Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Labour have “decisively” won the Chester by-election, Rishi Sunak’s first electoral test as prime minister. Samantha Dixon retained the seat for Labour with an increased majority of 10,974 votes, the […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Suella Braverman’s return as home secretary just six days after resigning for leaking secret documents has set a “dangerous precedent” that undermines confidence in the integrity of the government, a […] More
Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine White Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race Report Rishi Sunak has said racism must be confronted “whenever we see” following the race row engulfing Buckingham Palace. Lady Susan, the Prince of Wales’s 83-year-old godmother, resigned from the household and apologised […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Emergency local council help for families in crisis has been slashed to just 98p per head, with one-quarter of authorities axing schemes altogether. New research by poverty campaigners has exposed […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Emergency local council help for families in crisis has been slashed to just 98p per head, with one-quarter of authorities axing schemes altogether. New research by poverty campaigners has exposed […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Boris Johnson has fuelled expectations of another bid to regain the Conservative leadership by confirming he will stand again as an MP at the next general election. A source close to the […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email A government minister brushed aside warnings from the UK’s democracy watchdog that the introduction of voter ID for elections next year is neither “secure” nor “workable”. Electoral Commission chair John […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Ian Blackford is stepping down as SNP leader at Westminster, as Nicola Sturgeon’s party prepares to appoint a new chief to lead the push for Scottish independence in parliament. The […] More
