The number of times sewage is discharged by water companies will be halved by 2030, the environment secretary has pledged. Steve Reed's vow marks the first time ministers have set…
Who is in charge. You might think the answer should be obvious. This government should be walking on water, there should be nothing it can't do, a Whitehall insider suggests,…
A Reform UK councillor who was elected to Devon County Council in May has been expelled from the party. Reform UK said it had expelled Ed Hill for publishing a…
A by-election, which was called after a Reform UK councillor stepped down just two weeks after he was elected, has been won by the Conservatives. Jeremy Pert won Thursday's contest…
A government minister has rejected Diane Abbott's claim the Labour leadership wants her out of the party after she was suspended for a second time over comments about racism. Treasury…
Political parties, like the rest of us, are forever confronting choices. But, also like the rest of us, sometimes those choices are rather limited if maintaining consistency is seen to…
This July, just like last July, the prime minister has decided to kick some of his MPs out of the Parliamentary Labour Party. A year ago, just weeks after winning…
Germany is set to tighten its laws to crack down on gangs smuggling migrants to the UK by the end of the year, Downing Street has said. The announcement comes…
The Northern Ireland secretary has accused the Conservatives of making "false promises" to veterans with the controversial Legacy Act, as he defended Labour's plans to replace it. Hilary Benn was…
A group of landowners is beginning a judicial review in the High Court to challenge the government's attempts to reform the freehold and leasehold system of property ownership. The landowners,…
