Alain Tolhurst

Inflation rose to its highest rate in six months following a surge in fuel and energy prices.

Priti Patel has admitted that the Government's new immigration system could have prevented her parents moving to the UK.

The UK will not be able to get a Canada-style Brexit deal, according to the EU’s chief negotiator.

Almost one million people were employed on zero-hour contracts at the end of 2019, according to record new figures.

Rishi Sunak has confirmed the Budget will go ahead on 11 March despite having less than a month as Chancellor to prepare for it.

A controversial Downing Street adviser has quit after a row over his past comments on eugenics, race and welfare claimants.

The Prime Minister has refused to condemn the views on eugenics of his controversial new adviser.

Rebecca Long-Bailey said she would offer Jeremy Corbyn a place in her shadow Cabinet if she takes over from him as leader.

The UK and the European Union will “rip each other apart” in the talks on a future trade deal, according to a top French politician.

Lisa Nandy has been handed a big boost in the party leadership contest as she won the backing of the Jewish Labour Movement.

The Government’s new post-Brexit points-based immigration system could reduce the number of low-skilled migrant workers by up to 90,000 a year, it has emerged.

The appointment of Suella Braverman to Attorney General is the strongest signal yet Number 10 is intent on taking on the judiciary.

Rishi Sunak has long been tipped for political greatness - but his appointment as Chancellor still represents a startling rise to the top table for the 39-year-old former banker.

Boris Johnson has sacked five Cabinet ministers in a reshuffle aimed at setting "the foundations for government now and in the future".

Julian Smith has been sacked as Northern Ireland secretary despite brokering a deal to get the Stormont government back up and running just weeks ago.

Nicola Sturgeon has launched a furious attack on Boris Johnson after it emerged that a major climate change summit could be moved from Glasgow to London.

New appointments to the Supreme Court could face interviews by MPs, according to the Attorney General Geoffrey Cox.

Labour should print its own “tabloid-style” free newspaper to hand out to commuters, according to Richard Burgon.

Downing Street has launched an outspoken attack on the Court of Appeal's decision to halt the deportation of 25 foreign criminals to Jamaica.

Britain's economy flatlined in the run-up to Brexit thanks to a fall in manufacturing, official figures have revealed.

Ministers are beefing up powers to force those suspected of coronavirus to stay quarantined after declaring it an "imminent threat" to public health.

The Labour leadership candidate Keir Starmer’s mother-in-law has died after an accident two weeks ago.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said he would oppose any moves to make judges politically appointed.

Downing Street is "bullying" John Bercow by denying him a peerage, according to a senior Labour frontbencher.

Boris Johnson is said to be weighing up shock plans to introduce a “mansion tax” in next month’s Budget.

John Bercow has been hit by a third allegation of abusive behaviour by a senior Parliamentary figure as he awaits the decision on whether he can be handed a peerage.

House of Commons officials have slammed John Bercow for naming members of staff in his autobiography and called on those allegedly bullied by him to come forward.

Liz Truss has set out plans to slash tariffs on US goods post-Brexit as well as protecting UK industries from cheap imports from other countries.

Diane Abbott has been criticised after she suggested that John Bercow cannot be guilty of bullying because one of his alleged victims was in the Army.

The Government will set itself on a fresh collision course with the BBC by taking the first steps towards decriminalising people who don’t pay their TV Licence.

Boris Johnson has been accused of admitting he “doesn’t really understand” climate change by the woman he sacked as president of COP26.

The Foreign Office spent almost £6,000 on a designer sideboard and side table “to advance British interests around the world”, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Boris Johnson has accused Donald Trump of “letting the air out of the tyres of the world economy” by entering into a trade war with China.

Boris Johnson is to unveil “fundamental changes” to the way convicted terrorists are released from jail in the wake of the Streatham knife attack.

Businesses will face more regulations and bureaucracy when trading with the EU after Brexit, Michael Gove has admitted.

Boris Johnson is accused of being “terrified of the Scottish people having their say” by Nicola Sturgeon as she makes a renewed independence push.