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BBC Politics
Dec 09, 2023

Gap between haves and have-nots widening, report warns
Issues including stagnant wages and mental health problems risk becoming entrenched, report warns.

BBC Politics
Dec 09, 2023

Laura Kuenssberg: Tory party splits and spats put Sunak under serious pressure
The PM's unique selling point - ending the chaos of the Truss and Johnson years - is taking a battering.

BBC Politics
Dec 09, 2023

Emergency Rwanda legislation is doomed to fail, says Robert Jenrick
The former immigration minister speaks for the first time since he resigned saying the policy wasn't being tough enough.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

MPs defeated at election to get help finding a new career
Those losing their seats at the next election will get taxpayer-funded advice with landing a new job.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Police close investigation into MPs' Covid event
Three MPs now face an investigation by the parliamentary watchdog.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Rwanda: The main Conservative Party factions jostling for influence
The rival groups of Tory MPs getting ready to give their verdict on Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Migrant visa changes will harm families, archbishop warns
Archbishop raises concerns about new rules for Britons who want to bring a foreign family member to the UK.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Rwanda: Tory MPs under pressure to back Rishi Sunak's plan
Rishi Sunak's emergency legislation has attracted criticism from both sides of his party.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Welby warns on family relations after visa income rise
The Archbishop of Canterbury criticises the impact of raising the income threshold for people bringing dependents to the UK.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Court says blocking of Scottish gender reform is legal
Judges rule that the UK government acted lawfully in blocking Scotland's gender self-identification reforms.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Call to 'blow up' Jewish conference by former Bristol councillor probed
Former Labour councillor Harriet Bradley has since apologised for the social media post.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Boris Johnson: Grimsby Town hat worn by ex-PM prompts petition
An e-petition accuses the former prime minister of bringing Grimsby into "serious disrepute".

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

UK government is in its dying days - Mark Drakeford
First minister says Rishi Sunak's Conservative administration is running "out of time and steam".

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Gaza protesters arrested at Keir Starmer Labour gala in Glasgow
A 33-year-old man and 26-year-old woman are charged with "disorder offences" at a hotel in Glasgow.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman says death threat left him 'haunted'
Huddersfield's Barry Sheerman explains how a man told him "he was coming to London to kill me".

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2023

Tory deputy chair Rachel Maclean accused of transphobic remarks
Rachel Maclean shared a post describing a transgender parliamentary candidate as "a man who wears a wig".

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Chris Mason: Rwanda bill a reminder of Brexit Tory divisions
This weekend different groupings of MPs in the party are scrutinising the government's planned new law on Rwanda.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

UK paid Rwanda an extra £100m for asylum deal
It means the UK has spent £240m on the scheme, despite no asylum seekers being sent to the African nation.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Two arrests at anti-war protest as Keir Starmer attends Labour gala
Police said the arrests were in connection with assaults on officers outside a hotel in Glasgow.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Rishi Sunak's Rwanda law at mercy of Tory factions
Rebellious Tory MPs from different wings of the party could sink the prime minister's asylum policy.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Covid inquiry: Five takeaways from Boris Johnson's evidence
The former PM is the most high-profile witness so far to testify at the inquiry into the pandemic.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Robert Jenrick immigration minister job divided in two
Brexit backers Michael Tomlinson and Tom Pursglove will split the illegal and legal migration roles.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Covid: Johnson blamed Welsh rates on singing and obesity, inquiry hears
Diary entry claims Boris Johnson said singing and obesity were responsible for Covid surge in Wales.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Get behind my Rwanda asylum plan, Rishi Sunak tells Tories
The PM seeks to head off Tory rebels by insisting his policy is the "toughest immigration law ever".

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Covid inquiry: I did not back a 'let it rip' policy, says Boris Johnson
The former prime minister says he offered counter arguments but ultimately acted to curb Covid.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Partygate reports 'million miles from reality' - Johnson
The former PM says he "continues to regret" what happened in Downing Street over lockdown parties held there.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Jacob Rees-Mogg's investment management firm to close
The fund manager co-founded by the MP is winding down after reports it had lost its largest client.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

BBC funding: TV licence fee to rise by £10.50, government says
The annual fee will rise by 6.6% - less than the BBC hoped for - based on September's rate of inflation.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Facebook and Messenger to automatically encrypt messages
UK politicians and police have opposed the move, arguing it will make it harder to spot child abuse.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Johnson rejects Covid policy was 'let it rip' across UK
The former PM says his policy was to "save human life at all ages" as the UK entered the pandemic.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

PM will fail on Rwanda Bill - Suella Braverman
Rishi Sunak is facing a leadership crisis after his immigration minister resigned over his Rwanda Bill.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Russia hacking: 'FSB in years-long cyber attacks on UK', says government
The FSB state security service is accused of hacking and releasing sensitive documents.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Sunak on Rwanda policy: My patience with this has worn thin
The PM is asked if he is telling his MPs to "back me or sack me" over getting his flagship migration policy into law.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Facebook and Messenger to encrypt messages automatically
UK politicians and police have opposed the move, arguing it will make it harder to spot child abuse.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Covid inquiry: What is it investigating and how does it work?
The second round of public hearings is examining how ministers made decisions during the pandemic.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

PM will fail on Rwanda and lose election - Suella Braverman
Rishi Sunak is facing a leadership crisis after his immigration minister resigned over his Rwanda Bill.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2023

Braverman: I urge Sunak to change course
Suella Braverman tells Radio 4's Today the plan "won't work" unless the PM makes changes.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Chris Mason: Mood in Conservative Party bleak after Jenrick's resignation
Senior Tories say they would not be surprised if Rishi Sunak ends up facing a confidence vote, says Chris Mason.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Can the new Rwanda bill work and what could stop it?
The legislation could set up a politically explosive fight with the courts.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Contrite, shorn of theatrics - Johnson's first day at inquiry
Boris Johnson mixed contrition with an effort to take on former colleagues who questioned him.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

What's in the new Rwanda bill and why is it controversial?
The legislation could set up a politically explosive fight with the courts.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Robert Jenrick resigns as immigration minister over Rwanda legislation
The former immigration minister says the emergency legislation "does not go far enough".

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

'They partied while we all suffered' - Covid-19 bereaved relatives
Politicians "wheeled a suitcase down the road, full of booze... while we all suffered", a man who lost his father to Covid says.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Rwanda bill includes power to disregard some human rights law
The bill aims to enable the government's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda to go ahead.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

MPs attempt to revive animal welfare measures
Banning live animal exports, trophy hunting imports and criminalising dog theft are back on the agenda.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Emergency Rwanda legislation published
The bill aims to enable the government's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda to go ahead.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

I should have twigged Covid risk earlier, admits Boris Johnson
The former PM tells the pandemic inquiry he initially underestimated the challenge posed by the virus.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

I should have twigged Covid threat earlier, admits Boris Johnson
The former PM tells the pandemic inquiry he initially underestimated the challenge posed by the virus.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Heckling and choking up: Boris Johnson grilled at Covid inquiry
The former prime minister has given evidence for two days at the Covid inquiry.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Boris Johnson apologises for suffering of families and victims of the Covid pandemic
The former prime minister began his evidence with an apology, which was interrupted by protesters.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Asylum seekers plan for disused RAF stations lawful, judge rules
Local councils had challenged plans to house asylum seekers at sites in Lincolnshire and Essex.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Thatcher's three PMQs mentions after three decades away
Margaret Thatcher's name leaves many MPs laughing and some frontbenchers struggling to be heard in the Commons.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Keir Starmer not fit to lace Thatcher's boots, says Downing Street
The Labour leader's praise for Baroness Thatcher's leadership is seized on by Tory MPs at PMQs.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Suella Braverman: Tories face 'electoral oblivion' if Rwanda bill fails
The former home secretary says legislation must block all routes of legal challenge to allow flights to take off.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Braverman warns of 'electoral oblivion' over migration
The former home secretary tells her party it is "now or never" to act over illegal migration into the UK.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

SNP on migration: What has become of this place?
Stephen Flynn says his party thinks "migration is a good thing" that enriches the economy, schools and care services.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Starmer asks Sunak: How many people sent to Rwanda?
The Labour leader jokes that more UK home secretaries have gone to the African nation than the immigrants the scheme was set up for.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

City council gets a month to find £300m savings
Commissioners in Birmingham warn the council is "between a rock and a hard place" with its finances.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Racist abuse will not stop me standing in Bedford - Tory candidate
Pinder Chauhan says she has been sent an image of a pig's head and more since becoming a councillor.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Conservative splits emerge ahead of Rwanda migration law
Competing factions are lobbying to influence Rishi Sunak in the days before he publishes his flagship Rwanda legislation.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Johnson: I haven't removed any WhatsApps from my phone
The former PM claims he has given the Covid inquiry "everything that I think you need" in relation to messages on his mobile phone.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2023

Watch: Baroness Hallett asks a person to 'sit down or leave the hearing'
Baroness Hallett asks a person to "sit down or leave the hearing" during Boris Johnson's evidence.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

Councils in England warn of growing financial crisis
Local leaders say more councils in England are at risk of going bust because of a lack of funding.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

Boris Johnson faces two-day grilling at Covid inquiry
The former prime minister is expected to apologise for mistakes but defend his pandemic record.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

Chris Mason: Big ifs continue to surround Rwanda plan
Ministers want to make their plan to send asylum seekers to Africa work - but nothing is certain.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

UK to support Ukraine 'for as long at it takes' - Cameron
The new foreign secretary takes his first question in the Lords where he is asked about UK financial help for Ukraine in its defence against Russia's invasion.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

New Rwanda asylum treaty deals with Supreme Court concerns, says James Cleverly
The home secretary says Rwanda is committed to the safety of anyone sent there as part of the government's migration deal.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

Changes to UK visa requirements: key points at-a-glance
Increasing minimum salary requirements is among a package of measures to cut migration to the UK.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

Infected Blood Scandal: PM risks ending on 'wrong side of history'
Campaigners say the government works "at a snails pace" to compensate victims infected with HIV or hepatitis C.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

What is the UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda?
Despite losing a Supreme Court ruling, the government insists its Rwanda policy will go ahead.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

'Deep-seated blame culture' at Birmingham City Council
An independent report suggests "no single root cause" of problems at Birmingham City Council.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2023

Robert Jenrick insists UK workers will fill labour gaps after migration crackdown
The immigration minister says he is prepared to "take further steps" if net migration does not come down.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

Chris Mason: Home Secretary James Cleverly heads to Rwanda to sign migration treaty
James Cleverly is hoping to finally secure flights to the country for migrants who travel to the UK illegally.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

Ministers lose infected blood vote after Tory MPs revolt
MPs were voting on a plan to set up a compensation scheme for infected blood scandal victims.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

Migration rules: What impact might the changes have on the care sector?
Many in social care believe overseas staff saved the system from collapse, reports Alison Holt.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

Tougher visa rules unveiled in plan to cut migration
The UK government says its five-point plan will curb legal migration, which has hit record levels.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

UK migration curbs see salary threshold hiked to £38,700 for foreign workers
The hike is part of the UK government's plans to curb legal migration, which has hit record levels.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

Volunteers to be trained to help response to national crises
The deputy PM says communities could help respond to future emergencies, as they did during Covid.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

Met Police investigates Enfield North MP's office vandalism
Police release an image of a person they are looking for in connection with the graffiti in Enfield.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

Stella Creasy wants law change to remove malicious social services reports
Stella Creasy says her children have a social services record because of an online troll's harassment.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

Salary threshold for migrant worker visa set to rise under legal migration curbs
The hike is expected as part of plans to curb legal migration, which has hit record levels.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

Chris Mason: Ministers in new bid to reduce immigration
The government has failed to meet its own promises - this week it makes renewed efforts to rectify that.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

British lawyers could be based in Rwandan courts as part of asylum plans
It comes after the Supreme Court ruled proposals unlawful amid concerns about the Rwandan justice system.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

BBC licence fee £15 increase too high, culture secretary says
The culture secretary says an increase of £15 to the fee would add to cost of living pressures.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2023

British lawyers could be sent to Rwandan courts as part of asylum plans
The government hopes changes to policy will address concerns from the Supreme Court.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

BBC should be 'realistic' on licence fee - Sunak
The PM welcomes savings at the BBC and says decisions on the fee have not been made.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

BBC should be realistic on licence fee - Sunak
The PM welcomes savings at the BBC and says decisions on the fee have not been made.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

'Labour won't turn on spending taps' says Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer will say in a speech there will be "huge constraints" if Labour win power.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

Labour won't turn on spending taps, says Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer will say in a speech there will be "huge constraints" if Labour win power.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

Rishi Sunak could miss NHS waiting list target over strikes, says Victoria Atkins
New health secretary Victoria Atkins says strikes by medics have delayed 1.1 million appointments.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

Glenys Kinnock: Former minister and wife of Neil Kinnock dies aged 79
Baroness Kinnock, a lifelong socialist campaigner, served as a minister under Gordon Brown.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

Infected blood: Tory rebellion expected on payouts amendment
Up to 30,000 people were given contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s. Thousands have died.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

Glenys Kinnock: Political spouse who became a force of her own
Glenys Kinnock, the wife of Neil Kinnock, became a prominent political figure in her own right.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

Keir Starmer defends praising Thatcher in pitch for Tories
The Labour leader says the former Conservative PM set loose "our natural entrepreneurialism".

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

Glenys Kinnock: Former minister and campaigner dies aged 79
Baroness Kinnock, a lifelong socialist campaigner, served as a minister under Gordon Brown.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

Therese Coffey: Brain abscess from stress left me 'close to dying'
The Suffolk MP spent a month in hospital in 2018 and had to rebuild "aspects" of her memory.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

Can the NHS avoid another winter crisis?
The new health secretary says the issue is her number one priority, with planning well under way.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2023

NHS doing everything to avoid winter crisis, says Atkins
New health secretary Victoria Atkins says planning for winter "started much earlier" this year.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2023

Starmer credits Thatcher in pitch to Tory voters
The Labour leader says Conservative PM set loose "our natural entrepreneurialism".

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2023

Laura Kuenssberg: Health Secretary Victoria Atkins could decide Tory party's fate
How Victoria Atkins fares this winter, when pressure mounts on the NHS, is vital for her party's prospects.

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