Labour prime minister chaired emergency ‘Cobra’ meeting amid fears over escalating situation in the Middle East

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander will accuse the Tories of an ‘appalling mess’ over the delayed rail project

Starmer to chair emergency Cobr on Middle East after urging British nationals in Israel to register their presence

Exclusive: The deputy prime minister, writing for The Independent, has hit back at critics as she unveils a new housebuilding measure as Labour targets 1.5 million new homes over this parliament

Move opposed by senior politicians including the justice secretary Shabana Mahmood, who branded it ‘extreme’

Kate Devlin examines what the historic vote means for women in England and Wales

US tariffs for the steel industry will stand at 25 per cent for now – as negotiations over an improved deal continue

The author of a damning report also hit out at Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, saying she was ‘disappointed’ by the Conservatives’ response to her review of the scandal

Huge 25 per cent levy leaves pressure on the Labour prime minister to act, Kate Devlin explains

As the row over the spending review continues, the prime minister has washed his hands of expected large increases in local taxation

A ‘deeply disturbing’ report found organisations avoided race for fear of appearing racist or inflaming community tensions, Yvette Cooper said

Patrick Spencer, who has lost the Conservative party whip and been suspended from the party, accused of cupping women’s breasts at private members’ club

Sir Keir Starmer bowed to months of mounting pressure over the issue ahead of the publication of a new report by Louise Casey

Like everywhere in Northern Ireland, Ballymena has suffered its share of atrocities. Now it’s happening all over again, writes Kate Devlin

Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests Treasury is ‘making up the numbers’ as it warns council tax will rise at fastest rate in a generation

Agreement marks a breakthrough after five years of tense negotiations over the border with Spain that have been ongoing since Britain left the bloc in 2020

Analysis: Chancellor accused of unveiling a spending review which is ‘full off numbers, few of them useful’

Exclusive: Chancellor set to unveil Labour’s spending plans on Wednesday but researchers warn she will need to make £5bn of cuts by 2028/29 — even before finding the cash to restore winter fuel payments to pensioners

Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives have attracted big-money donors even as they sink in the polls behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, official figures show

Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football – or any sport – is historically bad for political careers, explain David Maddox and Kate Devlin