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Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation
Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions.

5 hours ago • BBC News
Two-child benefit cap has been devastating - Phillipson
Two-child benefit cap has been devastating - Phillipson

The education secretary says there is a "real urgency" about the issue, as she signals the cap could soon be lifted.

5 hours ago • BBC News
Refugees to face longer route to UK settlement rights
Refugees to face longer route to UK settlement rights

Details of the new conditions refugees will have to meet are to be set out later in the autumn.

2 hours ago • BBC News
Khan ‘appalled’ by Met officers’ behaviour as Mahmood calls footage ‘sickening’
Khan ‘appalled’ by Met officers’ behaviour as Mahmood calls footage ‘sickening’

The mayor of London's comments follow a BBC Panorama undercover report about Charing Cross police station.

3 hours ago • BBC News
PM tells BBC he wants to change how international law used in asylum cases
PM tells BBC he wants to change how international law used in asylum cases

The UK needs to "look again" at how to tackle mass migration, but those genuinely fleeing persecution should still be gi...

1 day ago • BBC News
Donors covering Farage security after cuts, Reform claims
Donors covering Farage security after cuts, Reform claims

Reform's policy chief says parliamentary authorities downgraded Farage's security two weeks ago.

18 hours ago • BBC News
Baroness Mone-linked company ordered to pay £122m over PPE contract
Baroness Mone-linked company ordered to pay £122m over PPE contract

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the government would "do everything" in its power "to get that money back".

19 hours ago • BBC News
Labour deputy debate exposes differences in approach
Labour deputy debate exposes differences in approach

Lucy Powell and Bridget Phillipson go head-to-head at the very end of the Labour Party conference.

21 hours ago • BBC News
Labour plans new law to ban fracking permanently
Labour plans new law to ban fracking permanently

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says Labour will take on Reform UK over shale gas and "send the frackers packing".

23 hours ago • BBC News
Five takeaways from Starmer's conference speech
Five takeaways from Starmer's conference speech

The prime minister seeks to rally his party behind the UK government - what were the standout moments?

1 day ago • BBC News
Lammy backtracks on Farage Hitler Youth claim
Lammy backtracks on Farage Hitler Youth claim

The deputy prime minister says he is "happy to clarify" comments he made about the Reform UK leader.

1 day ago • BBC News
Call for Miliband to go as second oil refinery loses jobs
Call for Miliband to go as second oil refinery loses jobs

Unite says Sir Keir needs to "rescue" the government's industrial strategy with fresh investment in jobs.

1 day ago • BBC News
Farage doesn't believe in Britain, Starmer tells Labour conference
Farage doesn't believe in Britain, Starmer tells Labour conference

The PM vows to fight Reform UK's "politics of grievance" in a speech to Labour's annual conference.

1 day ago • BBC News
Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare
Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare

The health secretary says "it's not happening", as ministers face questions about the prospect of tax rises.

2 days ago • BBC News
'We want her back', Wes Streeting praises Rayner at Labour conference
'We want her back', Wes Streeting praises Rayner at Labour conference

The audience at Labour conference applaud the health secretary after he praises his former cabinet colleague.

1 day ago • BBC News
Reeves warns of harder choices to come as she hints at tax rises
Reeves warns of harder choices to come as she hints at tax rises

The chancellor says choices have been made "harder" by international events and the "long-term damage" done to the econo...

2 days ago • BBC News
Labour members call for action on Gaza conflict
Labour members call for action on Gaza conflict

Delegates at the party's conference in Liverpool also urge the government to fully suspend arm sales to Israel.

2 days ago • BBC News
Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK
Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK

New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

2 days ago • BBC News
Sarwar says 'knackered' SNP has run out of ideas
Sarwar says 'knackered' SNP has run out of ideas

The Scottish Labour leader also criticised the "bile" of Reform as he addressed delegates at the party's UK conference

3 days ago • BBC News
Reform 'would scrap' high-speed northern rail line
Reform 'would scrap' high-speed northern rail line

Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice says the high-speed railway line plans are "insanity".

3 weeks ago • BBC News
UK could suspend visas for countries with no migrant return deals
UK could suspend visas for countries with no migrant return deals

New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said her 'top priority' in her role is to 'secure' the UK's borders.

3 weeks ago • BBC News
MPs push for change on Palestine Action but minister stands firm
MPs push for change on Palestine Action but minister stands firm

There were 890 arrests in London on Saturday for protesting to lift the ban on the proscribed group.

3 weeks ago • BBC News
Starmer facing pressure over Mandelson's Epstein links
Starmer facing pressure over Mandelson's Epstein links

The Tories and some Labour MPs have called for Lord Mandelson to be sacked but Sir Keir has stood by him.

3 weeks ago • BBC News
Rayner replacement for deputy leader must be a woman, says Harman
Rayner replacement for deputy leader must be a woman, says Harman

Labour's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) is setting the rules for choosing the new deputy leader.

3 weeks ago • BBC News
Government must deliver workers' rights bill in full, says TUC
Government must deliver workers' rights bill in full, says TUC

The call comes amid fears the bill would be watered down as some of its key backers left the cabinet.

3 weeks ago • BBC News
UK launches defence growth strategy to try to boost jobs
UK launches defence growth strategy to try to boost jobs

The government anticipates that up to 50,000 new defence jobs could be created by 2035.

3 weeks ago • BBC News
Chris Mason: Starmer had to show his critics he can take on Farage
Chris Mason: Starmer had to show his critics he can take on Farage

With this speech, the prime minister reminded his internal critics who won Labour's whopping majority in the election 15...

1 day ago • BBC News
Trump trusts Blair, others don't - could he govern Gaza?
Trump trusts Blair, others don't - could he govern Gaza?

Sir Tony Blair's presence on the Gaza "Board of Peace" comes as no surprise but he remains a divisive figure.

1 day ago • BBC News
Why Starmer wants to keep talking about Farage
Why Starmer wants to keep talking about Farage

The Labour leader insists his battle with Reform UK represents a different kind of political fight.

2 days ago • BBC News
Faisal Islam: Reeves pre-emptively justifies tax rises
Faisal Islam: Reeves pre-emptively justifies tax rises

The chancellor linked tough decisions "in coming months" to global headwinds and OBR productivity reassessment.

2 days ago • BBC News