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Home Office sign-off also needed for site that would house 1,200 asylum seekers near Oxfordshire village that voted to leave UKThe communities secretary, Angela Rayner, has approved full planning perm...
Prime minister says reset could be a deal ‘like the Brexit people thought they were voting for in 2016’ Andy Burnham has said he believes a “win-win” deal could be done with the EU that could be “more...
Government considers further curbs on non-disclosure agreements after Guardian investigation of TV personalityMinisters are looking at ways to change the law quickly to expand protections that stop no...
Any revolt among MPs is likely to be smaller than the one that badly damaged Keir Starmer's government.
This blog is now closedOn the Today programme this morning, the Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, a prominent leftwinger, indicated she might vote against legislation to implement the Alan Milburn proposal...
Exclusive: Former health secretary wants to ‘tear up the old approach’, and end ongoing payments to certain under-25sSome young people with disabilities will lose their personal independence payments...
Reform leader this week criticised the Labour party for ‘cosying up to’ and ‘promoting’ disgraced comedianNigel Farage appeared on Russell Brand’s US podcast nine months after police opened an investi...
This week, Kemi Badenoch roasted the prime minister at PMQs with gag after gag. But while the leader of the opposition looks feisty, are some Labour MPs also beginning to wonder if Andy Burnham has th...
Despite John Healey’s defiance, the economy faces threats from a tech slowdown and energy bills this winterAI helps UK economy grow at fastest pace for more than two yearsThe forecasters were clear wh...
Britain’s national wealth fund invests £113m in UForce, whose equipment has been used heavily in war with RussiaA London-based naval drone maker founded by Ukrainians has reached a £4.5bn valuation af...
A Suffolk MP says the government tells him the threat was not imminent.
Exclusive: Madeleine Alessandri, former chair of joint intelligence committee, will take on role of advising No 10 on climate-related national security risksThe UK government has appointed the world’s...
There is a growing expectation among senior Labour figures that drilling in the oil field will be given the green light.
Retailer’s management to seek two-week extension of legal protection from creditors in high courtMPs have accused the owner of Poundland of extracting millions of pounds from the budget retailer when...
Paralympian Richard Whitehead ‘gobsmacked’ at Tory leader’s speech over proposed £36bn welfare cutsThe double amputee marathon runner Richard Whitehead has criticised Kemi Badenoch for “weaponising hi...
This blog is now closedHere are some more comments on the report for the Casey commission released today looking at how social care is run in England. (See 9.56am.)This is from Natasha Curry, deputy d...
Exclusive: Equalities minister accuses Tories of ‘chasing Reform into the gutter’ as they drop support for planned law to ban conversion practicesKemi Badenoch has “no interest in supporting LGBT+ peo...
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy expected to meet leaders from TV, film and publishing and could legislate if voluntary action is deemed insufficientMinisters have given the entertainment industry an ulti...
Departure of Tom Waterhouse, Reform’s ‘latest fall guy’, will be blow to party amid push towards professionalisationReform UK’s general secretary has left the role as Nigel Farage’s party continues to...
Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff also says the ‘thicket of rules’ about how PMs operate should be cleared awayKeir Starmer’s former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, has called for a rethink of “q...