THE ex-Labour MP for Rochdale has claimed the party “wanted to cover up rape gang scandals” – and exposed those who “swept it ...

This leaves Labour with an impossible political reality to sell – having promised not to be the Tories, they may have to cut ...

In a major speech the Tory leader is set to distance herself from her predecessors by admitting to past 'mistakes' ...

Reform UK has overtaken the Tories in a series of opinion polls in recent weeks, and is within touching distance of Labour’s ...

Sir Oliver Robbins, who led the botched Brexit negotiations while Theresa May was prime minister, will serve as the most ...

A Labour MP has said that existing legislation to prevent forced labour in UK supply chains is “not sufficient”, as a new ...

Sir Keir Starmer has hired the architect of Theresa May’s soft Brexit plan as the most senior civil servant at the Foreign ...

Theresa May's senior Brexit negotiator Sir Oliver Robbins is to return to politics as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office. Sir Oliver worked alongside Baroness May and her ministers ...

With the class struggle suppressed and Labour in power, opportunity has been given to the far-right to scapegoat migrants for ...

Asked about a possible merger with Mr Farage’s party in order to beat Labour, Mrs Badenoch replied ... the leadership of Boris Johnson and Theresa May, as well as on immigration in recent ...

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