Budget: Jeremy Hunt expected to announce 2p National Insurance cut

Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a 2p cut to National Insurance when he delivers his…

George Galloway vows his party will take Angela Rayner’s seat

George Galloway has said he wants to oust Labour’s deputy leader from Parliament, as he began…

Trident missile test failure raises questions about UK’s nuclear deterrent

Missile embarrassingly plopped into sea at launch attended by Grant Shapps, but MoD says ‘anomaly’ would…

UK officials recommend extending post-Brexit steel quotas

Kemi Badenoch to make final decision on protections amid British industry fears of possible flood of…

Minister tells of anger at Ben Wallace over Afghanistan death squad claims

Johnny Mercer tells inquiry defence secretary did not say he knew of allegations before Commons told…

Removing UK climate protesters’ defence ‘could erode right to trial by jury’

Attorney general’s attempt to end climate protesters’ use of consent defence is slippery slope, says KC…

David Neal: Immigration and borders watchdog sacked for leaking critical reports

Home Secretary James Cleverly has sacked the government’s immigration watchdog after details of critical reports appeared…

Labour pledges to cut red tape for British farmers

Labour has pledged to “back British farmers” by cutting red tape at the border and reducing…

Government finances show big surplus in January

The government finances showed a large surplus last month, more than double the surplus last January.…

Alexei Navalny: UK sanctions Russian prison chiefs after activist’s death

The UK has frozen the assets of six Russian prison bosses in charge of the Arctic…