It comes after Bridget Phillipson refused to rule out scrapping key documents that parents rely on to guarantee specialist help for their children

Voters are unconvinced they have seen much change after the ‘14 years of Tory failure’ that Starmer so often talks about. Every day that this sentiment is allowed to fester, the likelihood of a coup within the Labour Party increases, writes Millie Cooke

Labour’s pledge not to raise taxes on ‘working people’ leaves the chancellor with a limited number of workable options to fill the £5bn hole in the public finances left by this week’s welfare climbdown

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Downing Street said the new tactics will have a ‘major impact’ on smuggling gangs

The prime minister revealed that the US president reached out to offer his condolences after the death of his younger brother on Boxing Day last year

Government has failed to gather basic information, according to cross-party committee of MPs

‘The democratic foundations of a new kind of political party will soon take shape’, the former Labour leader said in a statement

As the prime minister marks one year in office,The Independent looks at all the times he has U-turned on his promises

Home secretary Yvette Cooper said ‘violence and serious criminal damage has no place in legitimate protest’ as she gears up to ban the group

Home secretary Yvette Cooper said ‘violence and serious criminal damage has no place in legitimate protest’ as she gears up to ban the group

Chancellor’s spokesperson says Reeves was crying over a ‘personal matter’ as Starmer’s press secretary confirms she has PM’s ‘full backing’

PM suffers largest rebellion of his premiership despite a climbdown in which he abandoned a key pillar of the reforms

Almost 20,000 people have arrived in the UK across the Channel in the first six months of this year, 48 per cent more than 2024

Rebel Labour MPs have also lost their attempt to halt the Government’s welfare reforms

Exclusive: Leading trans campaign group files formal complaint over EHRC conduct

Ofcom said the BBC has ‘questions to answer’ over its broadcast of Bob Vylan’s ‘death to the IDF’ chant

Exclusive: The prime minister’s controversial welfare cuts would deepen economic insecurity for disabled women and make them more vulnerable to abuse, a new report has warned

Keir Starmer’s U-turn now leaves the government with a choice between raising taxes or cutting spending elsewhere