Unite mulls historic split from Labour as Starmer faces crisis
Unite is weighing formal disaffiliation from Labour, deepening pressure on Keir Starmer amid weak polls, union anger and fears over the party’s direction.
Unite is weighing formal disaffiliation from Labour, deepening pressure on Keir Starmer amid weak polls, union anger and fears over the party’s direction.
Broadcaster Sangita Myska, abused online with racist slurs, says Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has normalised a toxic climate for people of colour in public life.
Starmer uses PMQs to brand any future Tory–Reform UK election pact an “unholy alliance of austerity and failure” as both parties publicly deny a deal.
Ministers propose judge-only trials for offences up to three-year sentences, amid warnings that curbing juries risks unfairness and racial bias.
Despite the arguments and the walkouts and the public disagreements at the Your Party Conference, delegates passed a series of motions that now shape the party’s identity. These decisions are the foundation on which the movement will try to build.
Founding conference in Liverpool exposes deep rifts over expulsions, leadership and culture inside Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new party.
France to give maritime police new powers to stop Channel 'migrant taxi boats', testing Labour's strategy as crossings rise and rights groups warn of risks.
Rachel Reeves has delivered one of the most sweeping Budgets in years — a package she says is designed to “stabilise the economy, rebuild public services and make the tax system fairer.”
On the eve of its Liverpool conference, Your Party drops co-leadership amid a Corbyn–Sultana power struggle over control, cash and direction.
One year ago, Labour suspended seven MPs for voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Zarah Sultana was among them, openly calling the policy cruel, poverty-inducing and morally indefensible.
Milkshakes and flavoured lattes will soon face a sugar tax for the first time as Labour prepares a major push to tackle rising obesity levels and improve public health.
Britain's CBI urges Chancellor Rachel Reeves to avoid a second heavy tax-raising budget, warning higher levies risk choking growth and investment.
Green Party membership has increased by over 100,000 since Polanski's election
Iqbal Mohamed becomes second MP to quit Your Party in a week, exposing bitter splits over funding, governance and trans rights before its first conference.
Official inquiry finds Boris Johnson’s chaotic Covid response and No 10 culture caused critical delays, contributing to an estimated 23,000 avoidable deaths.
Ministers hail the plans as the ‘biggest change to the immigration system in modern times’ as they prepare new capped routes and an expanded community sponsorship scheme.
What a month and a half it’s been for the Green Party — and for its newly elected leader, Zack Polanski.
Andy Burnham warns Labour risks handing power to Nigel Farage without bold reforms, fuelling speculation over his leadership ambitions.
Britain has reaffirmed its commitment to recognising a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders and will push for recognition at the UN in September, alongside France
A new poll reveals that most voters believe the wealthy should pay higher taxes to fix struggling public services.
Ex-Tory minister Lord Offord joins Reform UK, pledges to quit the Lords for a Holyrood bid as Farage avoids media questions on racism and immigration.
Labour ministers plan to outlaw cryptocurrency donations to UK parties, citing dark‑money and security risks highlighted by Reform UK’s bitcoin drive.
A new inquiry says police forces are still failing to properly investigate sexual offences, warning that women remain at risk nearly four years after the murder of Sarah Everard.
PM insists Labour did not mislead voters over a fiscal 'black hole' as a £26bn tax-raising budget sparks a major test of the party's credibility.
Gen Z workers say Reeves’s Autumn Budget freezes thresholds, hikes graduate loan and savings taxes and turns promotions into a ‘tax on ambition’.
Labour drops its pledge to give day-one unfair dismissal rights, accepting a six-month qualifying period after Lords defeat and business pressure.
ONS data shows UK net migration down to 204,000 in a year after Conservative and Labour crackdowns, amid fierce political and economic debate.
Accidental early release of the OBR's Budget forecast sent gilt yields lower and sterling higher, while exposing Reeves' plan for big, back-loaded tax rises.
Brexit has left the UK with up to £90bn a year less in tax revenue than it would otherwise have, according to new analysis being used by the Liberal Democrats to demand a fundamental rethink of Bri...
Cross-party MPs and peers want Keir Starmer to scrap ministerial powers over the Electoral Commission and restore the elections watchdog's full independence.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves readies fresh welfare reforms and possible two‑child cap changes in a tight pre‑Budget balancing act with her own party.
The freeze will cover all regulated fares, including season tickets, peak returns and off-peak returns.
October borrowing hit £17.4bn, above forecasts and the OBR path, tightening Chancellor Rachel Reeves's room to ease policy in next week's budget.
Under fire from all sides, Shabana Mahmood swore in the Commons as she spoke about racist abuse, defended her asylum crackdown and quietly unveiled new capped safe routes for refugees.
Shabana Mahmood will announce sweeping Danish-inspired reforms to the UK’s asylum system, making refugee status temporary, tightening rules on deportations and family reunion, and pushing judges to prioritise public safety, amid record asylum claims and r
A major YouGov MRP model puts Reform UK on 311 seats if an election were held now, making Nigel Farage the likeliest PM while Labour and others hunt tactics to stop him.
The prime minister plans a values-driven pushback against far-right politics, confronting Nigel Farage and Reform UK while rallying centre-left allies at home and abroad.
A member of the House of Lords lobbied ministers to take action against Palestine Action at the behest of a US defence firm that pays him as an adviser.
Record £9m from Christopher Harborne propels Nigel Farage’s Reform UK to the top of Britain’s donor league and intensifies calls to cap political donations.
UK and EU are negotiating UK association to Erasmus+ from 2027 as part of a wider youth, mobility and standards deal to reset post‑Brexit relations.
Jonathan Gullis, Lia Nici and Chris Green join Reform UK, highlighting a growing realignment on the right and deepening Kemi Badenoch’s troubles.
At its Liverpool launch, Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party chose collective leadership and dual membership, but early rows over money and control threaten unity.
On the eve of Your Party's Liverpool conference, Jeremy Corbyn sets out plans for a grassroots mass socialist party and broad left-wing programme.
Author says UK terror listing of Palestine Action makes it impossible to take royalties, threatening future publications and free-speech rights.
Ex-Dulwich classmates dispute Nigel Farage's claim that racist and antisemitic schoolday allegations are politically motivated attacks.
Rachel Reeves has now presented her Budget, calling it a serious and responsible plan to rebuild the country. But once the details are unpacked, it becomes clear that this Budget tells a much deeper story. It is a story about who is being asked to fix Bri
City mayors will be given the power to introduce a charge of roughly £2 per night on
Nigel Farage is facing mounting pressure to account for a long trail of interviews in which he promoted themes closely linked to antisemitic conspiracy theories. The scrutiny follows new allegation...
Jacob Rees-Mogg says ousting Boris Johnson doomed the Tories and urges a Johnson–Farage Tory–Reform pact to unite the right and challenge Labour.
At the G20, Starmer backs a strengthened Trump peace plan for Ukraine, tying a ceasefire to tougher sanctions and reparations loans from frozen Russian assets.
Former Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill gets 10½‑year jail term for taking pro‑Russia bribes as an MEP, in a landmark foreign influence case.
Labour’s hardline overhaul of the UK asylum system has provoked growing dissent from its own MPs, fierce criticism from campaigners and claims from the right that the plans will never be delivered.
Nigel Farage has recast Reform UK’s £90bn tax-cut pledge as an ambition, floated tweaks to the youth minimum wage and a “Britannia card”, while Reform-run councils grapple with rising costs and likely council tax increases.
A botched membership rollout, public infighting and legal threats have turned a promised left-wing alternative into a cautionary tale about competence and culture.
In a combative Bournemouth keynote, the Lib Dem leader cast Nigel Farage as a UK conduit for Trump-style politics, urged tougher online safety, and reaffirmed support for Ukraine.
The analysis shows households with the lowest incomes will see a £900 annual loss, equivalent to a 6% drop in disposable income