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Sadiq Khan says UK ‘vow of silence’ on Brexit failings must end

Mayor of London rues £140 billion hit to UK economy.

January 11, 2024 3:05 pm CET

PMQs scorecard: Sunak bags a win with new help for Post Office victims

The prime minister (finally) bumped up compensation and vowed to quash convictions for those falsely accused because of IT blunders, as he sparred with Labour’s Keir Starmer.

January 10, 2024 2:07 pm CET

Britain’s got some of Europe’s toughest surveillance laws. Now it wants more

Despite the protestations of industry and campaigners, ministers are whisking a new bill through parliament.

January 3, 2024 4:00 am CET

Need a late Christmas present? Try Westminster’s worst political merch

Show people you really don’t care with these belated ‘gifts,’ courtesy of genuine adults tasked with running the country.

December 26, 2023 4:00 am CET

King Charles, Cameron and Sunak show UK’s COP28 identity crisis

The environmentalist king, the skeptical PM, and his shape-shifting Tory predecessor will all jostle for prominence at the big climate summit.

November 23, 2023 8:00 pm CET

David Cameron’s foreign policy record rated

Where Britain’s top diplomat — and former leader — stands on China, Israel, Brexit and more.

November 16, 2023 7:51 pm CET

Rishi Sunak’s biggest gamble

The UK prime minister’s dramatic Cabinet reshuffle is far from certain to succeed.

November 14, 2023 4:01 am CET

Happy Rishiversary! Highs and lows of Rishi Sunak’s first year in power

Sunak’s first year in No. 10 has been busy. We remembered it so you don’t have to.

October 24, 2023 4:00 am CET

British MPs fear backlash to Israel-Hamas war in their own backyard

A rise in both antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks comes amid fear Middle East conflict will strain Britain’s multi-faith democracy.

October 23, 2023 4:00 am CET

Britain’s anti-Brexit Lib Dems are back … But don’t mention the EU

The centrist bloc could be kingmakers — and they won’t be banging on about Brexit.

September 26, 2023 4:00 am CET

UK’s Dorries formally resigns as MP with blistering attack on Sunak

The former minister accused the prime minister of putting his ‘personal ambition above the stability of the country.’

August 27, 2023 12:50 pm CET

Open the pubs! England in revolt over World Cup final beer laws

England wants one thing: to watch the women’s football World Cup final with a pint.

August 18, 2023 1:11 pm CET
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How Britain’s Tories lost their electoral base

Potential wipeout looms for Sunak after years of chaos under Johnson and Truss.

August 8, 2023 5:39 am CET

Only dead people donate to the Scottish National Party

How the embattled SNP went from big-donor magnet to a party reliant on gifts from the deceased.

July 25, 2023 4:01 am CET

UK by-elections: How the parties are spinning a something-for-everyone night

Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems are all trying to big up the results in three crunch votes.

July 21, 2023 1:02 pm CET

It’s 2-1! Tories take double by-election hit — but hold on in Boris’ old seat

Rishi Sunak’s party cheers Uxbridge result — but swallows hefty defeats in Selby and Ainsty and in Somerton and Frome.

July 21, 2023 8:22 am CET

How scandals affect by-elections as England heads to the polls

High drama in British politics could prompt voters to stay at home, says author of major election study.

July 20, 2023 4:00 am CET

Rural uprising: How Britain’s farmers fell out of love with the Conservative Party

Mutiny in the countryside as farmers turn on Tory government over trade deals, subsidies and more

July 18, 2023 6:25 pm CET

Meet Britain’s first AI-powered candidate

Andrew Gray is running for office in Selby and Ainsty on a manifesto generated by an artificial intelligence tool.

July 18, 2023 12:45 pm CET

Britain’s mortgage crisis could destroy Rishi Sunak. Why won’t he act?

UK prime minister faces electoral wipeout next year as interest rates soar.

June 21, 2023 11:34 pm CET

Every British MP suspended by their party since 2019

Westminster’s unwanted: endless scandals in British politics mean an accidental new bloc now outnumbers the Liberal Democrats.

June 7, 2023 4:02 am CET

Labour doesn’t want to talk about a UK hung parliament. It may have to

Could opposition leader Keir Starmer attempt the UK’s first full-throttle minority government since 1974?

May 12, 2023 4:19 pm CET
UK Coronation

King Charles III crowned in Westminster Abbey

Millions tune in on TV screens around the world to witness historic occasion.

May 6, 2023 1:55 pm CET

Rishi Sunak is failing his first major electoral test

The Tories perform at worst end of own expectations in England’s local elections — but Labour are urged not to get complacent.

May 5, 2023 10:38 am CET
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