Former Newham mayor Sir Robin Wales and ex-councillor Clive Furness have officially joined Reform UK, shaking up the political scene in east London. Furness has been named Reform’s candidate for mayor ...

Beyond 2026, the Treasury’s spending plans become unrealistically austere. Real-terms departmental day-to-day spending is budgeted to remain flat in 2029 – and falling in per-capita terms. And 2029, ...

Elon Musk has waded into British politics once again. But how have MPs reacted? (Reuters) Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has described a controversial speech made by Elon Musk at a rally in London on ...

100+ parliamentarians from across the political spectrum have joined a coordinated call for tougher AI regulation amid concerns that ministers are moving too cautiously. The Parliament of the United ...

Martin Ivens is the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Previously, he was editor of the Sunday Times of London and its chief political commentator. In 1968, in full knowledge of the outrage it ...

Nadine Dorries has become the latest politician to defect to Reform UK, announcing that the Conservative Party “is dead.” The 68-year-old former culture secretary confirmed on Thursday that she had ...

UK politicians from both the Conservative and Labour parties have welcomed the government’s decision to back Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara. They praised the move as a significant step ...

Several UK politicians and former policymakers are calling for the UK's competition regulator to start a “full review” of Netflix's (NFLX) $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The ...

Increasing online betting taxes would devastate British racing, ministers were warned June 16. A hard-hitting report by a cross-party group of politicians will demand that action is taken to secure ...

While countries like the United States explore crypto as a new campaign fundraising tool, ministers in United Kingdom are sounding the alarm, with one calling for a ban on crypto donations over ...

In 1968, in full knowledge of the outrage it would cause, Enoch Powell, a defeated candidate for the Tory leadership, warned of a race war to come unless non-White immigration to Britain was halted.