Category: Politics

A bill to legally prevent new sentencing guidelines on how ethnic minority criminals should be punished will be introduced today, the justice secretary said. Shabana Mahmood told MPs in the House of…

The most senior and long-serving civil servants could be offered a maximum of £95,000 to quit their jobs as part of a government efficiency drive. Sky News reported last week that several…

Sir Keir Starmer has said US-UK trade talks are “well advanced” ahead of tariffs expected to be imposed by Donald Trump on the UK this week – but rejected a “knee-jerk” response….

👉Listen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy look ahead to the day in British politics. There’s a cabinet meeting this…

A major incident has been declared in Birmingham over an ongoing bin strike, which has left around 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets of the city. Birmingham City Council said the “regrettable”…

Controversial sentencing guidelines that were due to come into force on Tuesday have been delayed after a political backlash. The Sentencing Council, the independent body that sets out sentencing guidance to courts…

Sir Ed Davey has said people are “changing their mind” on Tesla electric cars and he would not buy one. Asked if people should boycott Tesla – run by Trump adviser Elon…

Sir Keir Starmer has said 24,000 people who “have no right to be here” have been returned since Labour took power as he opened the government’s border security summit. The prime minister…

Sir Keir Starmer is set to address a summit today aimed at cracking down illegal migration. The UK prime minister is expected to say countries must not be pitted against each other…

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have discussed the “productive negotiations” towards a UK-US “economic prosperity deal”, Downing Street has said. The two leaders discussed a possible deal in a phone call…