The weekly tracker poll by Techne UK for The Independent shows that the Tories have taken six points off Labour’s lead since ...

UK economy at near-standstill as uncertainty over the budget and high interest rates weighed on consumer spending ...

The new Labour administration will continue with current rules that allow councils in England to increase tax rates by up to ...

Rachel Reeves said post-financial crash regulation has "gone too far" and set a course for cutting red tape in her first ...

How to learn from election defeat Following the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election in late 2023, I was asked to speak to SNP MPs and ...

Sir Keir Starmer has hailed the "significant" arrest of an alleged supplier of small boats used to cross the Channel, while ...

In his victory speech last week, Donald Trump declared that a “ historic realignment ” in American politics had occurred. His ...

The Tories have opened up a two-point lead over Labour after choosing Kemi Badenoch as leader, new polling shows. The party ...

Leaders across the UK political spectrum have congratulated Donald Trump as he appears set to win the US presidential election. Sir Keir Starmer said the UK-US special relationship will “continue to ...

Badenoch has always presented herself as a no-nonsense, right-of-center conservative with a powerful belief in free markets and personal responsibility.

It’s not the biggest political news of the week, but spare a moment to congratulate Kemi Badenoch on her election as leader ...

With more than three Labour MPs for every one Conservative ... translate into an uptick in the party’s fortunes. And poor ...