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A key minister in David Cameron’s government has called on Theresa May and Philip Hammond to increase taxes to fund higher spending on public services.
A new report has called for “deep seated reform” to boost social mobility after finding two decades of government efforts have struggled to reduce the gap between rich and poor.
Labour will today launch a Commons bid to recruit more police officers and firefighters in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire and the recent terrorist attacks.
Support for tax rises to fund more public spending is at its highest level since 2004, a major survey has found.
One of the architects of the introduction of tuition fees has predicted both major political parties will support their abolition by the time of the next election.
Vince Cable is on the verge of becoming leader of the Liberal Democrats after former energy secretary Ed Davey ruled himself out of the running.
The SNP have lodged a formal complaint with the UK Government over the Tory-DUP pact, claiming it has deprived Scotland of nearly £3bn.
UK forces are ready to hit cyber attackers by “air, land, sea or cyber space” in order to protect major infrastructure, Michael Fallon has warned.
Philip Hammond has taken a swipe at Boris Johnson in a speech in Germany.
Nicola Sturgeon has ditched her plan for a snap referendum on Scottish independence – just three months after demanding it be held by spring 2019.
The Government has confirmed that its plan to abolish the Serious Fraud Office has been shelved for the foreseeable future.
Jeremy Hunt has been accused of presiding over an “absolute scandal” after it emerged thousands of NHS patients may have been put at risk by an administrative blunder.
The Australian government has issued a strong warning against a “no deal” outcome to the Brexit negotiations, saying it is “the last thing” the world economy needs.
A DUP MP last night mocked Sinn Fein over the £1.5bn deal between his party and the Conservatives as the future of the power sharing executive at Stormont hangs in the balance.
Theresa May has said there needs to be a "major national investigation" after it emerged the number of tower blocks with Grenfell-style combustible cladding has risen to 95.
A senior SNP MP has hinted at a twenty-year timeframe for Scotland to become independent, as Nicola Sturgeon prepares to make a statement on her plans for another referendum.
Theresa May lost her majority at the general election because she fought it on the “world’s worst manifesto," a Conservative former chairman has said.
The £1bn deal between Theresa May and the DUP is a “small price to pay” to prevent a return to brutal violence in Northern Ireland, Michael Fallon said today.
The cash crisis in the NHS is a conspiracy created by the Government to usher in a privatisation boom, doctors have concluded.
The death toll from the Grenfell Tower disaster may have been covered up to keep public anger at bay, a prominent Labour MP has suggested.
Theresa May's recent comments about changing human rights laws to deal with terrorism were "highly regrettable" and a "gift" to tyrannical governments, the UN's human rights chief has claimed.
Labour has hit out at Jeremy Hunt after it emerged thousands of NHS patients may have been put at risk by an administrative blunder.
European leaders have reacted with disappointment to Theresa May's latest offer on guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens in the UK after Brexit.
A deal between the Conservatives and the DUP prop up Theresa May's government could wreck the Good Friday Agreement, according to Gerry Adams.
Theresa May has revealed talks are underway for her to become the first Conservative prime minister since Margaret Thatcher to address the European Parliament.
Theresa May has urged EU citizens currently living in the UK not to leave – and pledged that "no families will be split up" as a result of Brexit.
Theresa May has been accused of giving the DUP a £1bn "bung" in order to cling onto office.
A former Labour minister has distanced herself from John McDonnell’s claim that the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were “murdered by political decisions”.
Who gets what out of the DUP's deal with the Conservative government?
The full statement from DUP leader Arlene Foster after signing a confidence-and-supply deal with the Conservatives.
Theresa May has secured a deal with the DUP to prop up her minority Conservative government.
Conservative election strategist Lynton Crosby urged Theresa May to hold a fresh Scottish independence referendum ahead of Brexit, it has been revealed.
Jeremy Corbyn said he will be prime minister in six months and will scrap the Trident nuclear deterrent “as soon as” he can, it has been claimed.
Thousands of European criminals could be thrown out of Britain after Brexit, under plans to be set out by Theresa May today.
DUP leader Arlene Foster has said she hopes to seal a deal with Theresa May in the coming days as she arrived back in London for talks on a tie-up with the Tories.
The health service is at "breaking point" due to an "explicit political choice" from the Government, the head of the British Medical Association has claimed.