UK Politics

Prime minister Keir Starmer pledges to ‘wage all out war’ on the high cost of living More

A government-backed advertising campaign will encourage Brits to put excess savings into long-term stocks and funds, but it’s a quickly changing landscape, writes Karl Matchett More

The government has played down reports the pharmaceuticals deal could cost the NHS an extra £3 billion a year in drug costs More

Labour chancellor’s freeze on tax thresholds will mean a worker currently earning £50,000 would be £505 worse off by 2030-31, analysis finds More

Members voted in favour of the ‘collective leadership’ option, with a ‘lay’ chair – who cannot be an MP More

Labour London mayor hits out at the US President’s ‘pathetic name-calling’ and suggests warm meeting with Zohran Mamdani was just the New York mayor’s ‘diplomacy’ More

Our community said the NHS is under intense strain, with long GP waits, under-resourced out-of-hours care, and systemic underinvestment forcing many patients to attend A&E for minor ailments More

In his New Year message, the Labour prime minister, under pressure over faltering economy and with his party trailing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the polls, pledges Britain will ‘turn a corner’ in the next 12 months More