Labour “can’t sugarcoat the fact that things aren’t going well” in government, Lucy Powell has said as voting for the party’s new deputy leader begins. The ballot for the contest between former ...

Labour accused Kemi Badenoch of having a ‘brass neck’ as she seeks to position her party as the only one that can get the economy back on track.

Her comments came during a Party conference overshadowed by questions about her leadership and the challenge from Nigel Farage’s party.

The party leader will set out a ‘golden rule’ that half of money saved from cuts must be put towards driving down the deficit.

Research by YouGov showed some politicians had ‘grossly misjudged voters’ views amid criticism of net zero efforts, according to investment body.

The authorities “will be relentless” in tackling drug smuggling, the crime minister has vowed, after police efforts resulted in more than 2,300 “deal lines” shut off in a single year. Sarah Jones ...

The Prime Minister has been joined by more than 100 business chiefs and university leaders on a trade visit to Mumbai.

Deaths among homeless people in the UK have risen by 9% in a year and included 11 children, according to a group monitoring the issue. The Museum of Homelessness said its research suggested at least 1 ...

The ‘start at home’ initiative aims to boost roll out of the clean technology that will be key to phasing out fossil fuel home heating.

Half of UK’s top commercial fish stocks are either overfished to critically low levels or being overexploited, a report from Oceana UK warns.

Who your parents are – rather than how hard you work – is increasingly shaping living standards over a lifetime, the Resolution Foundation said.

Access to Scotland’s “immense resources” will only be available if the country becomes independent, First Minister John Swinney has said.