Category: Politics

In the wake of the Trump tariffs, there is a lot of concern about the impact on the UK. Away from grand ideas about trade deficits and mercantilism are the worries over…

The Hillsborough Law will not be implemented before the next anniversary of the disaster as promised, the government has confirmed. In a statement to Sky News, a spokesperson said that after consulting…

Gusty conditions have seen the number of small boat crossings in the Channel plummet over the past week. Despite balmy spring weather with sunny skies and temperatures in the late teens celsius,…

There are growing calls for the UK to withdraw from the treaty banning the use of landmines. Nations in eastern Europe, including Poland and Finland, have signalled they will leave the 1997…

Online safety protections for children are “not up for negotiation” in US trade talks, a minister has said, amid speculation they could be watered down to avoid Donald Trump’s tariffs. Treasury minister…

Sir Keir Starmer needs to choose between parents who want stronger action to tackle harmful content on children’s phones, or the “tech bros” who are resisting changes to their platforms, Baroness Harriet…

A scheme meant to boost access to NHS dentists under the last government appears to have “comprehensively failed”, MPs have said Introduced in February last year by Conservative health ministers, the Dental…

From Doughty Street to Downing Street: from human rights barrister in a left-wing chambers to a prime minister tough on rioters and illegal migrants. Five years after becoming Labour leader, Sir Keir…

The list has landed. More than 400 pages of thousands of goods that could be affected by reciprocal tariffs against the US. Everything from fresh domestic ducks to sea-going dredgers makes the…

There is a certain steel about a mother who has lost a child. It’s hard to put your finger on, but perhaps after going through hell you re-emerge made of a different…