UK politics

Convicted people smuggler Twana Jamal being confronted by a BBC reporter outside a building in the UK.

Brexit blamed after convicted people smuggler found living in UK under false name

Jordon Scott Jul 3, 2026

The Immigration Services Union says losing access to EU data-sharing agreements has made it harder to check asylum seekers' criminal…

Jacob Rees-Mogg speaking on camera from a room lined with bookshelves, after predicting the EU will be gone within a generation.

News Politics UK

Rees-Mogg tried to do Brexit fortune-telling and got owned immediately

Jordon Scott Jul 2, 2026

The former Minister for Brexit Opportunities picked a fight with the facts, the polling and about 27 member states all…

The mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham

Politics UK

Burnham set to ditch Palantir from NHS data deal in major early test of premiership

Jordon Scott Jul 2, 2026

The prime minister-in-waiting granted the US tech firm zero contracts during nine years as Greater Manchester mayor. His allies say…

Economist Jayati Ghosh appearing on Novara Media in a video titled “Capitalism Is Like Cancer”, discussing growth, capitalism and moving beyond GDP.

Featured Politics UK

‘Growth is a doomed strategy’: economist Jayati Ghosh makes the case for moving beyond GDP on Novara Media

Joe Connor Jul 2, 2026

The University of Massachusetts economist, who co-signed a Guardian letter with Joseph Stiglitz arguing growth has become decoupled from poverty…

Kojo Koram speaking with Zack Polanski on Bold Politics during a discussion about drug policy, regulation and prohibition.

Featured Politics UK

‘The war on drugs has failed by its own metrics’: legal scholar Kojo Koram makes the case for regulation over prohibition on Bold Politics

Joe Connor Jul 2, 2026

Zack Polanski's guest argues the Green Party's drug legalisation policy, which became a Labour attack line during the Gorton and…

A split image showing Metro journalist Luke Alsford on the left and Tommy Robinson speaking angrily in a video call-style clip on the right.

Featured Politics UK

Tommy Robinson calls Metro journalist over Spotify podcast story, and the whole thing was as calm as you’d imagine

Jordon Scott Jul 2, 2026

Robinson accused reporter Luke Alsford of running a "propaganda hit-piece" over a story about calls for his podcast to be…

Angela Rayner speaks at a CWU conference podium.

News Politics UK

Angela Rayner backs Burnham’s No 10 North plan and says Labour must stop defending the status quo

Joe Connor Jul 2, 2026

The former deputy prime minister, cleared by HMRC of any tax penalty, threw her weight behind Burnham's devolution agenda in…

A close-up of a healthcare worker wearing blue scrubs with a stethoscope around their neck.

News Politics UK US

NHS drug deal with Trump administration could cause more deaths than Covid, BMJ analysis finds

Jordon Scott Jul 2, 2026

A peer-reviewed study puts a number on what the deal actually costs, and it's larger than most people expected.

Nigel Farage speaking at a press conference behind a microphone, wearing a blue suit and patterned tie.

Farage faces fresh questions after only two of five properties appear on interests register

Jordon Scott Jul 1, 2026

Land Registry analysis shows Farage and his partner Laure Ferrari own at least five properties worth more than £4m combined.…

Nigel Farage speaks at a Reform UK campaign event from behind a podium carrying the slogan "Makerfield Needs Reform", raising one hand while addressing supporters.

News Politics UK

Reform UK has lost more than 120 councillors since May. Nobody in the mainstream press seems to have noticed.

Joe Connor Jul 1, 2026

Tony Nelson resigned from Huntingdonshire District Council weeks after winning his seat in May. He is now one of at…