Why the government’s devolution overhaul matters
From Essex County Council chamber to Nigel Farage's speech at Reform UK's Surrey conference, two very different events today tell...
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Nigel Farage says he ‘can’t be pushed or bullied’ after Elon Musk said Reform needs new leader
Nigel Farage has told Sky News he "can't be pushed or bullied" by anybody after Elon Musk said the Reform...
Harriet Harman calls for ‘mini inquiry’ into race issues raised by grooming gangs scandal
Harriet Harman has suggested a "mini inquiry" into issues raised by the grooming gangs scandal and called on Sir Keir...
Rachel Reeves intervention ruled out as pound slides further
An intervention by the chancellor to help shore up flagging financial market confidence in the UK economy has been ruled...
Liz Truss sends cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer over claims she ‘crashed the economy’
Liz Truss's lawyers have sent a cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer over his claims she "crashed the...
Teachers told it is not ‘right time to strike’ as union to ballot members over 2.8% pay offer
Teachers have been told it is "not the right time to strike" after the largest education union said it will...
Lisa Nandy says public should not be worried about trouble in financial markets
The public should not be "worried" about the cost of government borrowing going up, a cabinet minister has said.Lisa Nandy...
Elon Musk’s abuse of Jess Phillips has pushed real victims into game of political point scoring
The treatment of Jess Phillips over recent days tells me all I need to know about the epidemic of misogyny,...
Grooming gangs are ‘in every single part of our country’, Jess Phillips says
There are grooming gangs "in every single part of our country", Jess Phillips has told Sky News.The safeguarding minister told...
Foreign Secretary David Lammy laughs off Donald Trump’s threat to seize Greenland and Panama Canal
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has refused to condemn Donald Trump's threat to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal.Mr Lammy told...
Is Sir Keir Starmer really in control?
👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam's on your podcast app👈Sky News' deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico's Jack...
Plan to sanction people smuggling gangs is a bold and novel departure – but can the government make it bite?
So can you stop people smugglers by lumbering them with sanctions? That is the government's latest idea, and it is...
UK to introduce ‘world first’ sanctions regime to target people smugglers
A "world first" sanctions regime which specifically targets people smugglers will be introduced by the government this year, David Lammy...
MPs vote against new national inquiry into grooming gangs
A Tory bid to launch a new national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal has been voted down by MPs...
Jess Phillips does not rule out new national inquiry into grooming gangs
Jess Phillips has said "nothing is off the table" when dealing with the grooming gangs scandal - including a new...
Chancellor on course to tighten Whitehall budgets further due to worsening economic outlook
Rachel Reeves is on course to tighten Whitehall public service budgets further than expected in the spending review because of...
Jess Phillips hits back at Elon Musk and says he should ‘crack on with getting to Mars’
Jess Phillips has said she has "more important things to be thinking about" than Elon Musk after he accused her...
The Tories’ attempts to force a grooming gang inquiry won’t result in a probe – here’s why
The Conservatives' attempts to force MPs to vote for a statutory inquiry into child sex gangs would not lead to...
Grooming gangs scandal timeline: What happened, what inquiries there were and how Starmer was involved – after Elon Musk’s accusations
The grooming gangs scandal is back in the headlines after Elon Musk attacked Sir Keir Starmer and minister Jess Phillips...
New year, new Starmer? Why PM decided to finally take on Musk’s ‘dangerous’ disinformation
For days, the attacks had been raining down from Elon Musk and his supporters on Keir Starmer, safeguarding minister Jess...