UK Politics

The Labour Party has not yet said whether the whip would be restored to Peter Mandelson if he applied to return to the Lords More

The government’s announcement of a ground rent cap of £250 has left some delighted – but others feel more needs to be done More

Selection of relatively unknown candidate comes days after Burnham was denied permission to stand More

Sir Keir Starmer said the relationship between Britain and Japan is now the ‘strongest it has been in decades’ More

The prime minister has travelled to China in an effort to bolster economic ties with the country More

Beijing has been seeking to up its soft power across the continent in recent years, writes Dani Madrid-Morales. If the UK slashes funding for the media battle, it leaves China to grab the advantage More

‘We would have won with Andy Burnham, but I know activists from my constituency don’t exactly feel inspired to go and campaign there now,’ says one Labour MP More

Denmark has unveiled a deportation reform under which foreigners who are convicted of serious crimes, like aggravated assault and rape, would be expelled More