Now, the Tories – do you remember them?” Keir Starmer had spoken for a full 50 minutes before acknowledging the existence of ...

Delivering the Robin Cook memorial lecture was one of the greatest privileges of my time in Parliament. But it wasn’t just a ...

Andy Burnham has vowed to continue the debate he has instigated over the direction of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer’s ...

Keir Starmer has been urged to throw his support behind some form of proportional representation (PR) in order to embed ...

A senior minister has referred to the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, as a “fat bloke in a wetsuit”. Torsten Bell, who ...

Immigrants will be required to meet stricter conditions in order to earn the right to stay in the UK permanently, under a new ...

The UK has long been a global leader in financial services. Today, we have a unique opportunity to lead again – this time in building the digital infrastructure that will define the future of finance.

A Labour MP has described animal health as “fundamental” to a wider attempt to rebuild trust with rural communities.  Speaking on the Labour conference fringe, Josh Newbury, the MP for Cannock Chase, ...

In his October 2021 budget, the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a series of reforms to alcohol duties, describing his plans as, the “most radical simplification of alcohol duties for over 140 ...

Each Government Department’s Ministers face oral questioning at least once every four weeks in the House of Commons. Questions for answer by Ministers are tabled up to three days in advance (not ...

Jonathan Lis is deputy director of the pro-EU think tank British Influence and a political writer and commentator.

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Over the last 14 years, in Conservative-led England at least, educational standards have risen against international ...