Political news

Follow @political_UKnws

• Farage rejects local Reform UK-Tory coalitions

  10-04-2025 18:37 via bbc.com
  
  It comes after Kemi Badenoch told the BBC Tory local leaders would be free to share power with Reform.
  
  Read more

• Iranian terror suspects ‘targeted Israeli embassy in London’

  07-05-2025 21:42
  Cell was in final stages of planning for attack on Israeli diplomatic mission, people familiar with investigation say 
  
  Read more

• UK football regulator stresses independence despite Labour donations

  07-05-2025 19:48
  Government’s top pick for chair says he is not “susceptible” to political pressure
  
  Read more

• UK set to limit permanent residency for some migrants

  07-05-2025 19:35
  
  Labour seeks to show voters it is getting to grips with number of foreigners coming to work in Britain
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• UK and EU split over youth mobility deal, negotiating document shows

  07-05-2025 19:20
  
  Two sides are far apart with only fortnight until post-Brexit ‘reset’ summit in London
  
  Read more

• Badenoch agreed to trade deal tax arrangement, say Indian officials

  07-05-2025 18:58
  
  Conservative leader talking ‘rubbish’ after denouncing national insurance carve out
  
  Read more

• UK football regulator must not be seen as a ‘cop’, says David Kogan

  07-05-2025 15:07
  Government’s top pick for chair says body has been designed with ‘light touch’ approach
  
  Read more

• What are Reform UK’s main policies?

  07-05-2025 13:00
  Following sweeping local election victories there is intense scrutiny of the rightwing party’s platform
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Anti-woke, anti-net zero and anti-immigration: what are Reform UK’s main policies?

  07-05-2025 13:00
  Following sweeping local election victories there is intense scrutiny of the rightwing party’s platform
  
  Read more

• Conservatives unveil plans to deport migrants who claim benefits

  07-05-2025 11:39
  
  Opposition bill includes annual cap on arrivals as party seeks to arrest flow of support to Reform UK
  
  Read more

• Labour’s electoral front frays as its historic support in Wales slumps

  07-05-2025 10:50
  
  Keir Starmer risks losing strategy focus if he loses seats to Plaid Cymru and the SNP in 2026 elections
  
  Read more

• UK looking at setting up youth mobility scheme with EU, minister says

  07-05-2025 06:00
  Ahead of key summit, Nick Thomas-Symonds tells FT that a ‘smart’ programme would benefit young people
  
  Read more

• Industrial strategy aims to tackle UK’s sky-high energy costs

  07-05-2025 06:00
  Shielding industry from inflated prices is centrepiece of next month’s announcement
  
  Read more

• Consumer watchdog calls for review of water bills in England and Wales

  07-05-2025 06:00
  Ofwat is ‘too generous’ to utilities, hitting customers with £5.4bn rise in charges over five years, Consumer Council for Water says
  
  Read more

• Senior Tory MPs and peers break ranks to call for recognition of Palestine

  07-05-2025 00:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Conservatives ask Keir Starmer to stand ‘against indefinite occupation’ and ‘reinforce international law’More than a dozen senior Conservative MPs and peers have written to the prime minister calling for the UK to immediately recognise Palestine as a state, breaking ranks with their own party to do so.Seven MPs and six members of the House of Lords have signed the letter to Keir Starmer urging him to defy the Israeli government and give formal recognition to Pa
  
  Read more

• UK and India agree ‘landmark’ trade deal after three years of negotiations

  06-05-2025 23:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Deal could help UK industries hit by Trump tariffs, as ministers say it will add £4.8bn a year to economy by 2040 Britain and India have agreed a long-desired trade deal that ministers said would cut tariffs and add £4.8bn a year to the UK economy by 2040.The agreement, which was finalised on Tuesday after more than three years of negotiations under successive governments, has long been touted as one of the biggest prizes of Brexit. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• No 10 ‘completely tone deaf’ on harm caused by winter fuel cut, critics say

  06-05-2025 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Polling finds two-thirds of voters would back a rethink on the policy and would not see it as a sign of weakness Downing Street has been accused of being “completely tone deaf” over the damage wreaked by winter fuel cuts as new polling suggested two-thirds of voters would back a rethink on the policy.Senior Labour ministers have privately warned the policy is an electoral disaster while Eluned Morgan, the Welsh first minister, said she was “losing patience” with UK Labour
  
  Read more

• Ministers prepare minor concessions to soften impact of benefits cuts

  06-05-2025 23:00
  Move comes as government braces itself for major rebellion by Labour MPs against contentious disability welfare reforms
  
  Read more

• Prisons minister vows to end ‘toxic’ cover-up culture in England and Wales

  06-05-2025 20:53 via theguardian.com
  
  James Timpson says he will fight ‘normalised’ sexual harassment, bullying and racism within prison service Sexual harassment, racism and bullying have become “normalised” in jails and probation offices across England and Wales, the prisons minister has warned, as he announced a plan to overhaul a “toxic culture of cover-up” among senior staff.James Timpson said one in eight of HM Prison and Probation Service’s (HMPPS) 65,000 staff say they have been bull
  
  Read more

• Transgender people’s lives at risk of being made ‘unliveable’, says Nicola Sturgeon

  06-05-2025 20:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Scottish first minister expresses concern about interim advice from EHRCUK politics live – latest updatesThe lives of transgender people in the UK are at risk of being made “unliveable”, Nicola Sturgeon has said in her first public comments about the supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, which was prompted by legislation she oversaw in the Scottish parliament.The UK supreme court ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equ
  
  Read more

• Reform accused of hypocrisy after advertising home working jobs

  06-05-2025 20:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Several paid roles at party are not in office despite Nigel Farage’s comments promising ‘no more work from home’ Reform UK has been accused of hypocrisy after it emerged the party is advertising several jobs offering home working despite promising a clampdown on the policy.The party’s leader, Nigel Farage, told reporters he hoped to emulate Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge), which has attempted to slash federal spending in the US,
  
  Read more

• UK to discuss terror arrests with Iranian ambassador

  06-05-2025 20:09
  Police arrested two groups of Iranians in separate operations at the weekend
  
  Read more

• Iran’s ambassador to London to be summoned over UK terror arrests

  06-05-2025 20:09
  Police arrested two groups of Iranians in separate operations at the weekend
  
  Read more

• Iran’s ambassador to London be summoned over UK terror arrests

  06-05-2025 20:09
  Police arrested two groups of Iranians in separate operations at the weekend
  
  Read more

• The Guardian view on Labour’s drift and Tory collapse: Reform fills a vacuum they created | Editorial

  06-05-2025 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Faragism’s rise isn’t a surge of enthusiasm – it’s a symptom of exhaustion with two parties failing to offer vision, justice or renewalSir Keir Starmer promised change – and, in a way, he has delivered it. Gone are the days of bold, expansive pledges; in their place are cautious, measurable goals: 6,500 new teachers, 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week. Yet voters, oddly ungrateful, remain unmoved. Perhaps it is because these modest gains barely scratch the su
  
  Read more

• Badenoch says UK-India trade deal is one she rejected as business secretary – as it happened

  06-05-2025 19:18 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereIn his interviews this morning Wes Streeting, who is seen as a Blairite, said that if the Labour government did not deliver change for voters, it would be out. (See 9.08am.) According to Politico, at a conference in Los Angeles yesterday, Tony Blair made the same argument himself. Talking about progressive parties generally, he said.If you end up just being the managers of the status quo and the status quo isn’t working for peopl
  
  Read more

• SNP pledges NHS improvements ahead of Scottish elections

  06-05-2025 18:58
  First minister sets out legislative programme early to allow full year of reform before Holyrood poll
  
  Read more

• Starmer beats Trump to the line in race for trade deal with India

  06-05-2025 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  India has made concessions in trade negotiations, leaving UK heralding deal as ‘most significant’ since BrexitIt is not exactly the deepest and most comprehensive trade deal the UK has ever entered, but the timing of the announcement that Keir Starmer has clinched a free trade deal with India could not be more fortunate.Over the weekend, the US president, Donald Trump, hinted he was on the verge of announcing his first trade deal, prompting speculation it could be with Japan, South K
  
  Read more

• Swinney says Scotland will be only part of UK to tackle cost of living crisis

  06-05-2025 18:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Scottish first minister criticises Keir Starmer’s Labour in his programme for government statementUK politics live – latest updatesJohn Swinney has pledged that Scotland will be the only part of the UK guaranteeing to tackle the cost of living crisis as he heaped pressure on his Labour rivals.The first minister said his government had repeatedly boosted the incomes of the worst off and was successfully tackling child poverty, as he unveiled new policies designed to boost the Scottish
  
  Read more

• Welsh Labour first minister says she is ‘losing patience’ with Starmer’s policies

  06-05-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Eluned Morgan says her government will move ‘to the left’ and urges UK Labour to reconsider budget cutsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Welsh first minister and leader of the Welsh Labour party has said she is “losing patience” with UK Labour and made it clear she was “tacking to the left” as she tries to counter a growing threat from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru.Eluned Morgan told the Guardian she wanted Keir Starmer to rethink policy changes on welfar
  
  Read more

Follow @political_UKnws on Twitter!