Politics

The departure of the top civil servant and partygate investigator comes following weeks of negative briefing and infighting that overshadowed Labour’s party conference in Liverpool.

The deputy prime minister’s declaration was made as Sir Keir Starmer paid back £6,000 in expenses after being heavily criticised for accepting Taylor Swift tickets and clothes for his wife.

Peer who gave gifts to Keir Starmer is being investigated after complaint he did not declare interests correctly

In a car crash radio interview ahead of Tory Party conference, Kemi Badenoch suggested women would be having more children if maternity pay was taken away

The most powerful elected Conservative politician in the UK has said the party that poses the biggest threat to the Conservatives in the 2029 election is the Conservatives.

Sir Oliver Dowden follows Rishi Sunak’s former parliamentary aide Craig Williams and former Downing Street chief of staff Liam Booth-Smith in being interviewed by the Gambling Commission.

Ms Duffield accuses the government of pursuing "cruel and unnecessary" policies and attacks the prime minister for "hypocrisy" for accepting gifts.

Donations worth £10,000 in October 2023 and £6,000 in February 2024 bring gifted clothes total to £32,000

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has resigned from the Conservative party after claiming the Tories have become too ‘far-right’.

PM to pledge to ‘leave no stone unturned’ in bid to rebuild public services and save £1.6bn over five years

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set her sights on closing the £39.8billion tax gap by pursuing those who are avoiding or evading paying their fair share of tax.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was under pressure on Sunday over his decision to limit winter fuel payments to the elderly and use donations for clothing and hospitality, far from the start he had hoped for at this year’s Labour Party conference.

Israel and terrorist organisation Hezbollah have exchanged a volley of rockets following amid the ongoing war in Gaza where tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed

Vladimir Kara-Murza tells Keir Starmer that further exchanges are a matter of ‘life and death’

Keir Starmer caved to pressure following days of criticism over gifts from wealthy donors and will no longer take cash for clothes - along with Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves

The revelation that Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Sue Gray, is paid more than the Prime Minister has fueled anger over salary cuts, according to sources.

Labour leader’s use of donations to pay for wife’s wardrobe is not unusual, suggests foreign secretary

It feels as though we are inching ever closer to a potential third world war, with tensions high between the West and Russia.

The UK government has said that claims made by Russia’s security services about six members of British diplomatic staff it has expelled from Russia are “baseless”.