The Latest Breaking News from Westminster

Westminster urged to act to reduce energy bills for those in greatest need

Scottish climate action minister Alasdair Allan called for a discounted rate to be introduced with a level of discount ‘proportionate to need’.

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2025

London Air Ambulance treated highest ever number of patients last year

Towers Hamlets and Westminster revealed to be busiest boroughs in the capital

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025

Protest throws focus on calls for quicker Lords reform

A noisy protest calling for the House of Lords to be abolished led to a pause in proceedings in Westminster’s second chamber on Thursday ...

The National (Scotland) · Mar 22, 2025

Man pictured scaling Big Ben carrying Palestine flag

A man has scaled one of the buildings at Westminster carrying a Palestine flag.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 8, 2025

Members of Lords involved in serious misconduct at Westminster, watchdog warns

Baroness Manningham-Buller said a rule change argued for by Conservatives would serve only to prevent genuine harassment victims from coming forward.

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

The UK has a history of coddling authoritarian leaders – now it’s happening again

British politicians think they exercise a moderating force on strongmen. In practice, ‘diplomacy’ and ‘pragmatism’ only ease their path, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025

OPINION - Nigel Farage, Mike Amesbury and the domino effect: how Runcorn could change British politics

It was a by-election that caused a political earthquake. In 1981, Shirley Williams changed the temperature in Westminster when the new Social Democratic Party triumphed in the once true blue seat of Crosby. Months before, her fellow Gang of Four member Roy Jenkins had come tantalisingly close to winning a…

Evening Standard · Feb 27, 2025

More than 30 photojournalists shortlisted for photographer of the year awards

The UK Picture Editors’ Guild awards night will be held on April 1 at Church House in Westminster, central London.

Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025

Westminster parking cheats using their dead mothers’ disabled Blue Badges are ‘beneath contempt’

Five fraudsters named and shamed after receiving fines totalling £3,000 in a council-led crackdown

Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025

Starmer to condemn Farage’s ‘dangerous right-wing politics’ as Reform UK surges in the polls

In a sign of growing fears in Downing Street at Reform’s surge in the polls, Keir Starmer will warn Nigel Farage’s policies are ‘alien’ to the needs of working people

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2025