Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

British politics seems like a strange echo of our 2010s: that era when our major parties kept axing sitting prime ministers, ...

The real fallout after the ousting of Labour from a super safe seat in Wales

Now Labour faces its toughest task yet in Wales - convincing voters to keep believing, ahead of the 2026 Senedd election ...

I regret the suffering Covid inflicted, says Swinney ahead of inquiry report

The Scottish First Minister’s record during and since the pandemic was criticised by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

Ex-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson oversaw a toxic, chaotic and dithering response to the COVID pandemic, with a ...

Next Prime Minister Odds: Here are the 13 leading contenders to succeed Keir Starmer - with Nigel Farage second favourite

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has insisted he is "not challenging the Prime Minister", despite a briefing war where some close to Keir Starmer said he was after the top job. He's failed to rule out ...

The key players who presided over the government’s Covid response

The key players who presided over the government’s ‘chaotic’ Covid pandemic response - Baroness Heather Hallett's report on ...