Politics

Kemi Badenoch claims Labour is “nothing like the patriotic party of yesteryear” and “playing student politics” over the Iran war. In a speech at the Conservative spring conference in Harrogate today, the Tory leader will accuse the prime minister of “sitting on the fence” while the rest of the world rearms. “I never thought I…

German media giant Axel Springer is to buy Telegraph Media Group in a £575m deal that will see the Daily and Sunday Telegraph print titles and their online business come under overseas ownership. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, will see titles with historic links to the Conservative Party and the British establishment,…

Labour MP Joani Reid has been suspended from the party while an internal investigation takes place after her husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China. In a statement, she said she had voluntarily suspended herself “from the whip” and will not sit as a Labour member of parliament “until internal investigations are concluded”….

“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” Reportedly relayed to the Mail on Sunday while he was leader of the opposition in 1994, many will now wonder why Tony Blair did not rely on his own words when deciding whether to join the US in the…

The home secretary has admitted the politics of migration is “difficult” for Labour as she announced measures to tighten Britain’s asylum system. Shabana Mahmood outlined major reforms which she said are the only alternative to the “fairy tale of open borders” from the Green Party or the “nightmare of Nigel Farage pulling up the drawbridge…

A Labour MP whose husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for China has said she’s “never seen anything” to make her suspect him of breaking the law. Joani Reid, who was elected in East Kilbride and Strathaven at the last general election, issued a statement after the Metropolitan Police announced three arrests on Wednesday….

Nothing puts the so-called “special relationship” between the UK and the United States under strain like the Americans going to war. At Prime Minister’s Questions, after Donald Trump’s “no Churchill” jibe, Sir Keir Starmer insisted the relationship was still alive and well. He was challenged by a Conservative MP, Gareth Bacon, on whether his “dithering”…

The spring forecast was meant to be a moment to take stock of Rachel Reeves’s stewardship of the economy. But events of recent days have rendered this occasion rather meaningless: The chancellor knows only too well that war in the Middle East could throw her best-laid plans off course, so it was curious to watch…

The government will halt visa routes for nationals from four countries who the home secretary says have “abused” the UK’s generosity. An emergency brake is being placed on study visas for people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, while work visas have also been stopped for Afghans. It’s the first time such visa bans have…

The rise in gas prices over the past 48 hours is without precedent. Even in the chaotic opening weeks of the Ukraine war in 2022, the gas price never doubled. But that is precisely what has happened to wholesale methane prices in the UK. And since gas prices are arguably the single most important price…