7 h. ago Kemi Badenoch urges Prime Minister to cut foreign aid and pour money into defence

The Tory leader wrote in a letter that 'this is no time for dither', arguing: 'History has been unforgiving to politicians who, faced with growing threats, chose procrastination over action.'

Politics

9 h. ago Tory MPs 'give Kemi until next spring to see off Farage threat

Kemi Badenoch is under mounting pressure to face down the threat of Reform UK with senior party figures 'watching and waiting', ready to force through a leadership challenge in Spring 2026.

Events

9 h. ago Keir Starmer: Do not vote for 'dangerous' politics of Nigel Farage

The Prime Minister will urge voters to back a Labour government in Holyrood when he comes to Glasgow.

Politics

40 h. ago Fact check: Around half of prisoners say they grew up with both parents

The Conservative Party did not explain where a figure that its leader cited came from.

Events

56 h. ago Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says

A federal judge says the Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide

Politics

66 h. ago Fact check: Liberal Democrats’ 2024 manifesto supported renewal of Trident

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch questioned Lib Dem commitments to the UK’s nuclear deterrent.

Politics

3 d. ago Trump's freeze on foreign aid could give China an opening on the world stage

President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to China

Politics

3 d. ago Ecuador will seek foreign military aid to combat drug cartels as violence surges

The government of Ecuador has taken another step in its effort to gain help from foreign military forces to combat drug cartels and various organized crime groups

Events

3 d. ago Badenoch and Davey hit out at Trump’s claim Zelensky is a ‘dictator’

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky have engaged in a war of words since the US began talks with Russia on ending the war without Ukraine.

Politics

3 d. ago Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stake

The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease

Politics

3 d. ago Starmer in public row with most senior judge over Gaza immigration decision

The PM doubled down on his previous suggestion that it was ‘for Parliament to make laws and for the government to decide policy’

Events

3 d. ago Cutting U.S. foreign aid funding will hurt world's poorest, London researchers say

Cutting U.S. foreign aid funding will hurt world's poorest, London researchers say  CBC.ca

Science

4 d. ago SARAH VINE: Why the speech in which she bravely said 'some cultures are better than others' could mark a turning point in Kemi's fortunes

Kemi Badenoch arguably has the worst job in politics. Inheriting a battered, bruised and virtually broke Tory Party in an atmosphere of rampant populism.

Politics

4 d. ago Tory fury at judge who said criticising immigration ruling was 'unacceptable'

Kemi Badenoch hit back at England's top judge last night as a row broke out over the right to criticise the judiciary.

Events

4 d. ago Cooper defends Government’s immigration tribunal criticism after judge’s rebuke

The Home Secretary said Labour would press ahead with its plan to close ‘loopholes’ in the system.

Politics

4 d. ago Why Kemi Badenoch's decision to align Tories with Trump will destroy them

Echoing Donald Trump may seem like a good idea now, but does anyone really think his presidency will end well?

Politics

4 d. ago Badenoch dismisses concerns of judge over immigration tribunal PMQs exchange

The Lady Chief Justice said she was ‘deeply troubled’ about last Wednesday’s Commons session.

Events

4 d. ago Top judge 'attempting to suppress criticism' of the courts after she hits out at Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch for highlighting Gaza refugee decision

The backlash came after Baroness Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, revealed she had written to Sir Keir Starmer over his exchanges in the House of Commons last week.

Events

4 d. ago Who funds global aid – and where do the billions of dollars go?

The US decision to freeze its spending in low-income countries has thrown vital services into crisis – and prompted urgent questions about the role of foreign aid and whether it can survive. Anne Gulland and Alicja Hagopian report

Economics

4 d. ago ‘Deeply troubled’ judge writes to Starmer over immigration tribunal PMQ exchange

Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said she was ‘deeply troubled to learn of the exchanges’ between Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch.

Events