3 h. ago Rayner’s job in jeopardy as ministerial rules breach verdict looms

The Deputy Prime Minister referred herself to the ethics watchdog after admitting an underpayment of stamp duty on a flat purchase.

Politics

11 h. ago 'Sex noises' prank spotted just before Keir Starmer took stage at PMQs

The phone was planted near the front bench and was supposed to go off as Keir Starmer faced Kemi Badenoch on Wednesday, only to be discovered beforehand by parliament security

Politics

15 h. ago Home Office loses bid to delay trial of Epping asylum seeker hotel use claim

The Home Office said that Epping Forest District Council’s legal claim against Somani Hotels should be delayed by six weeks.

Society

26 h. ago Britain should never be a country where speaking plain truths makes you a criminal: KEMI BADENOCH

It sounds like the sort of thing that happens in shady third-world regimes. A man returning home to find five police officers waiting for him. His alleged crime? A few jokes on social media.

Events

27 h. ago Fury at Kemi Badenoch as Tory leader is accused of giving Angela Rayner 'an easy ride' over tax admission

Mrs Badenoch urged Sir Keir Starmer to show 'backbone' and sack his deputy at the start of the exchanges, but used the rest of her questions to tackle the PM over the economy.

Politics

27 h. ago Angela Rayner battles for political future after tax bill admission

The Deputy Prime Minister has referred herself to both the Government’s independent ethics adviser and to HMRC.

Events

29 h. ago Tories call for HMRC to open investigation into Angela Rayner over stamp duty

Ms Rayner’s explanation that she was given inaccurate legal advice ‘cannot withstand scrutiny’, Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake said.

Events

30 h. ago Is Starmer so spineless that he won't sack his Deputy Prime Minister (and Housing Secretary!) who dodged £40,000 in stamp duty?

Kemi Badenoch urged Keir Starmer to grow a 'backbone' and sack his deputy after she finally admitted failing to pay the full stamp duty due on a luxury £800,000 second home in Hove.

Politics

36 h. ago Starmer 'too arrogant' to admit he got things wrong, Badenoch tells Commons

The Conservative leader launched a tirade against her opponent during PMQs

Politics

36 h. ago Tory anger as Kemi Badenoch 'misses open goal' and fails to make under

Mrs Badenoch urged Sir Keir Starmer to show 'backbone' and sack his deputy at the start of Prime Minister's Questions. But she used the rest of her questions on the economy.

Events

38 h. ago Starmer ‘too arrogant’ to admit he’s got things wrong, Badenoch tells Commons

The Conservative leader pressed the Prime Minister on borrowing costs, unemployment, and future tax rises, at PMQs.

Politics

39 h. ago Starmer backs Rayner after she admits underpaying stamp duty on seaside flat

The Deputy Prime Minister has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards.

Politics

40 h. ago PMQs live: Keir Starmer to face Kemi Badenoch after confirming exact Budget date

One man who won't be asking questions to Keir Starmer today is Nigel Farage, who has skipped Westminster yet again, this time for a right-wing conference in America

Economics

42 h. ago Farage condemns UK’s ‘authoritarian censorship regime’ ahead of giving evidence at US congress

Reform UK leader to speak about Online Safety Act at House judiciary committee; government set to announce date of budget at PMQs later Good morning. It is the first PMQs, and with the government set to announce the date of the budget today (Wednesday 26 November, if HuffPost UK is right), you would expect Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch to get stuck into a debate about the economy, and taxation.But it might end up as a free speech day at Westminster, as a result of the conflation of two related issues.On the question of civil liberties, Britain has, unfortunately, now lost her way.I will do my part, as a participant in UK democracy, to help our country find its way back to the traditional freedoms which have long bound together our two countries in friendship. In the meantime, Congress should draw bright lines: British free speech rules, applicable to Britons, are made in Britain, and American speech rules, applicable to Americans, are made in America. Continue reading...

Culture

44 h. ago Kemi Badenoch ‘unlikely to win’ next election, says Liz Truss

The former prime minister declined to rule out a return to frontline UK politics and would not be drawn on whether she wanted to join Reform UK.

Politics

50 h. ago Block on North Sea drilling 'risks blackouts', Kemi Badenoch says in wake of Labour's new ban

The Tory leader said Britain is 'dangerously exposed' to supply squeezes, and families risked paying the price unless Keir Starmer changed tack.

Events

58 h. ago Tory whips urge MPs to turn up to party conference amid fears of no shows

Concerns over a lack of interest in Kemi Badenoch’s first conference as leader is said to be fuelling a push to make sure MPs attend

Politics

58 h. ago Devolution bill is ‘biggest transfer of power in a generation’, Rayner tells MPs

Deputy Prime Minister says new unitary authorities will get planning, housing and transport powers devolved to them.

Politics

61 h. ago Kemi Badenoch says Britain MUST get more oil and gas out of the North Sea amid fears 80% of fossil fuels will need to be imported by 2030

Kemi Badenoch vowed to bring 'common sense' to the Net Zero drive as she addressed an industry conference in Aberdeen.

Politics

62 h. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch ridiculed over 'delusional' oil and gas plan

After a speech in which the Conservative leader vowed to reverse the 'impossible ideology of net zero by 2050', she has now been accused of lacking any real policy

Politics