Labour government over the Chagos Islands, Nigel Farage has claimed.

Keir Starmer has said he "will not be telling people how to live their lives" as he takes part in a climate conference snubbed my most world leaders - but attended by the Taliban.

MEPs resort to mutually assured destruction to get Jessika Roswall and Hadja Lahbib through their parliamentary hearings.

France and the UK will support Ukraine for as long as necessary "to thwart Russia’s war of aggression", French President Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer have said.

Chief secretary to the Treasury says security and defence spending are a priority but require ‘trade-offs’

The United Kingdom unveiled its most extensive sanctions package against Russia since 2023, targeting the country’s military supply chain in Asia.

House of Commons and the speaker decline to comment on claim made by Reform UK leader at rally in Wales

Reform UK leader to give speech in Wales while US election result was also celebrated by Tommy Robinson

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been charged with assault after a video appeared to show him ‘punching’ one of his constituents in Cheshire.

Dozens of new sanctions have been placed on people and entities linked to Russia, including companies in China, Turkey and central Asia supplying parts for military equipment used in Ukraine.

Announcement comes as polls show Simon Harris’s Fine Gael and coalition partners Fianna Fáil in position to win fourth term

Danish politician Rasmus Paludan sentenced to four months for incitement against ethnic group

Simon Harris is expected to dissolve parliament on Thursday or Friday, with the election likely to be at the end of November.

Rachel Reeves throws down budget gauntlet to new Tory chief as party’s first black leader is congratulated on win

Millions of workers on the minimum wage and living wage will be handed a pay boost at tomorrow’s Budget, the government has announced.

Parliament’s standards watchdog has found ’a serious case of sexual misconduct and abuse of power’ in relation to former Newcastle-Under-Lyme Conservative MP Aaron Bell

The video showed the MP for Runcorn and Helsby punching a man, who fell to the floor. Mr Amesbury then hit him repeatedly before members of the public intervened.