A member of the BBC’s board has resigned, the corporation has confirmed. Shumeet Banerji announced he would be leaving on Friday, less than two weeks after Tim Davie resigned from his role as the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said it is “important that politicians stick to their word”, even as he refused to rule out manifesto-busting tax rises on working people in next week’s crunch Budget. The Prime ...

Rachel Reeves has been urged to tax the rich as she prepares to deliver her second Budget. The Chancellor is widely expected to raise taxes on November 26 in order to fill a multibillion-pound gap in ...

Iqbal Mohamed said he had decided to leave Your Party and continue to serve his Dewsbury and Batley constituency as an Independent MP.

Footage has emerged of the US president uttering the insult at journalist Catherine Lucey as he took questions on Air Force One last week.

Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords must agree on the final draft of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill before it is law.

The commitment on income tax has not yet been disputed in quite the same way, but the way it is worded is not entirely unambiguous. As Full Fact’s Government Tracker explains, the pledge clearly rules ...

The painting of Kahlo asleep in bed surpassed the record held by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No 1 which sold ...

Pensions UK and the Federation of Small Businesses have sent a joint letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, urging her not to change salary sacrifice.

Mourners were told that there is “incomprehension” at the death of Alan McCluskey, from Co Meath, who was a “caring” friend and hard worker, and “no words” to describe the sorrow at the loss of Dylan ...