UK Politics

Reform UK councillor David Taylor announced he is quitting the party over his local authority’s plans to raise council tax More

Downing Street says PM will be ‘out and about’ in the coming week ‘making the case for why [his] government is delivering for working people’ More

A new poll suggests 55 per cent of UK adults think the prime minister should step down More

Peer was dismissed in September after new emails detailing his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein came to light More

Lucy Powell tells The Independent the Gorton and Denton by-election represents ‘a line in the sand’, as MPs fear it has become a referendum on Starmer in the wake of the Mandelson scandal More

Keir Starmer’s premiership has lurched between crises, but his handling of the Mandelson scandal could prove to be fatal. Kate Devlin and David Maddox hear from Labour MPs who are furious about this week’s events, and fearful for the future More

With the prime minister rumoured to be ‘in a dark place’ and considering quitting over the Mandelson scandal, political editor David Maddox looks at the possible replacements, including a rapidly emerging surprise contender More

‘This will cost lives’ says former international development minister Michael Bates More