Politics

Importing cattle, pigs and sheep into Great Britain from Germany has been banned to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease. The ban is in response to a case of the disease being confirmed in a herd of water buffalo in Honow on the outskirts of Berlin on Friday. It is Germany’s first outbreak…

Women and their partners should be given paid time off work if they experience a miscarriage, MPs have said. As of April 2020, employees can be eligible for statutory parental bereavement leave, including pay, if they have a stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy, but there is no specific leave for a pre-24 week miscarriage….

She came out fighting. But will a gutsy Commons performance be enough to save Rachel Reeves and restore confidence in her handling of the turmoil in the money markets? The answer is that she lives to fight another day. But while she has undoubtedly brought herself some time, her position will remain precarious unless the…

This is a tale of two ex-ministers: the first ministerial casualties of Sir Keir Starmer’s government, after just six months in power. Spot the difference. Louise Haigh, the crimson-haired left-wing former transport secretary, was thrown under the bus within hours of Sky News revealing a mobile phone fraud. Yet Tulip Siddiq, the anti-corruption minister accused…

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said grooming gang perpetrators are “peasants” from “sub-communities” in other countries. She has now met survivors after revealing last week she had not met any while calling for a new national inquiry into the scandal that saw thousands of mainly white girls being abused by men of mainly Pakistani origin….

Reform UK has grown in support to within one percentage point of Labour according to a new poll for Sky News by YouGov which suggests Britain has entered a new era of three-way party politics. Sir Keir Starmer looks set to spend the parliament locked in a fight with two right-wing parties after Labour support…

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has been named by investigators in Bangladesh who allege she was involved in the illegal allocation of land to members of her family while serving as an MP. Sky News has obtained an affidavit – or legal written statement – filed by the anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh that accuses Ms Siddiq…

Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she has split from her husband, Peter Murrell. Ms Sturgeon and Mr Murrell met via the SNP in 1988 and first became a couple in 2003. They later married in July 2010 at Oran Mor in Glasgow. Image: Ms Sturgeon with Mr Murrell following their wedding service…

Anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq has found herself in the spotlight as she faces claims of breaking Westminster’s ethics rules. Six months after Labour won the election – and nine years after becoming an MP – Ms Siddiq is facing calls to step down from her Treasury post over links to her aunt, the ousted former…

The Labour MP for Rotherham has called for a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal, adding more pressure on Sir Keir Starmer. Sarah Champion said child sexual abuse was “endemic” in Britain and “needs to be recognised as a national priority”. She is the latest Labour politician to call for a national inquiry into…