Politics

“Identity politics is tearing communities apart”, the former leader of Oldham council has warned, in the week marking the 25th anniversary of race riots across the north of England.

Labour should consider reducing national insurance and granting new oil drilling licenses for the North Sea, Wes Streeting said as he continued to advocate for the party’s leadership.

Nigel Farage is facing a potential crisis as Reform battles an even more right-wing party - fueled by support from Elon Musk.

Lord Tom Watson, the former Labour deputy leader, has announced he is taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords following the recurrence of his cancer.

Nicola Sturgeon stated she was “deceived, betrayed and lied to” by her estranged husband, Peter Murrell, as he embezzled hundreds of thousands of pounds from the SNP.

Shabana Mahmood’s plan to house more asylum seekers in former army barracks is facing a major hurdle after the high court ruled that a policy change forcing torture victims to share rooms was unlawful.

Labour has reported the alleged hacking of Nigel Farage’s phone to police and government cybersecurity officials after the Reform UK leader failed to do so himself.

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.