Badenoch questions Starmer on borrowing costs
Kemi Badenoch questions the prime minister on rising UK borrowing costs. The Tory leader says former members of the monetary policy committee warn the UK is heading for an economic…
Angela Rayner says she should have paid more tax on Hove flat
BBC Angela Rayner has admitted she should have paid more tax when she bought her flat in Hove, blaming inaccurate legal advice she received beforehand. The deputy prime minister said…
We may need to look at free speech laws, says Streeting
Healthy Secretary Wes Streeting has said ministers may need to “look at” laws concerning online speech, following the arrest of comedian Graham Linehan. The health secretary said such laws had…
Is Jeremy Corbyn’s party about to make a Holyrood breakthrough?
David Wallace LockhartBBC Scotland News political correspondent PA Media Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched a new party Sometimes the left of Scottish politics can feel like a…
Hundreds of Parliament security staff start strike action
PA Media The union will also carry out action short of a strike, including an overtime ban and a work-to-rule, until 12 September Hundreds of security staff based in the…
Sue Gray questions working class-only civil service internship
Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Baroness Sue Gray has challenged the government’s plan to limit a civil service internship scheme to working-class students. The Labour peer questioned the…
‘No chaos’ in Durham County Council, Reform UK deputy says
Richard MossPolitical editor, North East & Cumbria PA Tice says he is confident of more success for Reform UK in the North East at next year’s local elections Reform UK’s…
How Polanski’s Green leadership could impact UK politics
Zack Polanski’s sweary, brash and blunt victory video on social media said everything about how the Green Party of England and Wales is under new leadership. His landslide victory is…
Clegg accuses Vance of ‘hypocrisy’ over free speech criticism
Sam FrancisPolitical reporter Getty Images Former UK deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg has accused right-wing US politicians, including JD Vance, of “rank hypocrisy” for attacking UK speech laws while…
Reform UK Nottinghamshire County Council boss denies press ban applied to councillors
The Reform UK leader of Nottinghamshire County Council has denied that his party’s councillors were barred from speaking to a local newspaper’s reporters. Last week the council told the BBC…