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Areas receiving levelling-up funds show smaller Reform UK vote share, study finds
Analysis suggests prioritising projects that give quick local results may hold back support for populism

Peter Walker and Kiran Stacey

07, Apr, 2025 @5:00 AM

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Downing Street says Trump’s tariffs signal ‘new era’ in global economics
Experts say UK may have to raise taxes in autumn as senior MPs caution against too many concessions in US trade talks

Kiran Stacey, Eleni Courea and Heather Stewart

04, Apr, 2025 @4:16 PM

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Ministers brace for more Trump tariffs as UK races to agree US trade deal
Government fears hit from new US trade barriers but remains hopeful of progress in ongoing negotiations

Kiran StaceyPolitical correspondent

31, Mar, 2025 @5:00 AM

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Senior Tories and big landlords discuss ways to thwart renters’ rights bill
Exclusive: Meeting hosted by shadow housing minister for estate agents and landlords prompted accusations of collusion

Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

31, Mar, 2025 @5:00 AM

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People-smuggling gangs should be treated like terrorists, Starmer to tell global summit
Prime minister to urge world leaders to work together to stop criminal gangs as small boat crossings continue to rise

Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

31, Mar, 2025 @4:00 AM

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Shabana Mahmood plans bill to overrule Sentencing Council in ‘two-tier justice’ row
Ministry of Justice drafts instruction for judges in England and Wales to ignore guidelines on age, sex and ethnicity

Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

30, Mar, 2025 @1:05 PM

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Minister attacks expenses rules after Labour MP’s claim for ‘pet rent’
Watchdog accepted Taiwo Owatemi’s claim for landlord’s surcharge to let her keep dog in London flat

Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

30, Mar, 2025 @12:18 PM

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Yvette Cooper reviews right to family life for people who enter UK irregularly
Government reviews use of human rights law to argue for people being allowed to stay, which PM called a ‘loophole’

Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

30, Mar, 2025 @10:29 AM

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European leaders agree now ‘not the time’ to lift sanctions against Russia
Support for Ukraine continues with divided opinion on Franco-British plan for ‘reassurance force’ to help ceasefire

Jon Henley and Kiran Stacey in Paris

27, Mar, 2025 @6:04 PM

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Carmaker shares fall after Trump 25% tariff move as Reeves warns against trade war
Chancellor says UK not planning retaliatory tariffs on US ‘at the moment’ while PM calls move ‘very concerning’

Julia Kollewe and Kiran Stacey

27, Mar, 2025 @4:26 PM

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Labour MPs condemn Rachel Reeves’s ‘unacceptable’ welfare cuts
Backbenchers express anger as impact assessment shows 3.2 million households will be worse off

Kiran Stacey, Patrick Butler and Aletha Adu

26, Mar, 2025 @11:56 PM

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More than 3m UK households to lose out from benefits cuts
Households affected forecast to lose an average of £1,720 a year, according to official government analysis

Kiran Stacey and Patrick Butler

26, Mar, 2025 @3:59 PM

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