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Green MP Hannah Spencer speaking in the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions while holding notes and addressing Parliament.

There’s a petition to ban alcohol in the House of Commons. Here’s why it matters – and how to sign it.

Joe Connor May 31, 2026

A petition to ban alcohol sales in all House of Commons venues has launched after Hannah Spencer's PMQs intervention and…

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

Featured Politics UK

Judge referred Farage to the Attorney General for contempt of court over Manchester Airport trial – Farage responds by attacking the judiciary

Joe Connor May 29, 2026

A judge referred Farage to the Attorney General for potential contempt of court after finding his "two-tier justice" comments during…

Nigel Farage stands behind a bar counter with bottles of Farage-branded gin displayed in the foreground. Shelves of spirits, wine glasses and exposed brickwork can be seen behind him.

Politics UK

Labour refers Farage’s Russian hacking claim to police after he fails to act on 24-hour ultimatum

Joe Connor May 29, 2026

Labour chair Anna Turley has referred Farage's claims of Russian phone hacking to the Metropolitan Police and National Cyber Security…

Split-screen image showing political commentators George Finch and Marina Purkiss during a television debate. Finch gestures animatedly while speaking, while Purkiss listens and responds from the opposite side of the studio desk.

Featured Politics UK

‘Don’t you dare suggest working-class people hold beliefs like Robert Kenyon’: Marina Purkiss takes apart Reform’s teenage council leader on Jeremy Vine

Joe Connor May 29, 2026

Finch claimed Kenyon had apologised and was "a changed man."

Reform UK councillor Darren Grimes appears during a television interview wearing a navy suit, white shirt and turquoise tie. A stylised city skyline graphic is visible in the blue background.

Featured Politics UK

‘Nobody can stop Pride’: trade unions raise £15,000 to save Durham Pride after Reform’s Darren Grimes cuts council funding

Jordon Scott May 29, 2026

The TUC invoked the 1980s solidarity between the LGBT community and striking miners.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer sit at a table holding signed red treaty folders during a formal signing ceremony. Polish and British flags stand behind them, with flowers and glasses of water on the table.

Opinion Politics UK

With talk of closer EU alignment, the UK is signalling to Europe that it’s a partner worthy of trust

Ursula F Ott May 29, 2026

The UK is proposing to adopt EU single market rules through new legislation - without parliament voting each time. Brexit…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking to the media outdoors, with a breaking news banner on screen.

Opinion Politics UK

Is the tenure of a leader becoming ‘nasty, brutish and short’?

Andre Spicer May 29, 2026

Five Prime Ministers in ten years. CEO tenures down from six years to under five. Football managers out after 18…

Split-screen image showing Reform UK Makerfield candidate Robert Kenyon speaking during an interview while a journalist takes notes beside him. Reform UK branding with the slogan “Britain Needs Reform” appears in the background.

Politics UK

Robert Kenyon’s first interview: no apology, an attack on Carol Vorderman, and a candidate who doesn’t know his own party’s policies

Joe Connor May 28, 2026

Robert Kenyon has given his first interview since the wave of revelations about his social media history. There was no…

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appears in a BBC Radio 4 studio wearing headphones during an interview on the Today programme.

Politics UK

Sunak says new Labour PM needs a mandate – and reflects on the mistake of becoming PM without a contest

Joe Connor May 28, 2026

Rishi Sunak has told Radio 4's Today programme that it would be "beneficial" for any new Labour leader to win…

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz speaks during a televised interview with an Israeli flag visible in the background.

Politics UK

Israel’s defence minister says mass Palestinian displacement from Gaza will go ahead – human rights groups call it ethnic cleansing

Jordon Scott May 28, 2026

Israel's defence minister Israel Katz has said large-scale Palestinian migration from Gaza will be implemented at "the right time and…