2 h. ago Kemi's warning: Don't have lots of babies if you can't afford them... Tory leader throws down the gauntlet to Farage and Starmer as she insists two

The Tory leader said Mr Farage's pledge to scrap the cap was 'nonsense' because taxpayers should not have to pay for others having huge families they can't afford.

Events

4 h. ago Ministers considering tweaks to welfare reforms amid rebellion threat – reports

Sir Keir Starmer is said to be considering ‘tweaks’ to welfare cuts planned by his Government.

Politics

5 h. ago RAF pilots who saw UFOs say they fear going public over for five grim reasons

Rumours of possible UFO sightings by RAF pilots are rife, and now a pressure group is urging PM Keir Starmer to bring in rules protecting whistleblowers who shed light on potential extraterrestrial interactions

Politics

12 h. ago Starmer government ‘trying to fix wings of a plane while already in flight’, veteran political adviser says

The cross-bench peer and former boss of BP fears the prime minister does not have a proper plan

Politics

15 h. ago Kemi Badenoch warns Nigel Farage becoming PM would be 'very bad' for Britain as she accuses Reform leader of aping Keir Starmer by 'saying anything in order to win power'

The Tory leader accused her Reform UK rival of saying 'whatever he wants in order to get into power' and said he would 'bankrupt' the country if he enters Downing Street .

Events

16 h. ago UK officials ‘probe Russian links to arson attacks on Keir Starmer’

Security officials are said to be investigating whether the Kremlin is behind three fires on property linked to the prime minister

Politics

16 h. ago Angela Rayner piles pressure on Keir Starmer over winter fuel U

The Deputy Prime Minister used a TV interview to suggest pensioners should be told within weeks whether and when they would see their payments restored.

Events

18 h. ago Keir Starmer poised to scrap 'cruel' two child benefit cap in bid to lift kids out of poverty

A newspaper has reported the Labour PM is personally committed to lifting the cap.

Politics

18 h. ago 'Say the word never': Angela Rayner asked to rule out EVER running for Labour Party leader

The Deputy Prime Minister denied leaking a memo as part of an underhand bid to challenge Keir Starmer

Politics

18 h. ago Angela Rayner insists she has 'no desire' to be Labour leader as Deputy PM dismisses claims she's agitating for Keir Starmer's job

The Deputy Prime Minister said she has 'no desire' to be promoted to her party's top job, as she was grilled over her political ambitions.

Politics

18 h. ago Angela Rayner blasts leadership rumours: I don’t want to be leader of the Labour Party

Sir Keir’s deputy said she will ‘never’ be leader of the party, amid growing speculation she could launch a leadership challenge

Politics

26 h. ago Nigel Farage's plot to win over the lefties: Reform leader to 'commit to restoring winter fuel payments and scrapping two

The Reform leader is expected to announce his new promises in a speech next week in a speech where he will also accuse the PM as 'one of the most unpatriotic prime ministers in our history.

Politics

28 h. ago Nigel Farage to back scrapping child benefit cap and restoring winter fuel payment

The Reform UK leader is hoping to appeal to more left-wing voters in his speech next week

Politics

28 h. ago Angela Rayner's plot to 'rebuild Labour' being masterminded by her former

Senior Labour figures said friends of the Deputy Prime Minister invited them to help create a 'think-tank' which would 'promote a more confident centre-Left programme within government'.

Politics

29 h. ago Farage ‘backs scrapping child benefit cap and restoring winter fuel payments’

His Reform UK party is riding high in the opinion polls.

Politics

29 h. ago MI5 probes Putin link to Starmer arson blitz: Spy chiefs investigate claim that Kremlin ordered attacks over UK support for Ukraine

Although no one was injured in the fires, any suggestion that the attacks on a British Prime Minister had been ordered by the Kremlin would represent an extraordinary escalation in tensions.

Events

29 h. ago Winter fuel payment 'could be restored to all but richest pensioners'

Keir Starmer promised to ensure 'more pensioners are eligible for the winter fuel payment after bowing to intense pressure to abandon the decision to strip it from millions of OAPs

Economics

32 h. ago 'Russians may be involved in arson attacks at properties linked to Keir Starmer'

Police are said to be keeping an "open mind" to the possibility of Russian involvement in several arson attacks made on properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Events

33 h. ago Inside Labour plot to oust Keir Starmer as PM is given 12 months to turn things around

This week’s dramatic winter fuel U-turn has not been enough to stop behind-the-scenes talks over how to change leader within the Labour Party, asThe Independent’s political David Maddox found out

Politics

36 h. ago Officials probe possible Russian link to Starmer arson attacks in north London

Senior Whitehall figures want to know whether Moscow could have recruited three Ukrainian-born men

Politics