Carlisle’s MP has welcomed changes made to the welfare bill after dozens of Labour MPs threatened to rebel against the government.

Rachel Reeves breaks cover as she joins Starmer for unveiling of NHS 10 year plan - Starmers says Chancellor’s tears were ‘nothing to do with politics... it’s purely personal’ ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has raised the alarm over what he describes as a calculated plot by former ...

While Tory-to-Reform defectors are generally older, male, immigration hawks and Leave-voting, there is still a big cohort of ...

Keir Starmer has admitted that the last few days have been tough after he was forced to tear up welfare reforms and ...

The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to its presidential candidate in the ...

The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions as Labour grapples with a ...

That ought to have left the Labour Party in an enviable position after winning power last July, with economic growth atop its ...

And on July 1st Sir Keir Starmer was humiliated by a huge rebellion, as Labour MPs gutted a bill to cut sickness and ...

Markets are keeping a close eye on political developments in the U.K. after Finance Minister Rachel Reeves was seen crying on ...

Reform UK has achieved its first electoral victory in North Tyneside, winning a vacant council seat in a by-election. Reform's Brian Smith was elected as a councillor for the ward of Killingworth in ...