UK Politics

Border force believe the ‘contactless border’ system could speed up border checks More

Political editor David Maddox looks at whether Dame Penny Mordaunt and Sir James Cleverly have really changed their principles as they seek to be candidates for Kemi Badenoch’s party – or are just being pragmatic to stay in the game More

While Mr Norris insisted that scrapping the proposal would allow the government to reduce the backlog faster, he refused to commit to a target for bringing the backlog down More

Fresh questions over Scottish independence come after first ministers of the UK’s three devolved nations met in Cardiff last month to declare jointly that ‘Westminster’s time is coming to an end’ More

The move is a U-turn on radical plans to cut thousands of jury trials across England and Wales in a bid to tackle the court backlog More

Shrugging off slumps in polls, the Reform leader insists the historic donations has won ‘grudging respect’ More

Under the proposal, any parent employed for at least 16 hours a week would qualify for 30 hours of free care weekly – ending the £100,000 ‘cliff edge’ More

As the Ministry of Defence targets full war-fighting readiness, Streeting is aligning with Trump on military expansion funding More