Politics

Under the plans, employers would be held responsible even if they were unaware of the worker’s immigration status.

Voters in Clacton are set to head to the polls once again in just over a week for a by-election that even Nigel Farage’s supporters admit didn’t need to happen.

A planning decision on the DARC - Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability - project was expected last week, but the Welsh Government intervened days before the vote, a move that could potentially lead to a conflict with Westminster concerning the UK’s national security.

Katie Lam has slammed Labour’s “totally inappropriate” plan to house 1,250 migrants in the tiny Oxfordshire village of Piddington.

Andy Burnham is not actively considering holding a public inquiry into the UK activities of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Downing Street has said.

A former Labour MP has said the Conservatives should not allow a former neo-Nazi who was jailed for antisemitic abuse against her to stand as a local election candidate.

When President Donald Trump strode into the Rose Garden in April 2025 brandishing a poster board of tariff hikes, the world leaped as if a fire alarm had gone off.

Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party, is under investigation by Parliament’s standards watchdog over whether he should have prefaced his remarks in a House of Commons debate on pro-Israel influence by noting that he had visited the country as a guest of a pro-Israel group.

Medical records of nuclear test veterans were gathered by a secret government laboratory, the Ministry of Defence has admitted.

Nigel Farage’s desperate small boats plan has been dismissed as impractical and illegal as he attempts to divert attention from sleaze allegations.

Donald Trump has warned Iran it has a “last chance” to sign a “good document”, as he insisted talks were under way despite Tehran denying negotiations with the US were taking place.

Andy Burnham has been accused of "bunking off for a jolly" after it was revealed he would be taking a holiday a little over two weeks into his term.

The Paris state prosecutor has opened a preliminary inquiry into alleged workplace bullying after the attempted suicide of a staff member in a department connected to the French prime minister’s office, France Inter radio has revealed.

Jeremy Clarkson has caused a stir by suggesting that benefits claimants should write a "thank you" letter to taxpayers each week, and if they don’t, they could lose their payments.

Labour is facing calls to expel Diane Abbott once again after the newly-reinstated Labour MP made "dangerous" remarks about Nato.

Ministers’ criminal records will be kept hidden from the British public thanks to a tribunal ruling.

Labour has overtaken Reform UK in the polls for the first time in well over a year, as the party enjoys a bounce under new prime minister Andy Burnham and insurgents on the left and right have suffered from a series of mishaps and scandals.

Reform UK would launch a military operation in the England Channel to stop small boats if it were in power, the party has said.

Neil Kinnock has urged Andy Burnham to increase tax on assets as a new poll reveals two-thirds of voters back the introduction of a “wealth tax”.

More than 2,000 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister.