The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...

Angela Rayner has been suspended by Unite the Union over the Birmingham bin strike. The union has also announced that it will ...

Keir Starmer condemned for forcing delay to his own legislation designed to prevent repeats of Hillsborough-style tragedies.

Starmer's on a charm offensive. But his rank and file think No 10's 'a mess' and are contemptuous of their frontbench colleagues ...

After the disastrous end to his first year in power, the football-loving PM starts his second 0-2 down. But he won’t get back in the game by pretending to be someone he is not, writes Andrew Grice ...

The Prime Minister maintains solid support for now, but that could potentially slip if he avoids taking unpopular but ...

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has moved to suspend deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and re-examine its relationship with ...

Wow. This Labour Government has just let down the British people all over again. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has struck a ...

"To launch a political party is quite something," said Quentin Letts in the Daily Mail. "To bungle the launch of one," though, requires a special type of incompetence. This was on full display last ...

He was one of a handful of outstanding Conservative Cabinet ministers who gave Margaret Thatcher vital support in her crusade ...

The two-child benefit cap is in danger of becoming the next major problem facing Keir Starmer as his government seeks to get a grip on its reforms to the benefits system. Last week, Starmer was forced ...

More than 500 small boat arrivals in UK on day of Starmer and Macron’s migration deal - The latest figures came just a day after Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed a one in, ...