The sale of new leasehold flats will be banned under government plans to make commonhold the default tenure, handing homeowners greater control over their properties

The Reform UK leader blamed the Ukrainian president for having ‘played it very badly’, as well as accusing Mr Zelensky of ‘bowling in and showing no respect’

VIPs are having queries dealt with by HMRC eight times faster than the general public, new figures reveal

The UK’s envoy in Washington said Ukraine must sign Donald Trump’s minerals deal and declare a ceasefire in its war against Russia

Even if the slimmed down project is delivered it will ‘bring very poor value for money’, damning report finds

Mervyn King says there is ‘no harm’ in raising the basic rate of income tax as he urged Rachel Reeves to act over ‘silly things’ said before the election

Labour prime minister and US president accused of harming international security and the climate

The PM said the uplift would boost ‘our capability on defence and security in Europe’, but stopped short of ruling out using defence cash to fund Chagos deal

General Lord Richards called for Nato countries to be ‘very grown up’ and ‘live within what is physically and militarily possible’

The defence secretary admitted Sir Keir’s figures were misleading as the Tories demand Labour to be ‘straight about the facts’

The prime minister has been urged to rethink the Tory-era benefit cap after the Resolution Foundation said his strategy to tackle child poverty will lack credibility if it remains in place

Keir Starmer has outlined plans to slash foreign aid in order to hike Britain’s defence spending, The Independent looks at what has been said about the move

The move has sparked a furious row with senior Labour figures accusing the PM of 'abandoning the poorest in the world', as David Maddox and Kate Devlin report

During a speech to farmers that was repeatedly interrupted by hecklers and critics, the environment secretary insisted it was the Tories who were to blame for the problems faced by the agricultural industry

Amesbury is facing calls to step down as an MP after being jailed for 10 weeks on Monday

Friedrich Merz questioned the reliability of the United States as an ally, calling for better European integration

Former PM’s ‘attitude that everything will be OK in the end is misguided and frankly dangerous’ says Labour MP

Security minister Dan Jarvis was pressed on whether Russia should be allowed to return to the international forum of countries, saying that it is ‘a matter to be discussed with international allies’

Former British ambassador to the US also warns PM that trip to Washington will be ‘very challenging’