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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, who could have been an MI6 spy, muses whether to accept any Tory defectors there might be after a new leader is announced on Saturday to replace Rishi Sunak
Rachel Reeves's first budget as Britain’s chancellor was monumental in every way except for the one she wanted
Labour’s first UK budget in more than 14 years was a tax-and-spend bonanza with huge new outlays on health, transport and education
London Letter: Reeves will deliver a difficult budget in the House of Commons on Wednesday
London Letter: Tech workers pay big sums to rent small houses built in the shadows of Guinness Trust blocks of affordable homes
Worldview: The UK leaves the Chagos Islands much as it governed them, with a total disregard for the feelings or aspirations of its displaced indigenous people
The UK’s budget this month takes on near-totemic importance for Labour as it tries to reset the narrative
Campaigners such as Esther Rantzen, who has lung cancer, welcome the news that Westminster will debate a proposal to give terminally ill people to right to seek help ending their lives
Political strategist Mr McSweeney has been named chief of staff
It was leaked to the BBC that Gray was earning more than the UK prime minister in a series of briefings against her
Brexit and the sea border have dragged all aspects of trade with Northern Ireland into the zero-sum game of traditional politics
I began to suspect that many were thinking the same as me: that this wasn’t going to end well
In his conference speech at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool, the new Labour prime minister tells racist rioters and their supporters: ' We see you and we reject you.’
Heckler interrupts the new chancellor’s speech in Liverpool
Party’s first event after 14 years in opposition was meant to be a celebration of election victory but risks being overshadowed
Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray is targeted by anonymous internal critics
The UK chancellor should explain how her programme is going to work
The row had a little bit for everybody in the audience as Westminster gets back to business
London Letter: Former Labour heavyweights David Miliband, Peter Mandelson are said to be contenders for the role of UK ambassador to Washington, along with Belfast Agreement negotiator Jonathan Powell
Voters must take more ‘than 10 seconds’ of interest in politics, says Marvin Rees, or live with the consequences
London Letter: Labour has scrapped controversial gradings that unions say placed intolerable strain on teachers
Fewer firms north of Border reporting concerns about inflation
Living in the UK almost 40 years, Peter Benson is thrilled about Labour’s election victory. ‘We have grown-ups in 10 Downing Street now,’ he writes
New Labour government could open door to future talks with EU on defence, trade checks and youth movement, but it will have to face down the right-wing domestic press
UK government acknowledges controversial legislation ‘denies justice to families and victims’
‘Fiscal lock’ tax and spending Bill promised, as well as ban on smoking and a new regulator for football clubs
The risk is that by the time there is a wider acceptance of the need to move more quickly on vital infrastructure projects, it will be too late
The problems of Ireland are ones the new UK Labour administration would love: too much money, large tax surpluses and politicians choosing where to spend
While the right-wing Tory factions meet to plan a ‘rebuild’, election winners gathered in parliament to be sworn in
Hundreds of brand new MPs descended on parliament this week after the election
Chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves gives her first speech at the Treasury
New British prime minister, however, makes no firm policy commitments as he meets party leaders in Belfast
To put it crudely, a big part of the appeal of Brexit was scale. It felt like a very big thing to do, just as, later in 2016, electing a celebrity non-politician to the White House felt big
New UK prime minister can expect warm welcome, but difficult decisions lie ahead
Mr Benn was speaking after meeting with Stormont leaders Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly
‘Honor of my life’ to be asked by king to form UK government after historic victory, says new prime minister
Keir Starmer is an antidote to the privileged Tories he has displaced but he will need to be ruthlessness and willing to upend policy
Hilary Benn named NI Secretary; Rishi Sunak says ‘sorry’ as he steps down as Conservative leader; Ian Paisley jnr loses seat
Raw politics and national interests will always triumph, but there is a basis for new Labour PM to work well with Ireland and Europe
Keir Starmer’s party turned the election map red - but secured fewer votes than in 2017 when led by Jeremy Corbyn
UK election: Labour’s ‘official unofficial’ election-watch festivities had wedding vibes, and then the DJ played D:Ream
Scottish Labour under Anas Sarwar has completed a Lazarus-like recovery
New leader names Rachel Reeves as Britain’s first female chancellor of the exchequer
New British prime minister and Labour’s election win greeted with enthusiasm by tourists and party followers outside Downing Street
Labour is preparing for power after the UK election saw the Tories swept out of office while in Dublin, officials are hoping for improved relations with our neighbour
House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt among the well-known MPs rejected by the electorate
Labour set to secure 410 seats, with Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives on 131
Budget requests are already coming in thick and fast from backbenchers
UK election: Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak says he will take responsibility for the result, which could cost half his cabinet their seats in parliament
The next UK government’s spending policy could lead to a boon for Stormont parties thanks to the oddities of devolutionary accounting
The UK general election’s outcome is all but assured, yet there is a sense that not too much will actually change in the years ahead
Comments by ally of Rishi Sunak come as Sun newspaper tells readers to back Keir Starmer on Thursday
UK general election: Westminster will seat 650 MPs by first-past-the-post, with the first counts expected hours after polls close
Labour leader says he is ‘not taking any lectures’ from James Cleverly about elections and accuses Tories of inflicting 14 years of chaos on the country
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
