1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (810+ words) Andy Burnham needs a Labour victory in the upcoming Holborn and St Pancras by-election if he wants to dispel the notion the new Prime Minister is anti-London. Why? Let’s look at benefits. The claimant count rate in Mr Burnham’s Makerfield…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago   (717+ words) Leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin are expected to meet in Cardiff to sign an agreement aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. The meeting on Monday will involve the first ministers…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (677+ words) More than 800 hospitality businesses have written to the Prime Minister urging him to set out how he will introduce a lower rate of VAT. The VAT’s The problem campaign has called for the hospitality VAT rate to be reduced from…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago   (599+ words) Peers are to debate calls for a cap on political donations amid concern from campaigners over two £36 million donations from crypto-billionaires to Reform UK. The donations from Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, disclosed over the weekend, together amount to three…...

11+ hour, 12+ min ago   (881+ words) The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin…...

11+ hour, 42+ min ago   (535+ words) George Osborne has called for Britain to rejoin the EU customs union, claiming that the UK economy has “gone off a cliff” since Brexit. The former chancellor said that rejoining the customs union would be the fastest route to recovery,…...

12+ hour, 50+ min ago   (732+ words) Nigel Farage’s Reform UK received the two largest donations in British political history over the weekend. Crypto billionaires Ben Delo donated Reform £36 million, before Christopher Harborne matched the amount the following day, to dramatically reshape the landscape of political funding…...

15+ hour, 14+ min ago   (367+ words) Donald Trump has said he will save his opinion on Scottish independence for “another day”, shortly after doubling down on his comments on Irish unity. On Saturday, the US President responded to a question from the Press Association by saying…...

16+ hour ago   (327+ words) Donald Trump described Andy Burnham as “a very nice guy” as he continued his visit to Ireland on Sunday. Asked what he thought the Prime Minister made of his comments in support of a united Ireland, the US president said…...

16+ hour, 21+ min ago   (356+ words) US President Donald Trump has said he “loved” the backlash to his comments in support of Irish unification. Mr Trump spoke briefly to reporters on Sunday as he walked to the first tee on his golf resort in Doonbeg, Co…...