Category: Politics

A host of local and mayoral elections will be taking place across England on Thursday 1 May – the first voting day since the general election last year. There will also be…

Ministers want reforms to sentencing policy that will reduce the prison population by more than ten percent, Sky News has learnt. The sentencing review is under pressure to deliver recommendations that will…

The defence secretary will urge “coalition of the willing” nations to increase pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine as plans to support peace ramp up. John Healey and French…

“All options” remain on the table over the future of British Steel, the chancellor has said, as fears mount over the company’s plant in Scunthorpe. The government is actively considering nationalising British…

A deal for a new Universal theme park in Bedfordshire has been confirmed, which Rachel Reeves says will bring “billions” to the economy and create thousands of jobs. It will be the…

It is “difficult” to give a “cast iron guarantee” that lives won’t be lost because of a coal tip disaster, the deputy first minister of Wales has told Sky News.   Nearly 60…

A number of Labour MPs have backed calls for Sir Keir Starmer to hold a Chilcot-style inquiry into the UK’s role in the Gaza war. Thirty-seven MPs, including 10 from Labour, have…

Rachel Reeves will seek to gauge the unfolding impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs blitz on Wednesday when she holds talks with some of the City’s top executives. Sky News has learnt…

The next debate on the assisted dying bill has been postponed to allow MPs more time to consider their positions following controversy over amendments. Kim Leadbeater, the MP who introduced the bill,…

Labour have been a “crushing disappointment” in government, the Green Party said as it pitched itself as a progressive alternative in its local election campaign launch.  Co-leader Carla Denyer said the country…