Politics

With yet another controversial soundbite to add to an ever-growing list of high-profile clangers, home secretary Suella Braverman's political career often seems to be unravelling day by day. Now, we ask, is she out of touch?

The former Culture Secretary has penned tens of thousands of words about how her hero Prime Minister was ousted from No10 - and some of them are very weird indeed

The plant at Scunthorpe is the latest to come under the shadow of redundancies as the sector aims to slash carbon emissions by closing coal-fired blast furnaces

The Conservative Party vice-chairman issued an apology to Dr Tom Dolphin after sharing a news story about the medic last month - and has now paid £1,870 to the British Medical Association's strike fund

Former Conservative Party chairman Sir Jake Berry wrote to the police over fears the party was covering up a rape allegation against a sitting MP, according to Nadine Dorries' book

The King's Speech will include plans to issue more North Sea oil and gas licences, but Labour has said it would be better to focus investment on nuclear and renewable power

Keir Starmer continues to face down demands to back calls for a cessation of the violence in the Strip, as Israel retaliates for the October 7 attacks waged by Hamas

The TUC claimed up to 3.5million people are at risk of being left worse off if ministers 'meddle' with rules on holiday pay in a way that punishes those who do overtime

Ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, the Resolution Foundation said Whitehall departments are braced for cuts on the scale of those unleashed by George Osborne

Ahead of the King’s Speech, Labour warned the Conservatives have given up on tackling the country’s problems as it emerged 134 hours of parliamentary time went unused

After Sir Keir Starmer insisted a humanitarian pause was the 'only practical way' to battle the conflict in the Middle East, Afrasiab Anwar and ten other councillors have quit the party

Culture wars demonising refugees or trans women won’t trump an exacerbated cost of living crisis and neglected public services.

The out-of-touch Prime Minister last week suggested British workers should chuck in their secure jobs and be prepared to fail as he took part in event with Elon Musk

The Deputy Prime Minister contrasted the support shown for black people in the wake of George Floyd's 2020 killing with the reaction to Hamas' slaughter of 1,400 Israelis

The 2012 Celebrity Big Brother contestant is considering running in the City Hall contest, where Labour's Mr Khan is seeking an unprecedented third term in power

The BBC star, who has been absent from television screens for a month, said she is glad to be back presenting her flagship Sunday morning political programme

As calls for a ceasefire in Gaza grow, Benjamin Netanyahu still shows no sign of ordering even a humanitarian pause to end the misery of those trapped

At the AI summit, Rishi Sunak was too busy lining up his next job with Elon Musk to mention the NHS while doctors and nurses are working with one hand tied behind their backs

Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza called for Rishi Sunak to help struggling youngsters with a Play Out to Help Out scheme - mimicking the Eat Out to Help Out initiative to kick-start hospitality after lockdown

Nearly four in 10 people said the revelations heard by the Covid Inquiry this week had worsened their opinion of the Tories’ pandemic record, according to a survey by More in Common

'The Tories can’t fix the country because they’ve already failed. Rishi Sunak admits the country needs to change, but his government cannot deliver it,' says Shadow Commons Leader Lucy Powell

After being jailed for five years and placed on the sex offender's register, the Upper Tribunal court allowed the now-freed man's appeal to remain in the UK on human rights grounds

The Home Office has had public failures including its inability to get a grip on the small boats crisis, including the shambles of its flagship policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

Many people are unable to afford school shoes for their children, or even beds – and this is becoming alarmingly normal. More must be done to help

The veteran backbencher insisted 'I am not a racist' at a trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, but he was fined £600 and ordered to pay £835 in legal costs after telling an activist to 'go back to Bahrain'