Jeremy Hunt pledges £1bn a year for carbon capture over next two decades in ‘clean energy reset’ to tackle high bills
The government has announced a new plan to pump £1 billion a year into technology which can help capture carbon...
Politics
The key announcements as Sunak and Macron hail ‘new beginning’ at UK-France summit in Paris
The first UK-France summit in five years has concluded, resulting in "unprecedented measures" to tackle illegal migration, as well as...
UK to help fund detention centre in France under £480m deal to stop Channel crossings
Britain will payout £480m over the next three years in a deal struck between Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron to...
Child refugee who made Channel crossing in dinghy questions Sir Keir Starmer on Labour’s asylum plans
Sir Keir Starmer has told an 11-year-old refugee from Iran who made the hazardous Channel crossing in a dinghy there...
HS2: Parts of rail project to be delayed for two years
The government has announced the construction of sections of HS2 will be delayed by two years to save money. The...
Sunak to push for returns agreement with France in bid to stop small boats
Rishi Sunak will use talks with President Emmanuel Macron to push for a returns agreement allowing migrants to be sent...
Boris Johnson ‘privately warned’ Dominic Raab about conduct – as bullying inquiry end in sight
Boris Johnson is understood to have privately warned deputy prime minister Dominic Raab about his conduct.Mr Raab is facing a...
Cabinet Office told Hancock to tone down COVID lab leak claims in book, new messages show
Matt Hancock was told by the Cabinet Office to tone down claims in his book that a Wuhan lab leak...
Is the government’s new Illegal Migration Bill legal?
The government has promised the new Illegal Migration Bill will ensure anyone who arrives illegally in the UK is "detained...
Small boats crossing the Channel: What Border Force staff are seeing on the UK’s beaches
The union representing Border Force officers has told Sky News' Daily podcast that staff and those crossing the Channel are...
Senior Tory MP ‘lobbied head of NHS’ on behalf of firm paying him £1,600-a-month as critics call it ‘yet another Tory scandal’
A senior Tory MP lobbied the head of the NHS on behalf of a firm paying him £1,600 a month, leaked...
Claims of oral sex and choking lessons prompt government review into sex education critic says is ‘politically motivated’
The government will launch a review into how sex education is taught in schools following concerns that children are being...
Suella Braverman accused of ‘cowardly attack’ on civil servants after letter blames them for inaction on small boat crossings
The home secretary has been accused of carrying out a "cowardly attack" on civil servants after an email to Tory...
PMQs: Sunak accuses Starmer of being ‘another leftie lawyer’ trying to stop action against small boat crossings
Rishi Sunak has accused Sir Keir Starmer of being "another leftie lawyer" trying to stop action against small boat crossings...
Boris Johnson’s pay accounts for 85% of all outside earnings declared by MPs so far this year
Boris Johnson earned 85% of all the outside pay generated by MPs this year, Sky News can reveal.The former prime...
Illegal Migration Bill: Rishi Sunak to face MPs and Labour leader Starmer after unveiling of government’s crackdown on Channel migrant crossings
Rishi Sunak's plan to crack down on Channel migrant crossings will face the scrutiny of MPs and Labour leader Sir...
Rishi Sunak talks tough on immigration but the ‘stop the boats’ slogan is not as straightforward as it seems
It is an image the government wants the world to see.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak standing behind a boldly branded "stop...
Can the Illegal Migration Bill work – and what does it mean for people who arrive in small boats?
The home secretary has promised her new Illegal Migration Bill will ensure anyone who arrives illegally in the UK is...
‘Scotland lost its way’: SNP candidates clash on independence in fiery first TV debate
Candidates vying to replace Nicola Sturgeon clashed over independence in their fiery first TV debate, with Ash Regan claiming Scotland...
Sir Graham Brady to stand down as MP at next election
Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the influential 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs, is to stand down at the next...