UK Politics

The foreign secretary says the government wants to ‘dismantle the war machine’ More

Our community has been discussing the growing pressure on Sir Keir Starmer, focusing on his handling of Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment, the release of sensitive vetting files, and Angela Rayner’s dramatic Commons intervention, with many questioning his judgment and calling for new Labour leadership More

Labour MPs have questioned the prime ministers judgement, with some declaring ‘it’s over’ for Starmer More

Many people in Labour want Morgan McSweeney sacked as Downing Street chief of staff, but there are questions over how Keir Starmer would survive as PM without him, Kate Devlin and David Maddox write More

A mouse scurried past Kemi Badenoch during a live television interview in her Westminster office on Wednesday, 4 January. More

Her dramatic intervention in the Commons underlined the PM’s weakness and positioned her as his successor, writes political editor David Maddox More

Alistair Campbell has claimed disgraced former Labour peer Peter Mandelson was always drawn to “powerful men with money”. More

Councillor Matthew Fraser Moat said his words had been ‘twisted’ to ‘fit into an anti-KCC narrative’ More