Politics News

Kemi Badenoch 'rebuilding' Tory party as she marks first year as leader

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said she is "rebuilding" the party as she marks her first year in the job.
Reform councillor defects to Tories after becoming 'uncomfortable' with party

A Reform UK councillor has defected to the Tories after becoming "uncomfortable" with Nigel Farage's party.
PM won't discipline chancellor despite 'regrettable' email oversight in rental licence row

Sir Keir Starmer has said Rachel Reeves will face no further action over her "inadvertent failure" to obtain a rental licence for her south London home.
Government warned against 'deplorable' budget strategy

The government hinting at a rise in income tax at the budget only to not go through with it in a bid to win over voters would be "deplorable", according to Labour peer Harriet Harman.
Rachel Reeves survives permit row, but questions it raises cut deeper

Rachel Reeves was never going to resign over her failure to apply for a permit to rent out her house in south London.