UK and Iraq strike deal to clamp down on people smuggling gangs
The agreement is aimed as tackling the gangs responsible for smuggling people across the Channel....
Category : Politics
Unite begins legal action to stop winter fuel cuts
The union argues the government did not properly assess the impact of the cuts on pensioners’ health....
Hope, fear, faith and love: Four people on why assisted dying vote matters
For the first time in nearly a decade, MPs will debate and vote on the issue of assisted suicide....
Cameron changes mind to back assisted dying bill
Lord Cameron previously opposed assisted dying but says the current bill “is about shortening death”....
Lammy plays down criticism of Chagos Islands deal
The UK foreign secretary dismisses criticism of the agreement as “politicking” before elections....
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey in bid for Christmas No 1
The party leader has teamed up with the Bath Philharmonia’s Young Carers’ Choir to release a charity single....
MPs to debate petition calling for another election
A petition calling for another vote will be debated in January, after gathering 2.7m signatures....
Tories got immigration wrong, says Kemi Badenoch
The new Tory leader says she would impose a cap on the numbers allowed to enter the UK if she was in power....
Former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns joins Reform UK
Dame Andrea, who lost her seat in July, says the Conservative Party is beyond salvage....
Government to review Post Office-style prosecutions
The government is to review the oversight of private prosecutions, after the Post Office Horizon scandal....