The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Judgment day as Starmer faces Commons showdown over Mandelson scandal

Prime minister to deliver high-stakes statement to MPs over vetting controversy that has put his position in peril

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19

Labour’s ‘crabwise’ approach to closer EU ties must address damage of Brexit

The damage to the economy dwarfs the upsides from the various non-EU trade deals the UK has struck since 2016

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19

How Reform is exposing the reality of Scotland’s views on immigration and identity

Once a progressive outlier, Scotland is facing a political reckoning as Reform benefits from growing social division

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19

Swinney ‘satisfied’ with Scottish Government action after landmark gender ruling

The First Minister responded to claims from former SNP MP Joanna Cherry that he is ‘too afraid’ to stand up to his party on women’s rights.

Evening Standard · Apr 18

What each party is promising in the Westminster council election

Labour, Conservatives, Reform and the Greens are all standing 54 candidates across the borough’s 18 wards

Evening Standard · Apr 18

Estimated declaration times for May 7 local and mayoral elections

On polling day elections will take place in 136 councils in England, while six mayors will also be chosen.

Evening Standard · Apr 18

Sarwar: I am not surprised people did not back my calls for Starmer to resign

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar admitted it hurt him personally to call for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to quit.

Evening Standard · Apr 17

‘Almost like a Bond villain’: why Labour MPs expect Starmer to cling on as PM

While the Labour leader is deeply unpopular, several factors – including the Iran war – seem to be delaying his exit

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17

Peter Mandelson’s failed security vetting: a timeline of the controversy

Starmer’s disastrous decision to make New Labour veteran the US ambassador has led to months of political outcry

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17

Birmingham is awash with local election candidates – but will result be a ‘coalition of chaos’?

Some fear a fragmented field of hopefuls from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and independents could leave city ungovernable

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17