Politics

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Rish! cowers in No 10 as mob demands peace in lawless London | John Crace
Prime minister suffers acute fear and loathing whichever side of the looking-glass he chooses to live in

John Crace

29, Feb, 2024 @4:45 PM

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What would happen if the UK’s non-dom tax status was scrapped?
As the chancellor ponders poaching Labour’s policy, an economics professor explains the likely outcome

Arun Advani

29, Feb, 2024 @3:34 PM

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MP calls for NCA to consider dealings of Tory donor Mohamed Amersi
David Davis uses parliamentary privilege to make serious allegations about Amersi in Commons

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

29, Feb, 2024 @1:46 PM

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Michael Gove under investigation by standards watchdog
Inquiry into housing secretary’s register of financial interests comes week after Guardian report over football hospitality

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

29, Feb, 2024 @11:24 AM

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Rochdale polls open after election contest dominated by Gaza
Byelection in Greater Manchester town sees George Galloway standing on a pro-Palestine ticket while Labour abandoned its candidate over claims about Israel

Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

29, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Hunt considers poaching Labour’s plan to scrap non-domiciled tax rules
Chancellor mulling scaling back tax break as last-minute option to generate revenue, after previously criticising policy

Nadeem Badshah

28, Feb, 2024 @11:07 PM

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UK politics: Gove defends landlords after criticism of proposals to water down renters’ bill – as it happened
Levelling-up secretary dismisses complaints he is appeasing Tory ‘landlord backbenchers’

Andrew Sparrow

28, Feb, 2024 @6:04 PM

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Tories continue to unravel while Rish! is busy slaying imaginary dragons | John Crace
Commons descends into chaos in embarrassing tour de farce of loud yet meaningless posturing

John Crace

28, Feb, 2024 @5:44 PM

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SNP’s Fergus Ewing urges party to ditch Greens pact as suspension confirmed
MSP hits out at ‘authoritarian’ party leadership after losing appeal against disciplinary action

Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

28, Feb, 2024 @2:36 PM

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Tax hotline allows MPs and VIPs to skip the queues at HMRC
Call-waiting times to ‘Public Department 1’ are 12 times faster while public must wait 22 minutes to speak to an adviser, report finds

Rupert Jones

28, Feb, 2024 @2:04 PM

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More than half of Tory members in poll say Islam a threat to British way of life
Figure for party is twice proportion among overall population and comes amid row over Lee Anderson comments about Sadiq Khan

Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

28, Feb, 2024 @12:26 PM

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HMRC struggling to cope as customer service levels hit ‘all-time low’
New report notes ‘continued decline’ and rising call-waiting times as ‘fiscal drag’ pulls growing numbers of people into an ailing system

Rupert Jones

28, Feb, 2024 @5:00 AM

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