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BBC Politics
Nov 07, 2025

Tories call for Starmer to face probe over football watchdog
It comes after Lisa Nandy was founded to have breached rules during a Labour donor's appointment to the role.

BBC Politics
Nov 07, 2025

Whip restored to four Labour MPs after rebellion
Chris Hinchliff says his focus remains on contributing to "Labour's historic mission".

BBC Politics
Nov 07, 2025

Stand-off over £800,000 Your Party funds
Your Party officials accuse Zarah Sultana of withholding funds despite publicly agreeing to transfer the money.

BBC Politics
Nov 07, 2025

Stand-off over £800,000 Your Party membership fees
Your Party officials accuse Zarah Sultana of withholding funds despite publicly agreeing to transfer the money.

BBC Politics
Nov 07, 2025

Social housing funding pledge of more than £1.5bn
The government says regional mayors will have the power to decide where the homes will be built.

BBC Politics
Nov 07, 2025

Reform UK school taxi letter used as 'political football'
Council leader George Finch answered questions on home-to-school transport on BBC CWR on Friday.

BBC Politics
Nov 07, 2025

Reform school taxi letter used as 'political football'
The council leader answered questions on home to school transport in BBC CWR's hot seat on Friday.

BBC Politics
Nov 07, 2025

Veterans to deliver letter on mental health to PM
The four will walk to Downing Street with a letter from the mum of a veteran who took his own life.

BBC Politics
Nov 07, 2025

Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform
The Liberal Democrat leader backs replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Betting firms 'scaremongering' over tax rises, say MPs
Rachel Reeves has suggested that she could increase taxes on online bets in the budget.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Government recovers £74m from asylum hotel firms
The amount recouped remains a small percentage of the overall cost of asylum accommodation.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

PM 'angry and frustrated' at mistaken prisoner releases
One of the men, fraudster Billy Smith, has handed himself back in but Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, an Algerian sex offender, is still at large.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction
World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Minister broke rules over football watchdog appointment
A report finds she should have declared David Kogan's donations to her Labour campaign earlier than she did.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Bank says inflation has 'peaked' as it holds interest rates
Rates are left unchanged after a tight vote ahead of the Budget later this month.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

I didn't have full details on prison release, says Lammy
The justice secretary had promised new checks to prevent more prisoners being released in error.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Labour should stick to manifesto pledge on tax, deputy leader says
The government has repeatedly refused to rule out increasing income tax in this month's Budget.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Will Bank of England governor play Santa or Scrooge on interest rates?
The interest rate decision was made by the narrowest of margins, meaning all eyes are now on the Bank's December meeting.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Reform suspends another councillor amid video row
Isabella Kemp is the latest Kent member to be suspended after the leak of a heated virtual meeting.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Planned steel investment grants will no longer go ahead
The government scraps plans for innovation fund saying it wants to prioritise support for primary steel makers.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Interest rates held at 4% by Bank of England
The widely expected move comes as inflation remains at almost double the Bank's target.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Lammy under pressure after two prisoners released by mistake
The justice secretary had promised new checks to prevent more prisoners being released in error.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

EV drivers could face new tax in Budget
The BBC understands there have been "conversations" within government about the possibility of a new levy on EVs.

BBC Politics
Nov 06, 2025

Government considering new tax on EV drivers in Budget
The BBC understands there have been "conversations" within government about the possibility of a new levy on EVs.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Interest rates expected to be held as Budget looms
Most analysts believe the Bank rate will remain at 4% for now, although there could be a cut in December.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Police hunt for two men mistakenly released from prison
It comes just weeks after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was also released from prison by mistake.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy
Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Chris Mason: The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy
Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Mone-linked firm PPE Medpro owes £39m in taxes
Administrator's report shows firm owes £39m to HMRC on top of £148m owed to Department of Health

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

MSPs pass land reform which could force break up of huge estates
The legislation is designed to help reduce the concentration of rural land ownership among a small number of people.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Wandsworth prison manhunt: What we know about mistakenly released inmates
Two men were released from HMP Wandsworth in error in the past week, with police hunts under way.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

MP wants Elon Musk's chatbot shut down over claim he enabled grooming gangs
SNP MP Pete Wishart says he is seeking legal advice over the "disturbing" AI-generated social media post.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Lammy under fire after Algerian man released from prison in error
It comes just weeks after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was also released from prison by mistake.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

British left-wingers overjoyed by Mamdani's victory in New York
Left-wingers like Jeremy Corbyn and Zack Polanski see it as a victory for their brand of socialism.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Algerian man released from London prison in error
It comes after migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu was also released from prison by mistake last month.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Mini-mart crime network a 'pull factor' for illegal migrants, say MPs
The Home Office is promising to investigate after the BBC exposed on a UK-wide criminal network.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Migrant who returned to UK after removal sent back to France
Home Office sources say Wednesday's return flight included the man who returned to the UK last month.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.

BBC Politics
Nov 05, 2025

Watch: US election night's big winners… in 90 seconds
Zohran Mamdani, who will become New York City's youngest mayor since 1892, said in his victory speech that his win was a 'mandate for change'.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

What a UK government led by Reform would really look like
What the party's first six months at the helm of local authorities and councils tells us about how they govern - and whether they can keep their promises

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

BBC has questions to answer over edited Trump speech, MPs say
An episode of Panorama is accused of misleading viewers with its editing of a speech by Donald Trump.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

Badenoch calls for sackings at BBC over edited Trump speech
An episode of Panorama is accused of misleading viewers with its editing of a speech by Donald Trump.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

Reeves' pre-Budget speech fails to rule out tax rises
The chancellor says she will make 'necessary choices' in an unusual pre-Budget speech.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

Alan Bates to get multi-million-pound payout over Post Office scandal
Sir Alan led a group of 555 subpostmasters who took part in a landmark group legal action against the Post Office.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

Alan Bates reaches settlement over Post Office scandal
Sir Alan led a group of 555 subpostmasters who took part in a landmark group legal action against the Post Office.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

Reeves lays ground for painful Budget, but will it be worth it?
The chancellor's pitch: the Budget will be painful, due to the actions of others, but it will be worth it, to tackle debt, help public services and promote growth.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

Chris Mason: Could Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?
It is more than half a century since a chancellor chose to put up the basic rate of income tax.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

'Taxes are going up' - BBC decodes Reeves's pre-Budget speech
Henry Zeffman analyses what may be in the chancellor's upcoming budget plans.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

What taxes could rise in the Budget?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering both tax rises and spending cuts in the 26 November Budget.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

Could Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?
It is more than half a century since a chancellor chose to put up the basic rate of income tax.

BBC Politics
Nov 04, 2025

We are ready to discuss human rights law changes, top ECHR boss tells BBC
Alain Berset, Council of Europe secretary general, said human rights laws may need to "change or adapt".

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Calls for legal right to paid leave for IVF treatment
Campaigners say IVF treatment should be less stigmatised in the workplace and come with legal entitlements to time off

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Online porn showing choking to be made illegal, government says
Possession and publication of such material will be a criminal offence, under amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police
Sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses is alleged to have been shut down by Chinese agents.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Hillsborough victims failed by the state, says PM
Sir Keir Starmer praises the Hillsborough families as MPs debate a bill designed to help future victims.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Why is there a no confidence motion in the education minister?
Paul Givan responds to criticism after visiting a school in Israel.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Mandelson was not interviewed for US ambassador job
Peter Mandelson was sacked in September due to his links with Jeffrey Epstein being exposed.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Ex-Labour councillor in court over 'honeytrap' case
Oliver Steadman faces one count of blackmail and five communication offences.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Conservative Party nearly ran out of money, says Badenoch
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says donors could have walked away following the party's worst ever election defeat.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Huge tax cuts not currently realistic, Farage says
The Reform UK leader rows back on his party's previous promise to deliver £90bn of tax cuts.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Labour MPs back gambling tax to fight child poverty
Nearly a quarter of Labour MPs say increasing taxes could enable to the government to lift the two-child benefit cap.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

'HMRC stopped my child benefit after going on holiday'
Ellen and Kevin Edwards were accused of leaving their son in Cyprus after a family holiday.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

Panorama
Panorama investigates the 'PayPal Mafia' and their influence on Trump's rise to president.

BBC Politics
Nov 03, 2025

China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.

BBC Politics
Nov 02, 2025

King to strip Andrew of his final military title, minister says
Defence Secretary John Healey says King Charles has "indicated that's what he wishes".

BBC Politics
Nov 02, 2025

King wants Andrew to lose final military title, minister says
Defence Secretary John Healy says King Charles has "indicated that's what he wishes".

BBC Politics
Nov 02, 2025

King wants Andrew to lose Vice Admiral rank, minister says
Defence Secretary John Healy says King Charles has "indicated that's what he wishes".

BBC Politics
Nov 01, 2025

Military homes to be renovated in £9bn government plan
The poor state of military housing has been a consistent complaint among serving personnel in recent years.

BBC Politics
Nov 01, 2025

Politicians rarely comment on the royals. That could all change after the Andrew saga
For years, ministers avoided speaking about the royal row - but this could be a turning point, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

BBC Politics
Oct 31, 2025

Reform UK councillor defects to the Conservatives
James Buchan says Reform UK lacks experience and ambition and made him feel "uncomfortable".

BBC Politics
Oct 31, 2025

Security concerns over system at heart of digital ID
The government is facing questions over whether One Login can be trusted to keep people's personal data secure.

BBC Politics
Oct 31, 2025

No free bus passes for under 22s, says government
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.

BBC Politics
Oct 31, 2025

When is the Budget and what might be in it?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering both tax rises and spending cuts in the 26 November Budget.

BBC Politics
Oct 31, 2025

Reeves rebuked by PM over 'regrettable' rental confusion but faces no further action
The chancellor has apologised for the failure to obtain the correct licence when renting out her family home.

BBC Politics
Oct 31, 2025

'Rude' councillor urged to apologise to officers
A standards committee concludes Patrick Kittererick's behaviour breached the code of conduct.

BBC Politics
Oct 31, 2025

Birmingham was not bankrupt in 2023, say experts
In a letter to the government, signatories claim figures used were "materially misstated".

BBC Politics
Oct 31, 2025

Sultana says new party is aiming to 'run government'
Changing "people's lives for the better" requires "winning state power", the Coventry South MP says.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

£420m bill cut for heavy industry as union attacks 'obscene' energy profits
UK Steel said while the increased support was welcomed, the government could have gone further.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

What the Reeves emails tell us in rental licence row
In several emails, the letting agent suggests they will apply for the licence on Reeves's behalf.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Letting agent apologises for 'oversight' on Reeves rental licence
The company says its property manager offered to apply for the required licence but this never happened.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

UK pledges £4m to clear land mines to help flow of aid in Gaza
It will allow a UN body to clear land mines and allow the safe passage of aid to Palestinians.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

PM given 'new information' on Reeves' rental arrangements
No 10 says the information has "come to light" after a review of emails sent and received by Rachel Reeves' husband.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Farage 'sad' as constituency village named most deprived
The Reform MP reacts after the Essex neighbourhood topped the ranking for the most deprived.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Police investigate alleged racial abuse of Green deputy leader
Mothin Ali claims a "racist thug" threatened to "smash my head in" at a London train station.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Chancellor Apologises For Breaking House Rules
Rachel Reeves apologises for unlawfully renting out her family home without a licence

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Sack Reeves if she raises taxes in Budget, Badenoch tells PM
The Conservative leader says the chancellor is "gearing up to impose more punishing tax hikes".

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

City councillors quit Labour to form new party
Members for areas across the city quit the party to form the Nottingham People's Alliance.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

How much trouble is Rachel Reeves in over rental rule break?
The PM may have ruled out an investigation but key questions remain about the chancellor's housing rules admission.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

England's most deprived areas named - see how your area is affected
Jaywick, a seaside town in Essex, has been named the most deprived area for a fourth time in a row.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Plaid Cymru and SNP discuss forming 'progressive alliance'
Rhun ap Iorwerth and John Swinney said they want to give voters a "positive alternative" to Westminster.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Plaid Cymru and SNP in talks to form 'progressive alliance'
Rhun ap Iorwerth will hold talks with John Swinney hoping to give voters a 'positive alternative' to Westminster.

BBC Politics
Oct 30, 2025

Starmer rules out investigation after Reeves admits rental rules ‘mistake'
The PM says an investigation is not "necessary" as the chancellor admits "error" when renting out home.

BBC Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Starmer rules out investigation as Reeves apologises for breaking housing rules
The PM says an investigation is not "necessary" as the chancellor admits "error" when renting out home.

BBC Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Starmer rules out inquiry as Reeves apologises for breaking housing rules
The PM says an investigation is not "necessary" as the chancellor admits "error" when renting out home.

BBC Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Dependants of some Gazan students can join them in UK, government says
The decision is a reversal of the original policy which only supported the evacuation of the students themselves.

BBC Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Henry Zeffman: Labour MPs still crave a compelling story from Starmer
Frustration is growing about the PM's ability to define the government's message - and sell it to the public.

BBC Politics
Oct 29, 2025

How China really spies on the UK
The national security threats China poses today go beyond traditional notions of espionage - in this new world, threats are far more complex

BBC Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Chancellor admits breaking housing rules by renting out home
Rachel Reeves refers herself to the PM's ethics adviser after "inadvertently" renting out her family home without a licence.

BBC Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Farage backs council boss '100%' in leak aftermath
Farage says Reform UK is "better off without" councillors expelled in the aftermath of the leak.

BBC Politics
Oct 29, 2025

Watch: Lib Dems MPs heckle Farage as he presents ECHR bill
Watch: Lib Dem MPs take on Farage in parliament

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