Five years ago this week, Keir Starmer was elected leader of the Labour Party with a resounding if ill-defined mandate.  Of ...

David Lammy has said he regrets the “return to protectionism” in the US and that Britons will be “very concerned” about how ...

In recent weeks, I have been contacted by hundreds of constituents, angry and anxious about  the government’s plans to cut disability benefits. These planned cuts would see millions denied Personal ...

Anneliese Dodds has urged the government to “reassess” its fiscal rules and pledges on taxation in her first commons speech since her resignation. Dodds, the former international development minister, ...

Feeling “liberated” yet? Armed with a sprawling country-by-country chart, questionable arithmetic and a lax grip of economic ...

A Labour grandee has said the government must decide “whose side” it is on after US president imposed a blanket 10 per cent tariff on all US imports from the UK. Lord Blunkett, who served in cabinet ...

Lisa Nandy has sought to reassure MPs that the creative industries will not be impacted negatively by a potential trade deal with the US, as tariff negotiations with Donald Trump loom. Speaking in the ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Keir Starmer has vowed the UK will respond to the imposition of US tariffs with “cool and calm heads.” Speaking to business ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. When the Modern Slavery Act passed into law, the day that Westminster prorogued for the 2015 general election, ...