Politics

The oil crisis triggered by the Iran war has changed the fossil fuel industry forever, turning countries away from fossil fuels to secure energy supplies.

Sir Sadiq Khan has said polls suggesting Labour is set to be decimated in London at the upcoming local elections “scare me” as he made a heartfelt plea to voters not to take their frustrations with central government out on councils.

Nigel Farage says he is "starting to worry slightly" about the judgment of Donald Trump amid mounting UK-US tensions over the conflict in the Middle East.

The Foreign Office refused to hand over key files about Lord Mandelson’s vetting, one of Britain’s most senior civil servants has revealed.

MPs have urged for sanctions against an Israeli charity after it was recorded on camera by Declassified offering assistance to UK citizens for relocating to an illegal settlement in the West Bank.

Keir Starmer is looking increasingly isolated over his handling of the Peter Mandelson scandal with divisions emerging in cabinet over his decision to sack the Foreign Office civil servant Olly Robbins.

Cabinet allies and Labour heavyweights are turning against Sir Keir Starmer following Sir Olly Robbins’s explosive testimony before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

Albanians in Britain are paying the price in schools and workplaces of being scapegoated by rightwing media and politicians, the Albanian ambassador has said.

The former top civil servant in the Foreign Office has stated that Downing Street exerted significant pressure on his staff to support Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US Ambassador.

Home secretary understood to have withdrawn authorisation for speaker at Unite the Kingdom rally in May.

Keir Starmer’s team saw him as the ideal candidate for British Prime Minister when he took office in July 2024. But while winning an election is one thing, governing the country has proven to require a very different skill set.

Sir Keir Starmer will battle to save his job in Parliament on Monday by setting out further details of the “unforgivable” error by officials in not telling him Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting.

The claim comes as the prime minister faces heat following the revelation that Mandelson was appointed despite security concerns.

Chris Bryant told a parliamentary committee that UK-made aircraft parts would not benefit Israeli fighter pilots. His briefing said otherwise.

Donald Trump has warned he could rip up his trade deal with Britain as tensions rise between the US and UK over the war in Iran and its economic fallout.

A social media ban for under-16s has been rejected by MPs for the second time.

This is the moment Sir Keir Starmer has a testy bust-up with the Commons Speaker after getting a dressing-down over dodging questions.

One of Nigel Farage’s Reform candidates promoted a Covid conspiracy theory – and even labeled the late Queen a “fraud” who should be overthrown.