The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...

Celebrating years of hard study and - one hopes - the start of working life. But there were two bum notes, one minor, the other major. One was the sight of a young white woman collecting her degree ...

Sir Keir Starmer was hoping to break the curse of the cabinet away day as he summoned his ministers to Chequers for the ...

Britain’s migrant return deal with France is “robust” against legal challenge, Downing Street said as the EU suggested it is ...

One recent poll on support for a hypothetical Corbyn-led party – which we should take with some salt – found that its 10% ...

Deal with Macron to end small boat crossings won't work, according to the officials charged with implementing it ...

Some mps, meanwhile, complain to the Sunday Times about “ultra loyalist briefcase wankers who have been practising their ...

Sir Keir Starmer's watered down welfare bill has passed its final stage in the Commons, after another concession was made to ...

The UK's transition to a net zero economy will require taxpayers to fund more than £800bn over the next two decades, ...

COMMENT: It’s the eternal puzzle of Keir Starmer’s premiership, one that has been brought to light again by Emmanuel Macron’s ...

S ir Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure to crack down on Channel crossings after small boat arrivals hit 20,000 in the ...