The union's disaffiliation threat is real but Sharon Graham fears a new left party would be a ‘personality cult’ ...

Rachel Reeves’ mortgage gamble is the move of a chancellor who is running out of options - NEWS ANALYSIS: Plans to get more people on the housing ladder should be applauded, writes David Maddox, but t ...

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has been calling for Jonathan Powell to appear before it since his appointment in November.

The U.S. President was once branded a danger to the world by the U.K. ambassador to Washington who now calls him a truthful ...

Remainer Peter Mandelson has admitted the UK's trade deal with the US was only possible because of Brexit. Lord Mandelson is ...

Political Correspondent Peter Spencer reports on the latest from Westminster with tax rises looming large on the horizon ...

The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...

I went to a graduation ceremony this week. It was a nice moment. Celebrating years of hard study and - one hopes - the start of working life. But there were two bum notes, one minor, the other major.

Sir Keir Starmer was hoping to break the curse of the cabinet away day as he summoned his ministers to Chequers for the ...

Britain’s migrant return deal with France is “robust” against legal challenge, Downing Street said as the EU suggested it is assessing whether the agreement complies with “the spirit and letter of the ...

Britain’s migrant return deal with France is “robust” against legal challenge and the EU is expected to approve the scheme, Downing Street has said, after the French President suggested it needed to ...

One recent poll on support for a hypothetical Corbyn-led party – which we should take with some salt – found that its 10% ...