Labour Party (UK)

Cork-born adviser Morgan McSweeney under fierce scrutiny for sending the peer to Washington

It has been helpful for Ireland, too. But Morgan McSweeney’s reign could be coming to screeching halt

Thankfully, the Irish Bridgerton star is engaged in a psy-op to bring down the sexy empire from within

Release of documents on appointment of disgraced former ambassador spells real peril for prime minister and his Cork-born adviser Morgan McSweeney

If we want to understand why democracy is in such trouble, we can learn plenty from the careers of two men who were once stellar figures in democratic politics

Reform UK leader’s welcome of flood of Tory defectors suggests killing that party is still his main aim, rather than killing Labour

Starmer may be blamed if Labour loses byelection to Reform or Greens while party star and leadership rival is made sit it out

UK government, keen for better relations with China, has given go-ahead for sprawling new embassy despite security concerns

Resignation of a Manchester MP has triggered a byelection

Guarantee seen as means of ensuring bloc is not left out of pocket should Reform leader win general election

UK Labour peer says home secretary is ‘unnecessarily hardline’ on asylum seekers and he doesn’t ‘denigrate’ Reform voters

Entrepreneurs are more optimistic than the headlines are about the UK’s economic potential

Ireland has never been better off, yet a narrative of State failure dominates political debate and much of the media

As polls worsen and MPs mutter about local elections, Labour’s factions are lining up their champions, from Wes Streeting to Angela Rayner

Keir Starmer’s 2025 was turbulent as Reform UK kept up the pressure, while King Charles dealt with the fallout of his brother Andrew’s association with Jeffrey Epstein

UK prime minister Keir Starmer faces a real Christmas dilemma as some hunger strikers are said to be near death

British government under Boris Johnson claimed the programme did not offer value for money during Brexit

Starmer’s Labour launches patriotic livery for proposed new state-owned operator in face of public anger over condition of network

UK prime minister says the notion that leaving the European Union would solve Britain’s woes has been ‘proven wrong’

Laois man John Fingleton’s recommendations to cut the cost of nuclear development will be applied across Britain’s industrial strategy

Claims of budget misrepresentation spark a bruising clash with Westminster press

The verdict on former UK minister was delivered in absentia, local media reports

The government in Westminster is wary of the potential risks of blocking a deal after two years of financial uncertainty for the Telegraph Media Group

UK’s chancellor delivered her second successive tax-and-spend budget on Wednesday

All the leaking, pitch-rolling and backtracking in the pre-budget run-up has investors, employers and union bosses bewildered

Scotland’s nationalist first minister visits Dublin on Tuesday and Wednesday to talk economics, culture and space rockets

What will happen to failed asylum applicants and migrants to the UK who have overstayed, and who can travel freely to Ireland?

New Garda unit agreed as part of Anglo-Irish deal to be created before end of year but will not investigate Troubles killings

Kindertransport survivor calls policy ‘shabby’ as home secretary defends crackdown aimed at deterring Reform UK

UK home secretary Shabana Mahmood says biggest overhaul of rules in decades is needed to stop ‘asylum shoppers’

Move by Keir Starmer’s Labour government seeks to stem rise of populist Reform UK party

Calls from Labour MPs for Irishman Morgan McSweeney’s resignation

UK PM’s allies say he will fight attempts to replace him as Labour leader in advance of crucial budget

The singer of Fijian and Malaysian descent penned her hit single, Twist in my Sobriety, when she was a ‘introverted, opinionated’ teenager

Ireland’s president-elect and New York’s incoming mayor succeeded in disrupting politics by building broad coalitions of disaffected voters

With crucial budget looming, chancellor faces pressure over ‘inadvertent mistake’

Manchester Central MP was sacked from UK cabinet in September

There is widespread desire for electoral change and a greater political role for England

Saxophone-playing former corporate lawyer Darren Jones has risen steeply through the ranks to become the PM’s right-hand man

Loss of Welsh assembly seat in stronghold deals blow to prime minister’s leadership