3 h. ago Tories to set out plans to cut £47bn from government spending

Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride will unveil proposals at the Tory party conference.

Economics

3 h. ago Electoral system means Lib Dems will ‘undoubtedly’ win more seats than Tories

Polling expert Sir John Curtice said the coalition of voters Boris Johnson assembled in 2019 had all but broken up.

Politics

4 h. ago Lib Dems will ‘almost undoubtedly’ win more votes than Tories, says top pollster John Curtice

Sir John Curtice made the stark warning at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference

Politics

10 h. ago Tory conference 2025 live: Badenoch admits Tories have ‘mountain to climb’ to beat Labour and Farage Reform

Conservative leader is announcing a series of hardline policies including special task force to deport 750,000 illegal immigrants

Politics

10 h. ago How the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems have turned conference season into the Farage show

Britain’s established mainstream political parties have spent the entire conference season promoting the Reform UK leader with inevitable consequences, writes political editor David Maddox

Politics

28 h. ago Tories pledge UK version of ICE to detain and deport illegal immigrants

The Removals Force will be expected to ‘integrate closely’ with the police.

Events

37 h. ago ANNA TURLEY: 'Nigel Farage’s policies represent a serious threat to Britain’s future'

The Tories ducked the big decisions and Labour is now acting to support families and put more money in people's pockets, the Labour Party Chair Anna Turley writes

Events

37 h. ago Tories deny mimicking Farage with plan to quit ECHR criticised by rights groups

Critics say the move would strip UK citizens of fundamental human rights protections.

Politics

39 h. ago Why does Reform seem unassailable? Because this is party conference season, when politicos always lose the plot | Simon Jenkins

They wrote off Margaret Thatcher in 1981 when the SDP – like Reform today – was ascendant. They were wrong about her; they could also be about StarmerParty conference time is when British politics goes berserk. Leaders soar and crash in a morass of cliches. Polls go mad and cataclysm always delivers the best copy.Thus, back in 1981, Margaret Thatcher was at her Blackpool conference, two years into office. Brixton was rioting, inflation was 11% and the Tories were polling at 23%. The Labour opposition was faring as badly, also at 23%. Meanwhile, a third force, the Social Democratic party (SDP), in alliance with the Liberals, was running at more than 50% and dominating the news. Continue reading...

Politics

61 h. ago Palestine protests should be cancelled after Manchester synagogue attack, say Scots MPs

Labour’s Joani Reid and the Lib Dems’ Christine Jardine said the demonstrations should be cancelled as a mark of “respect” and “solidarity” with British Jews

Events

3 d. ago Keir Starmer struggles to show he IS serious about tackling immigration as he arrives in Denmark

Keir Starmer is in the Danish capital - where the left-wing government has been openly creating a 'hostile environment' for new arrivals.

Politics

4 d. ago Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation in favour of ‘cheap’ energy

Plans by the Conservatives to replace the Climate Change Act come as divisions over emissions-cutting measures widen.

Politics

6 d. ago Labour to reintroduce grants axed by Tories for poorest university students

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said universities shouldn't 'just be for the wealthy few' as she vowed to take action before the end of the Parliament

Politics

6 d. ago Labour AND the Tories betrayed young people by making us compete for jobs with foreign workers. Now Rachel Reeves wants to do even more damage, writes JACK ANDERTON

The Prime Minister yesterday described the Reform plan - to ask those with ILR status to reapply for a visa and potentially deport those rejected - as 'racist' and 'immoral'. This insults millions of Britons.

Events

7 d. ago Labour fails on patriotism as it polls BELOW Greens in damning new verdict by voters

Patriotism has emerged as a recurring theme of the political party conference season, with Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats trying to position themselves out in front.

Politics

9 d. ago Menzies Campbell: the ‘Flying Scotsman’ who led the Liberal Democrats from the front

Olympic sprinter, barrister and long-serving MP, Campbell became a respected elder statesman of the Liberal Democrats, known for his principled stance on foreign affairs and quiet authority in Westminster

Politics

9 d. ago Tributes pour in for 'guiding light' and former Lib Dem leader, Lord Menzies Campbell

The 84-year-old, known as Ming, had been an Olympic sprinter and a lawyer before entering politics and was hailed by Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Politics

9 d. ago Sir Menzies Campbell in his own words: Here are 11 memorable quotes from the former Lib Dem leader

The Scottish politician was never short of insighful comment.

Politics

9 d. ago Menzies Campbell, former Liberal Democrat leader, dies at 84

Campbell was North East Fife MP for nearly three decades and was made a peer, and once held UK 100m recordMenzies Campbell, the long-serving Liberal Democrat MP who led the party for 18 months, has died aged 84, his family have said.Lord Campbell, usually known as Ming, died in London after a period of respite care, his grandson Gregor Grant-Suttie said in a statement. He had spent some of his final days watching last weekend’s Lib Dem conference. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Lord Menzies Campbell: Former Lib Dem leader and Olympic sprinter Ming Campbell dies aged 84

Tributes have been paid to the former leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Events