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Nigel Farage is “on the side” of predators like Jimmy Savile with his criticism of the Online Safety Act, the technology secretary has suggested.  Peter Kyle, the secretary of state for science, ...
MPs voted by 348-228 — a majority of 120 — against a Conservative motion condemning the government's winter fuel allowance cuts.
MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales so that women cannot be prosecuted for terminating their pregnancy at any stage. The amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill passed by ...
Keir Starmer has approached the first anniversary of him becoming prime minister in a ruminative, rueful mood. Across a series of long-form interviews, he has seized on the opportunity to appraise his ...
George Osborne has advised the Conservative Party to “talk less” about cultural issues such as “transgender toilets” and talk more about the economy. The former chancellor said that the Tories “could ...
Scottish Labour’s victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election has been described as a “message to Farage and his mob” by the triumphant candidate. In a result that confounded ...
Read the prime minister’s remarks in full below: Ladies and gentlemen – Britain is back on the world stage. Working with our partners. Doing deals that will grow our economy and putting more money in ...
A constellation of Labour caucuses, party factions and parliamentary groupings have gathered to dispute how the government can recover.
An overview of the regularlity of UK General Elections, including the current rules, past intervals, and the practices in other countries.
A Reform spokesperson said that banning the burqa was “not party policy, but it needs a national debate, which is what the House is for”. Zia Yusuf, the Reform UK chairman, has now appeared to dismiss ...
Kemi Badenoch will declare she is “increasingly of the view” that the UK needs to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in a significant speech setting out the Conservative Party’s path ...
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