Politics
Power, institutions, parties and the uncomfortable ideas that move voters, with reporting on Westminster, elections and the fights that decide policy.
Farage resigns as Clacton MP, triggering by-election he vows to fight
The Reform UK leader steps down in Essex to force a contest he intends to fight, pausing a standards inquiry into an undeclared five million pound gift. Rival parties line up to boycott the vote.
Latest Politics
PoliticsRobert Jenrick demands Zack Polanski to 'face the full force of the law' after sharing 'unacceptable' Nigel Farage post
The Reform UK leader has reported Zack Polanski to the police for 'incitement to murder'
PoliticsKeir Starmer branded 'pathetic' after claiming political rivals are 'point-scoring' by 'weaponising' rape gangs scandal
The row erupted after Commons Leader Lucy Powell was forced to apologise for her grooming gangs outburst
PoliticsReform UK’s Zia Yusuf brands Tory party ‘socialist double agents’ in brutal attack
Representatives from both parties have slapped down talk of a merger
PoliticsKeir Starmer 'considers watering down' defence spending increase ahead of crunch Nato summit
A US insider warned that a drop in defence spending would send a 'bad signal' to Washington
More Politics
UK-EU summit plans 'reassessed' after Keir Starmer announces resignation
European Council president Antonio Costa has suggested the meeting could be pushed back
Labour hands Mauritius MORE taxpayer cash after signing £35billion Chagos surrender deal
Critics have accused the party of being more interested in 'helping people abroad' while British families are 'struggling at home'
Andy Burnham plots tax raid on middle class with more than 150,000 families to suffer four-figure hikes
Labour's frontrunner is flirting with a number of taxes to bludgeon Britons across the South
'Vibes won't keep the lights on!' Andy Burnham accused of having 'no substance' after becoming Prime Minister
The MP for Makerfield became the new Prime Minister on Monday
Archive
Yvette Cooper considers plans to bolster hate crime laws despite fears over free speech
The move would be a reversal of changes to the laws brought in last year by the Tories
'That's what friends are for!' Farage claims Trump and Musk will throw weight behind Reform
Donald Trump and Nigel Farage first became friends ahead of the 2016 US Presidential Election
'I was laughing!' Kemi Badenoch dismisses Reform-Tory toppling plot after swiping at 'showman' Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage met with Dominic Cummings to discuss the 'doomed' fate of the Conservative Party just before Christmas
Corbynista MP compares Farage to 'far-right' politics of BNP as activists plot anti-Reform rally amid poll surge
An anti-Reform rally will take place in Birmingham on March 28 as the populist party prepares to hold the 'biggest' political event in modern British history
Reform councillor defects to Conservatives after St George's flag 'vandalism' row erupts
Karl Perks was removed from his Cabinet role in March following a string of disagreements with the party's leadership
'You are falling short!' Tory MP face brutal GB News grilling on deportation bill: 'Why don't we just leave the ECHR?!'
The Conservatives have unveiled plans for a new bill that would disapply the Human Rights Act in immigration cases