11 m. ago Keir's Cabinet bloodbath: David Lammy's face says it all as he leaves No 10 after being ousted as Foreign Secretary

Keir Starmer effectively went back to the drawing board after a dismal first year in power and torrid summer of migration protests.

Events

2 h. ago Yvette Cooper axed as Home Secretary in panicking Starmer's Cabinet bloodbath after Angela Rayner quit: David Lammy is moved from Foreign Secretary to Deputy PM

Keir Starmer is moving Yvette Cooper from the Home Office in an apparent admission that borders policy needs an overhaul, after a torrid summer of migration protests.

Society

2 h. ago David Lammy appointed Deputy Prime Minister in cabinet reshuffle

Mr Lammy had served as Foreign Secretary since July 2024

Politics

3 h. ago Angela Rayner's resignation triggers a Labour purge: Panicking Starmer axes Cabinet ministers in bloody 'Phase 3' reshuffle after she quit for failing to pay tax

Keir Starmer is taking a knife to his team just days after he tried to launch a Labour 'Phase 2' following a torrid summer and consistently dire polls.

Politics

3 h. ago We are on course to win a general election in two years, triumphant Farage tells his party 

The Reform leader used his keynote address at his party's confernece in Birmingham to twist the knife into Labour's wounds following the Deputy Prime Minister's exit.

Politics

3 h. ago Nadine Dorries issues rallying call for Tory members to 'do the right thing' and copy her by switching to Reform as ex

The former Conservative minister, who served in Boris Johnson 's Cabinet, spoke at Reform's conference in Birmingham following her defection to Nigel Farage 's party.

Politics

3 h. ago Ministers sacked in cabinet reshuffle after Angela Rayner resigns over stamp duty fiasco: UK Politics live

Keir Starmer has started a major cabinet reshuffle after saying he was 'very sad' Rayner's time in government had come to an end

Politics

3 h. ago Keir Starmer sacks Cabinet ministers as PM reshuffles frontbench in wake of Angela Rayner resignation: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest as Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner awaits the outcome of an ethics report into her tax affairs after she admitted underpaying stamp duty.

Politics

3 h. ago Nigel Farage: 'Reform UK will take winning London and ousting Sadiq Khan seriously'

Reform leader encourages members to volunteer as councillor candidates ahead of the local elections in May next year

Politics

3 h. ago Panicking Keir Starmer launches 'Phase 3' as he axes Cabinet ministers in another bloody reshuffle after Angela Rayner is FINALLY forced to quit for failing to pay tax

Angela Rayner is understood to be leaving her post as Deputy PM after Sir Laurie Magnus delivered his verdict to Keir Starmer.

Politics

3 h. ago Cardiff residents demand 'our wheelie bins back' after council admit mistake

Cardiff Council was questioned last year about council workers mixing separated recycling together after the local authority brought in its new sack-sort recycling scheme

Politics

3 h. ago Airline tells delayed passengers to email minister with their complaints

Ryanair is urging passengers affected by air traffic control (ATC) delays to email Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander directly with their complaints. The Dublin-based airline has published the Cabinet minister’s personal parliamentary email address on a website named ‘Air Traffic Control Ruined Your Flight’.

Politics

4 h. ago Farage falsely accuses Rayner of avoiding paying council tax after deputy PM resigns

Nigel Farage mistakenly said Angela Rayner had avoided paying £40,000 in council tax after the deputy prime minister resigned on Friday, 5 September.

Economics

4 h. ago Farage no. 10: Reform selling football shirts in party colours at Birmingham conference

Reform fans are queueing up to buy the football shirt of their politician as merch flies off the shelves

Politics

4 h. ago 'It's happening': Nigel Farage says he could be PM as early as 2027 as he slams Labour as 'not fit to govern' in wake of Angela Rayner's resignation

The Reform leader used his keynote address at his party's confernece in Birmingham to twist the knife into Labour's wounds following the Deputy Prime Minister's exit.

Politics

4 h. ago Farage tells members to expect election in next two years as Rayner quits

Reform UK’s leader has told his party’s conference in Birmingham that progress made in the last year is only the beginning.

Politics

4 h. ago Farage predicts 2027 general election in warning over Labour ‘rift’

Nigel Farage said he thinks there is "every chance now of a general election happening in 2027" as he addressed Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham shortly after Angela Rayner resigned on Friday, 5 September.

Events

4 h. ago Rayner’s resignation shows this government is worse than the last, Farage declares in Reform conference speech

Angela Rayner sensationally quit as deputy prime minister and housing secretary just one hour before Nigel Farage took to the stage in Birmingham

Politics

4 h. ago Tory peer criticises ‘fatuous actresses’ who buy dogs with health conditions

Shadow environment minister Lord Blencathra called for the Government to ‘stamp out’ breeders producing dogs with debilitating diseases.

Culture

5 h. ago Watch live: Farage addresses Reform UK party conference after Rayner resigns

Watch live as Nigel Farage delivers a speech at the Reform UK party conference in Birmingham on Friday (5 September).

Society