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Nigel Farage is “on the side” of predators like Jimmy Savile with his criticism of the Online Safety Act, the technology secretary has suggested. Peter Kyle, the secretary of state for science, ...
After being appointed as Labour’s opportunity mission champion last year, I made it clear my role was to get out and learn from the education institutions that are making a real difference. It is of ...
Throughout my time in parliament, first in the House of Commons, and now in the House of Lords, assisted suicide has been a subject of serious and sustained debate. My views are well known, and my ...
Reform UK has been challenged to rule out recruiting Liz Truss to its ranks, after her one-time party chairman, Sir Jake Berry, became the latest former Conservative MP to defect from the Tories. The ...
Ersin Tatar is the leader of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. On a recent diplomatic visit to London, he sat down for an exclusive conversation with Politics.co.uk. Ahead of visits from ...
A former Conservative cabinet minister has announced he has left the party to join Reform UK. Jones, who was the MP for Clwyd West from 2005 until standing down in 2024, said he had quit the Tories ...
Keir Starmer has approached the first anniversary of him becoming prime minister in a ruminative, rueful mood. Across a series of long-form interviews, he has seized on the opportunity to appraise his ...
Yesterday saw the unveiling of the government’s long-awaited 10-Year Health Plan which sets out in detail their roadmap for transforming the healthcare landscape. It has been in the works for the ...
Keir Starmer has admitted that his government “didn’t get the process right” in the handling of its package of welfare reforms. The prime minister conceded that “it matters to” Labour MPs to ensure ...
The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. PMQs verdict: Labour’s woes are bigger than Rachel Reeves ...
Rachel Reeves just proved me right. Last July I wrote in The Times that Labour will fail on the NHS. I made it clear that their failure wouldn’t come from a lack of ambition and this week’s £29bn ...
In recent weeks, Labour has made a number of significant announcements to back the nuclear industry. But if Labour wants a British nuclear renaissance, they need to go a lot further than just throwing ...