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, ...

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 ...

If you think Reform UK are the hard-men of law and order, think again. Behind the tough-guy act is a soft-touch scam that ...

After being appointed as Labour’s opportunity mission champion last year, I made it clear my role was to get out and learn ...

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 ...

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 ...

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There will be “financial consequences” after the government made major concessions to its welfare rebels, a senior minister has admitted. Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, ...

The prime minister is braced for the largest rebellion of his premiership. ***Politics.co.uk is the UK’s leading digital-only political website. Subscribe to our daily newsletter for all the latest ...

Keir Starmer is today detained overseas for a landmark Nato summit, once again preventing him from performing his duties at prime minister’s questions. In stepped Angela Rayner to command her second ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street Welfare rebellion leaves Keir Starmer stranded ...