Politics

The Green Party has leapfrogged Labour into second place in a sensational poll by YouGov for Sky News. The Greens are up four points to 21%, driven to a significant extent by the publicity from the Gorton and Denton by-election, according to the pollster. Politics Hub: Follow the latest Anthony Wells, head of global polling…

A Plaid Cymru Welsh government would aim to establish a national commission to explore Wales’s constitutional future, including a potential path toward independence, within its first 100 days in office. The party’s leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth, confirmed a Plaid Cymru Welsh government would rule out a referendum should the it win power in May’s election. But his…

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “stands by” his decision not to join in with the strikes on Iran carried out by the United States and Israel. The UK leader was speaking in the House of Commons, as he updated MPs and the public on the latest situation in the Middle East. Sir Keir restated that…

Critics will accuse him of yet another U-turn, but Sir Keir Starmer insists circumstances have changed and British lives are now at risk from attacks by Iran. The prime minister’s announcement that two British airbases – Fairford in Gloucestershire and the hotly disputed Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands – can be used by the…

The UK’s terror threat level is “absolutely” under review following US and Israel strikes on Iran, the defence secretary told Sky News. Since the strikes on Saturday, Iran has carried out retaliatory attacks on Israel, US military installations around the Gulf, and Gulf Arab states, including the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, and the global business…

Defence Secretary John Healey has revealed details of the UK’s operations in the Middle East – including taking down Iranian drones – after the US and Israel targeted Iran. Mr Healey told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips the UK has had “no part of the strikes” on Iran on Saturday, which saw the killing of…

Sir Keir Starmer is treading a characteristically cautious diplomatic path in his response to the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel. He’s under pressure from those on the left of British politics to condemn US President Donald Trump‘s actions as “illegal” and unjustified – while those on the right want to see him…

Shabana Mahmood is set to introduce new legislation to overhaul the UK’s asylum system as part a tougher approach to migration. The home secretary will say the generosity of the British asylum system is attracting people from across the world, funding human traffickers and encouraging false asylum claims, according to a government source, She is…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says his party has reported claims of “family voting” in the Gorton and Denton by-election to police and the Electoral Commission. It comes after election observer group Democracy Volunteers warned it had witnessed “concerning high levels” of family voting. This is an illegal practice where two voters use one polling…

At the wedding venue in Gorton and Denton the Green Party chose for the news conference to mark a seismic by-election victory on national television, it was clear that Zack Polanski and his team were new to all of this. There was a sea of empty chairs and but a smattering of supporters in a…