Politics

he Ministry of Defence is not doing enough to combat the "apparent normalisation of fraud", an influential committee of MPs has warned.

Amid the headlines focused on Keir Starmer’s struggle for his political survival, many may have overlooked the flurry of policy announcements his Government has made over the past few weeks.

The UK is heading for a ‘perfect storm’ scenario due to a lack of regulation in political advertising in the era of AI fakes, and a five-party system with increasingly marginal electoral contests, according to a new report.

Nigel Farage has been urged to clarify whether he reported allegations that Russian spies hacked his phone to expose a secret £5 million "gift" from a crypto billionaire.

Disgraced peer Lord Mandelson told Labour Cabinet ministers how to do their jobs, a new release of files is set to reveal.

A hefty custodial sentence is almost certain for Peter Murrell after the former SNP chief executive admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party.

Is the division on Britain’s political Right at risk of letting the Left in? This question, unsurprisingly, has arisen once more as all political parties attempt to navigate the unprecedentedly fragmented political landscape currently existing in Britain.

Reform-led Kent County Council’s decision to recite the Lord’s Prayer and sing the national anthem at every full meeting has been branded “virtue signalling” and a “farce” which will cut the opposition’s speaking time and eat into crucial council business.

Nigel Farage is engaged in a dispute with Rupert Lowe and Elon Musk over accusations of vote-splitting that could cause Reform UK to lose the Makerfield byelection.

SIR Tony Blair today launches a devastating attack on Labour over tax hikes, welfare spending, and Net Zero — warning his party is “playing with fire”.

Peter Murrell reportedly told a jewellery shop owner “I’m the man with the money” during a visit in 2019.

Sir Keir Starmer has said there are “questions that need to be answered” after former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party.

The former Deputy PM took to the beach yesterday on the hottest May Bank Holiday on record.

Peter Murrell was one half of the most powerful political couple Scotland has ever seen.

A prominent Reform UK councillor who faces allegations of bullying and who was arrested in Basildon Council offices last year.

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has collected $9m (£6.6m) in unpaid fines from Amazon, which has been violating clean air regulations by leaving engines running on its parked vehicles.

The Labour government failed to keep any written records of meetings between clients of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm and top civil servants, an investigation by openDemocracy has revealed.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves must not be “torpedoed” if Keir Starmer is removed as Britain’s prime minister.

As details of the deal emerge, POLITICO has identified the sectors that seem most likely to benefit as well as those that appear to be left out.