Politics

Bridget Phillipson accused of having ‘Marxist ideological dislike of academies’ by Tory-linked headteacher – as it happened
Government pushes back after Katharine Birbalsingh launches attack on education secretary
Andrew Sparrow
06, Feb, 2025 @6:04 PM

Letter: John Prescott obituary
Kevin Whately writes: I travelled with John on his election battlebus, and every day felt like a party when he was around
Kevin Whately
06, Feb, 2025 @4:46 PM

Peter Mandelson swears at reporter after question on Epstein relationship
Labour peer due to become UK’s ambassador to US says he regrets his links with the disgraced financier
Aletha Adu Political correspondent
06, Feb, 2025 @3:25 PM

Labour launches ads in Reform-style branding to boast about deportations
Exclusive: Some MPs and activists upset at tone of party’s Facebook campaign aimed at countering Farage
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent
06, Feb, 2025 @2:31 PM

No room for reality as Yvette Cooper takes Nick Ferrari’s phone-in in her stride | John Crace
Neither home secretary nor presenter seemed willing to admit we live in an imperfect world we can’t fully control
John Crace
06, Feb, 2025 @2:06 PM

Civil servants will need to work efficiently or face redundancy under new rules
Cabinet Office minister will unveil a set of performance standards intended to ensure value for money in Whitehall
Eleni Courea Political correspondent
06, Feb, 2025 @8:58 AM

Some councillors in England could stay for more than extra year under shake-up plans
Timetable for Angela Rayner’s devolution plans shows many new authorities may not be ready until 2027 or later
Peter Walker and Ben Quinn
05, Feb, 2025 @7:17 PM

Trump’s Gaza plan tests Starmer’s business-as-usual pretence
Prime minister and colleagues use political code to push back at proposal without directly criticising US president
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
05, Feb, 2025 @6:28 PM

Blame ministers for AstraZeneca U-turn | Letter
Letters: As a health minister in the 1970s, David Owen writes, he would have been too close to industry to allow such a deal to fail
05, Feb, 2025 @6:03 PM

Farage laughs off question about Trump’s plan for Gaza, saying ‘casinos, nightlife … very appealing to me’ – as it happened
Reform UK leader says he ‘loves’ Donald Trump’s idea of displacing millions of Palestinians and turning Gaza into ‘Riviera of the Middle East’
Andrew Sparrow
05, Feb, 2025 @6:00 PM

Labour restores whip to three more MPs who opposed two-child benefit cap
Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon suspended last July for backing SNP amendment to king’s speech
Aletha Adu Political correspondent
05, Feb, 2025 @4:36 PM

Keir Starmer’s voice coach needed in person during Covid restrictions – No 10
Tories call for police investigation into whether Labour leader broke lockdown rules when preparing Brexit speech
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
05, Feb, 2025 @3:31 PM
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