The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...

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Labour members are eyeing up a surprising candidate to replace Keir Starmer as pressure to deliver "stability and growth" ...

Until the ‘benefit scrounger’ narrative is finally dismantled, facts will continue to take a back seat to headlines.

Facing a looming fiscal shortfall, Britain Labour government is under pressure to tax the super rich. But economists warn a ...

Experts have warned the government could be facing a £30bn blackhole in the public finances, with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealing the UK economy contracted by 0.1% in May ...

"To launch a political party is quite something," said Quentin Letts in the Daily Mail. "To bungle the launch of one," though, requires a special type of incompetence. This was on full display last ...

Starmer's on a charm offensive. But his rank and file think No 10's 'a mess' and are contemptuous of their frontbench ...

An author of a report on taxing Britain’s richest people says it can’t be done fast enough to help Chancellor of the ...

Keir Starmer has come under pressure over claims more state pensioners will be forced to pay income tax. Conservative leader ...

Two slogans defined politics in 2024. Sir Keir Starmer offered “Change” while Donald Trump promised to “Make America Great Again”. Both yielded electoral triumphs. Yet while in the US, Maga captured ...