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    Bosnian Serb separatist leader blasts West, praises Russia

    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 Facing an election this weekend, Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik blasted the West and praised Vladimir Putin over his policies in the Balkans, boasting that he is a rare […] More

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    Liz Truss must fix self-inflicted ‘mess’ after IMF warning, says Keir Starmer

    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 leader Sir Keir Starmer said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) rebuke to UK economic policy was “very, very serious” and urged Liz Truss’s government to urgently change course. The Labour leader […] More

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    Keir Starmer says Rupa Huq comments about Kwasi Kwarteng were ‘racist’

    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 leader Keir Starmer said Rupa Huq MP’s comments about chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng being “superficially” black were clearly “racist”. Sir Keir said he welcomed the party taking “very swift action” to […] More

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    EU chief vows retaliation if pipeline damage is sabotage

    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 The European Union suspects that damage to two underwater natural gas pipelines was sabotage and is warning of retaliation for any attack on Europe’s energy networks, EU foreign policy chief […] More

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    IMF urges Kwarteng and Truss to rethink tax cuts in rare intervention

    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 The International Monetary Fund has hit out at Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax cuts for the rich, warning that “large and untargeted fiscal packages” would probably deepen inequality in […] More

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    Tory MPs tell chancellor Kwarteng to act over mini-Budget ‘disaster’

    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 Kwasi Kwarteng is facing demands from his own party to act within days amid fears millions will face a steep hike in mortgage rates – with one senior Conservative MP […] More