James Cleverly

They are now mainly Liberal Democrat, and there’s not one Tory MP in all of Oxfordshire

Sir James Cleverly has criticised former Conservative colleague Suella Braverman after she sparked a row around "Englishness"

The shadow health secretary Stuart Andrew has quit Kemi Badenoch's Conservative frontbench team in a week that has seen two other high-profile politicians — Priti Patel and Sir James Cleverley — also resign from the shadow cabinet

However, in a series of interviews on Sunday he avoided speaking about culture wars issues, which have been a focus for the Conservative leader

Labour incumbent Sir Sadiq Khan is yet to confirm whether he will seek an unprecedented fourth term

Working Britons given priority for social housing under Reform UK

One day after British academic Jason Arday was found dead, controversial author and antiracism activist Ibram X. Kendi ignited a social media firestorm by accusing the mainstream media of contributing to his death because of his skin color

Thousands of new homes are set to be built around transport hubs in England under plans announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Foreigners to lose right to council homes under Tory government

Andy Burnham has warned of "big decisions" ahead for his administration regarding council tax, as he lambasted the current system's inherent unfairness

On July 20th Sir Keir Starmer bade farewell and zipped from Downing Street to Buckingham Palace, with helicopters hovering above

The personal allowance has been frozen for five years, pulling more people into paying tax

New UK govt tackles cost of living with energy tax cut

Instead, rough sleeping was named as his top priority upon entering 10 Downing Street

The money, said to be from within uncommitted Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) budgets, will be on top of the previously announced £3.6bn funding under the National Plan to End Homelessness — which came under Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership — bringing the total to more than £3.9bn

Meanwhile, Rachel Reeves and David Lammy are among several senior ministers leaving government after Sir Keir Starmer tendered his resignation to the King earlier on Monday

Andy Burnham has promised to end rough sleeping in England in his first pledge as prime minister, allocating an additional £340m over three years as he seeks to replicate the homelessness schemes he rolled out in Greater Manchester

The Conservative leader made the Nazi comparison while criticising the government's decision to end a tax exemption for private schools, an insult which drew heavy criticism from Labour

Sir Keir has struggled to maintain positive ratings amongst voters since he became prime minister in 2024, with an November 2025 Ipsos poll indicating he was the least popular prime minister since its records began in 1977

As Keir Starmer stands down as prime minister and attention turns toward Andy Burnham, the current moment should not be reduced to a story of personalities

A senior Labour minister defended the party's Downing Street stitch-up by insisting the public doesn't want a General Election

Scottish Tory MP Douglas Lumsden achieved a remarkable victory in Aberdeen South, claiming Stephen Flynn's former seat in a significant triumph for the party and Kemi Badenoch

The Ukrainian flag has been removed from outside Essex County Council's offices by the newly elected Reform UK administration

After bruising local election losses, Sir Keir Starmer is preparing a renewed push for closer ties with the European Union — but Brussels worries that his political weakness could stall or derail any meaningful post-Brexit reset

That can be said to hold true today as a barrage of results from across the capital leave elections watchers scratching their heads and wondering just what happened

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper will cut short an intensive diplomatic tour designed to build ‌consensus around making a ceasefire in the Iran war permanent and on the next steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

A furious row erupted on GB News as Camilla Tominey and Labour minister Tom Hayes clashed over the latest development in the Peter Mandelson scandal

In an excoriating verdict on the Prime Minister, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch also condemns him as a PM consumed by his own survival who was putting national security at risk

Sir Keir will make a statement to MPs on Monday following the revelation that Mandelson was appointed UK ambassador to Washington despite failing the vetting process

The scheme was intended to help those without access to money via friends and family by loaning them some of the funds for a house deposit and increasing mortgage availability

UK councils accused of ‘feathering their nests’ as hundreds of employees found to earn more than the Prime Minister

Good Morning Britain viewers were left furious and hitting out at 'waffling, time-wasting' Yvette Cooper for 'giving a masterclass in saying NOTHING'

The docking of HMS Dragon — a Type 45 destroyer tasked with defending U.K. assets and projecting force near the conflict zone — weakens Britain’s visible military posture at a sensitive moment, as a fragile U.S.-brokered pause takes hold and criticism from Trump administration officials and conservative voices builds over delays and restrictions that they say damaged London’s credibility with allies

The docking of HMS Dragon — a Type 45 destroyer tasked with defending U.K. assets and projecting force near the conflict zone — weakens Britain’s visible military posture at a sensitive moment, as a fragile U.S.-brokered pause takes hold and criticism from Trump administration officials and conservative voices builds over delays and restrictions that they say damaged London’s credibility with allies

The Royal Navy is a house of cards so delicately balanced that even a minor issue can expose the Senior Service’s vulnerabilities

Good Morning Britain viewers sank their claws into 'nasty and aggressive' Ranvir Singh after a 'car crash' interview left them fuming: 'How rude is she?

Public sector staff including town hall officials would be banned from enjoying a four-day week on full pay under a future Tory government

Households in Great Britain could see their energy bills increase by about £290 a year to almost £2,000 from this summer in a “tough pill to swallow” for consumers already braced for a volley of “awful April” cost increases from Wednesday

Energy bills are falling from April 1, but are expected to rise by £332 per year from July, many broadband providers are hiking prices by almost £50 per year, water bills are rising to an average of £639 per year (up to £759 in some areas) and most councils are hiking council tax by 4.99%, with some rising by more than 8%

With those words to a London Metropolitan Police calls handler one evening last October, Morgan McSweeney, then chief of staff to UK prime minister Keir Starmer, kicked off the latest twist in the meandering saga of scrutiny over Peter Mandelson’s ill-fated appointment as ambassador to Washington

Many councils are allowed to increase bills by up to 5%, but seven have been given government permission to implement bigger hikes to help address a "challenging financial position"

Voters will be allowed to cast their ballots at shopping centres rather than polling stations under Labour's latest relaxation of electoral law

The Dark Lord having his collar felt by Scotland Yard came after personal finance guru Martin Lewis gatecrashed Kemi Badenoch on the GMB sofa and Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf set out how he plans to crush immigration

However Tory Sir James Cleverly asked if the government has plans to ‘ban the use’ of the wood burners in homes

Labour will end the use of “dodgy front companies” that hide the source of dark money for political donations as part of its sweeping elections bill, which will give votes to 16-year-olds and pave the way for “opt-out” voter registration

Legislation which will let 1.7 million 16 and 17-year-olds vote at the next general election is beginning its journey through Parliament

There has been local opposition to the Wethersfield asylum centre

A revaluation of properties to determine whether they exceeded the £2m threshold will not take short leases into account

UK Move to Delay 29 Local Elections Angers Opposition Parties

Now Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigners in the UK have begun piling pressure onto local councils to review their pension schemes and pull out investments in companies with any connection to Israel

On Tuesday, the government approved China's proposal to redevelop the former Royal Mint site into a vast 215,300 sq ft (20,000 sq m) UK headquarters, despite opposition from politicians and campaigners

Ms Reeves unveiled a new “mansion tax” of at least £2,500 a year on homes worth more than £2m in her November Budget

The Prime Minister arrived eight minutes early for the evening meeting, where he attempted to rally his parliamentary party with an upbeat assessment of the Government's record

Hiss comments came during oral questions to the Home Department, where he grilled Border Security and Asylum Minister Mr Norris on whether the plan would "help smash the gangs" behind Channel crossings