Political News

So much for an end to chaos and sticking plaster politics.

Rachel Reeves will "of course" be chancellor in six months' time, a senior ally of Sir Keir Starmer has said, despite last night's humiliating showdown over welfare cuts.

Angela Rayner is set to announce plans to build 180,000 new social homes in the next decade, as the government seeks to "turn the tide on the housing crisis".

The chief rabbi has described the BBC's response to anti-IDF chanting at Glastonbury as "belated and mishandled" - as the punk-rap duo involved, Bob Vylan, said the UK government needed to talk about its "criminal inaction".

The government has won a long-running legal challenge about its decision to continue allowing the sale of spare parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel, while suspending other arms licences over concerns about international humanitarian law in Gaza.