Party time: contrasting moods at the Tory and Labour conferencesLiverpool Letter: the atmosphere at the fringe social events at the two main political parties could not have been more different, and the Irish were at the heart of itWed Oct 11 2023 - 06:00
Starmer’s conference speech is a hint that next year’s British election campaign will be filthyConservatives and Labour likely to ‘go low’ with personal attacks on each other’s leadersTue Oct 10 2023 - 18:36
Labour leader Keir Starmer makes pitch to lead Britain as protester storms stageStarmer delivers his conference address in Liverpool covered in glitter as he tries to sway Tory voters with a promise to deliver economic growthTue Oct 10 2023 - 17:39
Labour promises to ‘rebuild Britain’ and be the party of businessUK shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves wins the endorsement of former Bank of England governor Mark Carney at annual conferenceMon Oct 09 2023 - 18:20
What’s eating Britain? A look at the issues gripping its soulFrom its economy to immigration, public services to its very governance, Britain is in the midst of change as it nears a fresh electionSat Oct 07 2023 - 12:00
Sunak will put himself at the centre of his party’s campaign as he draws a contrast with Labour’s Keir StarmerThe Tory leader’s attempt to portray himself as a change-maker after his party’s 13-year rule is a gambleWed Oct 04 2023 - 18:33
Sunak tries to paint himself as the change-maker as Tories prepare for election battleBritish prime minister and Conservative leader announces big policy pivots in end-of-conference addressWed Oct 04 2023 - 16:44
The prominent Tory women vying to be the next Conservative party leaderManchester Letter: Kemi Bandenoch has emerged as a front runner to replace Rishi Sunak should he step down if the party suffers defeat at the next electionWed Oct 04 2023 - 06:00
Britain’s home secretary warns of ‘hurricane’ of migrants in hardline Tory conference speechSenior London Tory thrown out of hall for loudly criticising Suella Braverman’s speechTue Oct 03 2023 - 18:08
Making Britons groan again: Liz Truss steals the show at Conservative party conferenceThe former prime minister calls for the government to Make Britain Grow Again with tax cutsMon Oct 02 2023 - 18:02
Heaton-Harris talks up North’s economy but no breakthrough on deal with unionists Northern Ireland secretary’s conference speech in Manchester irks Irish officials by making no mention of Britain’s relationship with RepublicSun Oct 01 2023 - 15:44
‘Tiny dancer’ Rishi Sunak tries comedy as poll numbers suggest Tories might end up as the butt of the jokeBritish prime minister gives comedic address in Westminster but poll research suggest serious problems lie ahead for his governmentFri Sept 29 2023 - 16:51
Jeans and no assistant in the office: How an Irish banker is changing Britain’s sixth largest lenderFormer AIB chief executive, who auditions new staff onstage, says the working culture of banking has changedFri Sept 29 2023 - 05:00
“B****cks”: One elderly lady’s colourful outburst encapsulates British angst over state of trainsLondon Letter: Once a symbol of national pride, UK’s stuttering rail system is seen as symbol of post-Brexit declineWed Sept 27 2023 - 05:00
EU is the Liberal Democrats’ love that dare not speak its nameParty leader Ed Davey’s conference speech was light on Europe as he woos disaffected Tories ahead of the electionTue Sept 26 2023 - 19:10
Lib Dems conference: Tories face pincer movement as Ed Davey targets Blue WallUK’s third party is hoping for electoral gains in moderate Tory heartlands of the southTue Sept 26 2023 - 06:00
A ‘proper f***ing lunch’ with Nigel Farage: ‘I mustn’t be sloshed this evening’‘Mr Brexit’ on Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, Leo Varadkar, Mary Lou McDonald and Ireland’s futureSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Sunak takes huge political and environmental gamble by rolling back green measuresPrime minister accused of 'turning his back' on future generations with U-turn that delighted party’s right wingWed Sept 20 2023 - 21:04
The ‘mockery’ dished out to the Irish with British accents: ‘Ello luv, you over on ’oliday?’London Letter: Morag Prunty, also known as Kate Kerrigan, has written a play examining the difficulty the British-born Irish face being accepted in IrelandWed Sept 20 2023 - 05:00
Keir Starmer draws election battle line as he promises closer trading arrangements with EUConservative party accuses Labour leader of wanting to turn back clock on BrexitMon Sept 18 2023 - 18:46
UK elections guru: Tories ‘have had it’ but Labour struggling to sell ‘vision’ to votersProf John Curtice says Labour is on course to govern even if it fails to get a majority because nobody will work with the Conservative partySun Sept 17 2023 - 14:00
Change of fortunes for Irish in Brighton as Evan Ferguson wins local heartsThe south-coast city is forever linked to a notorious IRA bomb, but there’s no trace of anti-Irish sentimentSat Sept 16 2023 - 07:00
I wondered if I had stumbled into a not-so-secret spy nest while house hunting in LondonLondon Letter: Talk of espionage in the city has been hotting up recentlyWed Sept 13 2023 - 05:00
Back on the Horizon: Deal for British re-entry to scheme signifies further thaw in UK-EU relationsBritish scientists will be allowed to participate in €95bn flagship EU scheme after three-year lockout due to Brexit rowThu Sept 07 2023 - 18:54
UK said to be low on options for escaping its €2.9tn ‘debt trap’Boris Johnson’s former economic adviser cites Ireland as an economic success storyThu Sept 07 2023 - 05:00
Captain hindsight versus the cowboy builder: Starmer and Sunak get personal as they ready for battlePrime minister’s questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday seemed like a starting gun for election seasonWed Sept 06 2023 - 20:58
It was him or me: the battle to catch Mr Jingles, our furry little London loutLondon Letter: The make-up of the city’s housing stock gives rise to a peculiar and infuriating problemWed Sept 06 2023 - 05:00
Tories on the Raac as Labour shuffles the packSummer recess at Westminster ended with a bang on Monday amid crisis over crumbling concrete in schoolsMon Sept 04 2023 - 19:53
Micheál Martin signals ‘impatience’ with DUP foot-dragging Tánaiste tells British government at Oxford University event that action needed if unionists continue to short-circuit StormontMon Sept 04 2023 - 05:00
Irish and British governments ‘must do better’ working in tandem, says Micheál Martin Tánaiste tells Oxford University audience administrations must work to improve healthcare and education in NorthFri Sept 01 2023 - 20:09
Shapps won’t rock the boat in geopolitical stormy watersUK’s new defence secretary will be seen as a safe pair of hands by UK prime minister Rishi SunakThu Aug 31 2023 - 17:01
Grant Shapps replaces Ben Wallace as UK’s defence secretaryRishi Sunak forced into mini cabinet reshuffle after Wallace’s resignation, at a time when pressure is mounting on the UK’s defence budgetThu Aug 31 2023 - 11:56
The Crooked House: Straight up tale of a wonky pub reflects British values in a changing worldLondon Letter: Famous old pub in Staffordshire was burned in a suspected arson attack, then demolished, sparking furyWed Aug 30 2023 - 05:00
London drives ahead with controversial scheme charging motorists for driving older carsSupporters of Ulez say it will save lives but it was also blamed for a recent Labour byelection defeatTue Aug 29 2023 - 15:39
Lucy Letby: Focus shifts to type of inquiry needed to find out why NHS managers ignored warnings over killer nurseA speedy private inquiry was planned by the government but ministers now appear to be shifting to upgrade that to a full statutory inquiry following a backlashWed Aug 23 2023 - 19:45
What lies beneath: a fresh wave of Loch Ness tourism promises monster rewards for DrumnadrochitScotland Letter: This little Highlands village is at the centre of a legend and a social phenomenonWed Aug 23 2023 - 05:00
Lucy Letby: ‘Malevolent’ serial killer nurse will die behind bars in UKLucy Letby killed at least seven babies in her care in a Chester hospital between 2015 and 2016Mon Aug 21 2023 - 20:05
A new frontier for English football but a familiar full-time feeling of World Cup despairLondon correspondent Mark Paul shared the highs and lows of the English supporters at the Regent pub in BalhamSun Aug 20 2023 - 17:02
‘Never say never’: Her bid to replace Nicola Sturgeon failed but Kate Forbes may yet get another shotForbes has retreated to the Highlands for now having ‘dodged a bullet’ with the SNP currently in crisisFri Aug 18 2023 - 13:14
Being Mizzy: The young internet prank artist riling BritainLondon Letter: This 18-year-old from east London has attracted opprobrium, while he says some won’t look past his raceWed Aug 16 2023 - 05:00
Sink or swim for the UK’s harsh asylum seeker accommodation policy as it opens a barge on the Dorset coastThe Bibby Stockholm will house 500 single men in a “floating prison” in PortlandSat Aug 12 2023 - 05:00
The more the East End changes, the more its beigel bakeries stay the sameLondon Letter: Brick Lane’s “yellow one” and its “white one” are London culinary institutions and also monuments to the waves of immigration that have shaped one of the East End’s most famous neighbourhoodsWed Aug 09 2023 - 05:00
‘Phoney war’ between the SNP and Labour ends as they limber up for crucial Scottish byelectionBattle for Rutherglen and Hamilton, on the southern edge of Glasgow, will reveal much about Labour’s prospects for a Scottish revival that may hand Keir Starmer the keys to Number 10 Downing StreetSat Aug 05 2023 - 05:00
UK minister criticised after asking constituents if they would like to live next to a Traveller siteWelsh Secretary David TC Davies under fire over language used in leaflet sent to householdersThu Aug 03 2023 - 16:33
Sinéad O’Connor’s remains released to her family following autopsyCause of death may not be known for ‘some weeks’ and will be made public if there is an inquest, says clerk of London coroner courtThu Aug 03 2023 - 15:46
Say ‘maaate’: New anti-misogyny campaign aimed at young men in UK divides opinionLondon Letter: Initiative by mayor Sadiq Khan draws ridicule from some but is praised for putting onus on men to restrain sexist behaviourWed Aug 02 2023 - 05:00
Sunak draws battle line with Labour on climate policyThe prime minister’s recent retreat from some green policies is an appeal to a segment of Middle Britain and a clear division from the oppositionTue Aug 01 2023 - 21:00
UK plan to expand oil drilling in North Sea causes Tory tensionsMove puts country on ‘wrong side of history’, says former energy minister who signed government’s ‘net zero’ pledgeTue Aug 01 2023 - 18:08
Ukraine’s counteroffensive fortunes may hinge on heavy artillery training in English fieldsThere was plenty of camaraderie on show between Ukrainian and British forces at a secret training base in England last week, as they practised blasting the AS90, a UK gift that could prove vital in the warSun Jul 30 2023 - 14:00
Ukrainian soldiers receive artillery training from British armyA group of AS90 155mm self-propelled artillery guns are operated by members of the Ukrainian and British military during a training session in Southwest EnglandSun Jul 30 2023 - 08:10
