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Mahmood to close loophole blocking deportation of Rochdale grooming gang ringleader

Home secretary expected to amend Immigration Act but hurdles remain if Pakistan continues to refuse to take Shabir Ahmed backShabana Mahmood is planning to change the law so the government can move to...

Police investigate £37,500 donation to Jenrick leadership campaign

Met confirms inquiry after elections watchdog referred allegations that donations in 2024 were from foreign sourcePolice have launched an investigation into £37,500 of donations to Robert Jenrick’s ca...

Reform’s Fleet Street ‘spoilers’: tactic party deploys to get ahead of stories

Richard Tice’s NCA leak claims are not first time Reform has gone to the Telegraph in relation to a problematic storyLate on Tuesday afternoon, as the British media was absorbing Nigel Farage’s shock...

Starmer says Trump wants to ‘stay in touch’ after he steps down

PM suggests maintaining links with US president will be part of his continued responsibility to UK-US relationshipDonald Trump has agreed to stay in touch with Keir Starmer after he steps down from No...

Millions of pounds and many, many questions: the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutiny

Exclusive: The details behind the financial transactions that bankers have flagged up to the National Crime AgencyThe rise in public support for Reform UK – and Nigel Farage’s own prediction that he e...

Clacton byelection likely to take place on 6 August – as it happened

Count Binface to be one of few challengers to Nigel Farage as major parties boycott contestFor anyone involved in British politics, an invitation to be interviewed on Radio 4’s Today programme is the...

Watch: Who is Count Binface, aiming to face Farage in by-election?

After the announcement that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage would quit his Clacton constituency and stand in a by-election, the serial election candidate Count Binface posted online: "Game on, Nige."

Reform to ask for 6 August Clacton byelection after Farage resignation

Constituents to vote in contest being boycotted by major parties over financial scandal surrounding Reform leaderReform UK will request that the Clacton byelection be held on 6 August, the party has s...

More Reform UK transactions worth millions reported to National Crime Agency

Exclusive: Bankers have raised potential money-laundering concerns over loans and donations involving senior party figuresA host of transactions involving Reform UK’s most senior figures and donations...

UK Treasury yet to do due diligence on finding extra money for defence

How to hit the 3.5% of GDP spending promise made to Nato would be a matter for the next prime minister, MPs toldThe Treasury has as yet carried out no analysis of the trade-offs necessary for the UK t...

Bank of England governor says he is ‘able to spot’ lobbying after Farage crypto meeting

Exclusive: Andrew Bailey says no policy changes were made as a result of pressure from crypto tycoon-backed Reform leaderThe governor of the Bank of England has broken his silence about the pressure N...

IMF upgrades UK growth forecast as fears over impact of Iran war diminish

July update projects GDP growth of 1% this year, making UK the third fastest-growing economy in the G7The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its growth forecast for the UK, while leaving t...

Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon

Ellis, 28, was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her abusive partner David BlakelyUK politics live – latest updatesRuth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, has been granted a condition...

Last woman hanged in the UK granted conditional pardon

Farage's rivals rule out standing in Clacton by-election

The Reform UK leader says he wants an "establishment versus the people by-election" but Labour calls it a "circus".

Lack of safeguards over prisoners’ early release puts abuse victims at risk, Lammy warned

Exclusive: victims commissioner and domestic abuse commissioner call for pause on planned releasesA failure to put in place safeguards in advance of a change to the law that will result in offenders b...

Report to National Crime Agency of £5m Farage gift is ‘deeply serious’

Labour party chair says Reform UK leader must cooperate with authorities instead of trying to distract public with byelectionRevealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money launderi...

Farage is likely to win in Clacton but can his credibility survive? | Peter Walker

While the Reform leader casts himself as the victim questions about his finances are unlikely to disappearFarage quits as an MP amid scrutiny of his financesFor Nigel Farage, a year that was progressi...

Almost no progress made on UK regional household income divide in 30 years, report finds

Despite promises of successive governments, gap between richest and poorest areas consistent since 1997Britain’s deep regional income divide has barely changed in 30 years despite the promises of succ...

Disability benefits in England and Wales not fit for purpose, Timms review to find

Exclusive: Landmark review by disability minister will call for ‘dehumanising’ assessment system to be redrawnWhat is the Timms review into Pip and what is it likely to conclude?Disability benefits in...