Politics

Suella Braverman branded ‘shameful’ for saying being gay isn’t enough to qualify for asylum
Asylum seekers

Suella Braverman branded ‘shameful’ for saying being gay isn’t enough to qualify for asylum

‘To try to weaken protection for this community is shameful’, said a leading torture charity

Home Office plan to reduce asylum seeker hotel bill ‘pushing refugees to homelessness’
Homeless refugees

Home Office plan to reduce asylum seeker hotel bill ‘pushing refugees to homelessness’

“People are seeing 40, 50, 60 refugees turning up on their doorstep as homeless, and there’s not the housing to be able to cope with it”

Labour MP Chris Bryant felt ‘ashamed’ to be part of parliament when Boris Johnson was PM
Interview

Labour MP Chris Bryant felt ‘ashamed’ to be part of parliament when Boris Johnson was PM

Since 2020 the MP has chaired the Committees on Standards and Privileges, providing him with a front-row seat for one of the most chaotic and corrupt parliaments in living memory

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland’s top lawyer
Drugs

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland’s top lawyer

Millionaires and economists tell G20 leaders to ‘tax the super-rich’ with much-needed wealth tax
Wealth Tax

Millionaires and economists tell G20 leaders to ‘tax the super-rich’ with much-needed wealth tax

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Shadow mental health minister’s resignation sends ‘worrying message’ about Keir Starmer’s Labour
Politics

Shadow mental health minister’s resignation sends ‘worrying message’ about Keir Starmer’s Labour

Labour reshuffle: Keir Starmer’s new shadow cabinet branded ‘Blairism on steroids’
Politics

Labour reshuffle: Keir Starmer’s new shadow cabinet branded ‘Blairism on steroids’

Dawn Butler: ’Nobody looked like me in politics’
Letter to my Younger Self

Dawn Butler: ’Nobody looked like me in politics’

A list of Rishi Sunak’s broken promises and U-turns
Rishi Sunak

A list of Rishi Sunak’s broken promises and U-turns

Labour says ‘there’s no money left’. We asked experts if that’s true
The economy

Labour says ‘there’s no money left’. We asked experts if that’s true

The ‘Ulez election’? After 8 years of Boris Johnson, Uxbridge and South Ruislip has bigger problems
ULEZ

The ‘Ulez election’? After 8 years of Boris Johnson, Uxbridge and South Ruislip has bigger problems

A list of Keir Starmer’s u-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from the two-child benefit limit to tuition fees
Labour

A list of Keir Starmer’s u-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from the two-child benefit limit to tuition fees

Andy Burnham: ‘Housing is a human right’
Interview

Andy Burnham: ‘Housing is a human right’

What does Boris Johnson’s resignation mean for Rishi Sunak?
Analysis

What does Boris Johnson’s resignation mean for Rishi Sunak?

Sadiq Khan: ‘We’ve only got limited time to make a difference’
Exclusive interview

Sadiq Khan: ‘We’ve only got limited time to make a difference’

Sadiq Khan rules out ever returning to Parliament
Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan rules out ever returning to Parliament

Here’s what the UK can learn from Australia, Sweden, and the US about getting voters to the polls
Politics

Here’s what the UK can learn from Australia, Sweden, and the US about getting voters to the polls

New voter ID rules are blocking local elections voters from casting their ballot
Local elections

New voter ID rules are blocking local elections voters from casting their ballot

Dogs at polling stations bring a smile to local election day
Local elections

Dogs at polling stations bring a smile to local election day

Local elections: You can still vote if you’ve lost your ID. Here’s how.
local elections

Local elections: You can still vote if you’ve lost your ID. Here’s how.

Exclusive: Councils are rejecting one in 18 applications for the government’s new free voter ID
Elections

Exclusive: Councils are rejecting one in 18 applications for the government’s new free voter ID

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Calls to scrap voter ID requirement as just 85,000 apply for free photo ID by deadline
Politics

Calls to scrap voter ID requirement as just 85,000 apply for free photo ID by deadline

Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies
Politics

Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies

Windsor framework: Why Rishi Sunak was able to secure the Brexit deal that others couldn’t
Brexit

Windsor framework: Why Rishi Sunak was able to secure the Brexit deal that others couldn’t

Betty Boothroyd: From campaigning for JFK to becoming the first female speaker
Politics

Betty Boothroyd: From campaigning for JFK to becoming the first female speaker