Politics

After Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled ambitious plans to gradually phase out cigarette smoking over the course of many years, we asked readers in our poll if they agreed with the scheme

Former Conservative Party Chairman Brandon Lewis has started working as a senior adviser for LetterOne. He now has five paid roles on top of his job as the MP for Great Yarmouth

Rishi Sunak has faced his biggest blow yet as Prime Minister after the Supreme Court ruled his Rwanda scheme unlawful. His sinister plans to save the illegal project should worry us all

The sacked Home Secretary has suggested introducing emergency powers to exclude "all avenues of legal challenge' in a bid to get flights to Rwanda off the ground

Despite some projects allegedly being 'shovel ready' the National Audit Office says delivery across three government funds worth up to £9.5billion is behind schedule

Experts warn the average monthly household energy bill could rise to £220 if Ofgem raises the price cap, and unlike last year there will be no extra support from the Government

SNP Health Secretary Michael Matheson said his sons had watched football on his parliamentary-issued iPad and added he did not reveal this publicly in a bid to protect his family

Labour leader Keir Starmer said managing his party is 'secondary to the international situation' as he considers replacements for eight shadow ministers who quit over the Gaza vote

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the changes with tougher penalties for those subject to benefit sanctions for more than six months ahead of next week's Autumn Statement

Rishi Sunak has announced he plans to bring forward "emergency legislation" in a desperate bid to bring the Rwanda scheme forward in spite of a Supreme Court ruling

Almost a quarter of a million people are waiting to have their social care needs assessed - prompting calls for Jeremy Hunt to tackle the crisis in next week's Autumn Statement

The Commissioner for Standards is investigating whether Commons Deputy Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing and backbench MP Virginia Crosbie broke the rules over a Covid-era Partygate bash

SNP Health Secretary Michael Matheson has been criticised after the huge bill came to light following a family trip to Morocco, with questions over whether he was watching Scottish football games

Shadow Home Secretary James Cleverly did not deny describing the Rwanda project as "bats***" after Labour's Yvette Cooper claimed he'd done so in private

New Foreign Secretary David Cameron told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he didn't always agree with Boris Johnson, but support for the war-torn nation was the "finest thing" his rival did as PM

The public want an immigration system that is fair and compassionate, and they want a Government that is competent and respects the law - at the moment they have neither

The House of Commons rejected a demand for an immediate end to the Israel-Palestine conflict, despite Keir Starmer suffering the biggest rebellion of his leadership

The Find Out Now poll conducted in the wake of Monday’s reshuffle found support for the Tories has fallen even further in the past fortnight as Labour makes gains

Almost 60 Labour MPs defied the party whip while eight Shadow Ministers were including Jess Phillips, Naz Shah and Afzal Khan resigned from Keir Starmer's frontbench

The Prime Minister refused to condemn the Conservative Party Chairman after he suggested that minister 'should just put the planes in the air now and send them to Rwanda'

The Prime Minister used a Downing Street press conference to announce plans for emergency legislation in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that the Rwanda plan is unlawful

A poll conducted by YouGov on behalf of Labour Together asked the public to describe Rishi Sunak's immigration policies in their own words as the Rwanda plan was ruled unlawful

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman launched a fresh broadside at Rishi Sunak after the Supreme Court ruled the plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful

The former Tory minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns said rebels could end up looking 'very stupid toppling another leader' but said the party has to 'bite the bullet now'

The long-awaited Supreme Court decision on the controversial Rwanda deportation project leaves Rishi Sunak's pledge to stop the boats in tatters after Suella Braverman accused him of having no Plan B