Kate Forbes’s looming exit from Scottish politics clears way for SNP leadership rivals
Scotland’s youthful deputy first minister will stand down next May for family reasons
The truth is out there: how many disgruntled ex-Tories can Nigel Farage’s Reform UK swallow?
A UFO-hunting police and crime commissioner is the latest to switch
Keir Starmer promises ‘no more gimmicks’ as migrant-returns deal with France kicks in
Small boat arrivals across the English Channel are at record levels
New rows over old divisions in Labour before Westminster MPs take summer break
British prime minister Keir Starmer attempts to reassert authority but risks reopening wounds by suspending rebel MPs
Starmer and Martin to hold talks following Labour revolt over plan to abort Troubles Legacy Act
British prime minister was reminded that he ‘looked victims’ families in the eye’ and made them a promise
Labour accuses Tories of ‘total incompetence’ over injunction and secret Afghan resettlement scheme
In 2022 the UK’s ministry of defence accidentally leaked names of 18,700 Afghans who had helped British forces
Where a cherry costs £1: Ordinary London neighbourhoods falling to gentrification
Spiralling rents are putting the UK capital out of reach for all but the highest earners
UK’s Labour government facing backbench revolt over plan to repeal Troubles Legacy Act
Veterans minister said to have threatened to resign over plan to revoke immunity for British soldiers and others
September dates for Donald Trump’s UK state visit confirmed
Trump will be hosted by King Charles at banquet during three-day visit, but address to parliament unlikely
‘Freedom of expression is sacrosanct’: Michael McGrath on his role as EU commissioner
The Corkman in charge of the commission’s justice portfolio on censorship, Chinese retailers and protecting EU citizens from Russia’s ‘blatant lies’
Starmer pokes fun at Farage’s expense, but Reform leader may have the last laugh as migration looms large in UK-France summit
Britain’s prime minister badly needs an asylum seeker returns deal with France
A belated appreciation of one of Britain’s oldest ethnicities: the Irish ‘elders’
UK-based Irish people are not celebrated in the same way as those who moved to the US, but that may be changing
Small boat migration, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and US trade dominate discussion as Emmanuel Macron visits UK
French president begins three-day state visit by meeting King Charles and addressing MPs
Government fears referendum to give Irish diaspora vote in presidential elections ‘could be lost’
Defeat may be the outcome ‘if we hold this referendum without a proper debate ... without letting people know what this means’
Karl Brophy buys stake in Piers Morgan’s growing media group
Irish former journalist and British broadcaster have known each other years