The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Reform council’s plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people’

Announcement after proposed sale falls through prompts backlash and union says more than 200 jobs at risk

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2025

Good Friday Agreement wording on border poll is ‘workaround’, McDonald says

Mary Lou McDonald said the clause around a border poll was the ‘beating heart’ of the Good Friday Agreement.

Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2025

Former Tory councillor in court accused of drugging and raping ex-wife

Philip Young appears at Swindon magistrates court charged with 56 offences relating to 13-year period

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2025

Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms

Labour urged to accelerate reset with Brussels as many exporters struggling to trade in the EU after Brexit deal

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025

West London Labour council suffers second Tory defection in six weeks amid scandals

The former Labour councillor said: ‘Locally and nationally, the Labour Party is driving our community and the country to the brink’

Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2025

Labour calls to rejoin EU customs union will become harder for Starmer to resist

Wes Streeting’s wish for deeper trade relations to help fight against Farage is shared by growing number of MPs

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025

Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t

It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025

London leader speaks out after Labour councillor fined £40k for hiring illegal worker

Hounslow councillor Hina Mir employed a nanny in her west London home who had no right to work in the UK

Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2025

Rachel Reeves sets early March date for spring statement as OBR prepares forecast

Treasury announces 3 March date to prioritise ‘stability and certainty’ after criticism of buildup to November budget

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2025

No 10 denies dodging scrutiny after axing afternoon press briefings

No 10 conceded the changes would be ‘difficult’ and kept ‘under review’ but insisted they were necessary to ‘modernise’ Government communications.

Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2025