The Latest Breaking News from Westminster

Nigel Farage Prepares to Unveil 'Former Labour MP' as Reform UK's Newest Defector

Nigel Farage is preparing to unveil a former Labour MP as Reform UK's latest high-profile defector, intensifying pressure on both Keir Starmer and the Conservatives as the insurgent party surges in the polls and redraws Westminster's political fault lines.

International Business Times UK · Jan 19

Exclusive: Labour facing 'fierce battles' to keep hold of at least 12 London boroughs in May local elections

Sir Keir Starmer’s party faces a ‘torrid time’ as it seeks to defend more than 1,150 seats ‘on five fronts’ against the Tories, Reform UK, Liberal Democrats, Greens and pro-Gaza independents, says leading pollster

Evening Standard · Jan 19

Court rejects Biffa’s £50m compensation bid over failed deposit return scheme

The company had taken Scottish ministers to court after the initiative was shelved.

Evening Standard · Jan 16

Nigel Farage Overtakes Keir Starmer in Landmark Poll of Eight Million UK Mums

Discover why 20% of Mumsnet users now support Nigel Farage's Reform UK—and what this landmark poll reveals about Labour's growing problem with British mums.

International Business Times UK · Jan 13

Sir Patrick Duffy obituary

Labour MP for Colne Valley and Sheffield Attercliffe who served as a navy minister and president of the Nato parliamentary assembly

The Guardian - UK · Jan 10

Reform UK's London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham attacks the Met: 'I don't see police on the street'

Scotland Yard defends its actions to tackle crime in the West End - saying extra officers are targeting crimes which Londoners ‘care about the most’

Evening Standard · Jan 9

Keir Starmer Labelled 'Slippery' As He Admits Labour Could Back Closer EU Alignment

Sir Keir Starmer's admission that Labour could pursue closer EU alignment threatens his premiership and hands momentum to Nigel Farage's Reform movement.

International Business Times UK · Jan 8

Labour 'ally' of Sadiq Khan drops bombshell at Oxford Street quango launch: 'I wish this didn't exist'

‘We would rather this body didn’t exist and we weren’t here’ says Westminster council leader

Evening Standard · Jan 7

Laila Cunningham unveiled as Reform's candidate for London Mayor as she tells Sadiq Khan: 'Your time is up'

Reform’s London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham, a Westminster councillor who defected from the Tories, claimed the capital is not safe and called for Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley to be fired

Evening Standard · Jan 7

Chef, theatre designer and football chief to advise Sadiq Khan on pedestrianising Oxford Street

New board members told to walk, cycle or catch the bus - and not to put taxis or flights on their expenses

Evening Standard · Jan 7