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LABOUR’S Denmark-style migration crackdown must go beyond mere “tinkering” if it is ever going to stop the boats, Shabana Mahmood has been warned. The Home Secretary is planning what allies call the “most sweeping reforms to tackle illegal…

EXCLUSIVE: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to announce a major reform of the asylum system next week

Rachel Reeves last night faced accusations that she ripped up her Budget to head off another revolt from Labour MPs who feared breaking the party's manifesto promise on tax would be electoral suicide.

Experts have warned that the UK's economic stability will be undermined by uncertainty about the Government's plans to control the public finances

Income tax U-turn adds to mood of despair among party’s backbenchers

A chaotic week has raised the risks around this month’s crucial Budget

EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK MP didn't hold back in his condemnation of the Government after it was revealed

Chancellor spent weeks preparing the ground for breaking manifesto pledge but events this week appeared to change her mind

More than 40 celebrities including Arelene Phillips, Mark Bonnar, Jason Isaacs and Bill Nighy have joined forces to call for the 'cruel' two-child benefit limit to be scrapped

Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’

According to a Government impact assessment, seen by the Mail, creating a new quango to run the railways and a passenger watchdog will cost up to £400million.

Markets have been heaping risk premium on UK borrowing after the Chancellor's extraordinary backtrack - which came despite weeks of heavy hints and tough talk.

Labour has announced it is scrapping a key role connected to police forces across the country.

The long roar of speculation about the Budget has already damaged market confidence

Analysis of official figures shows that between July 2024, when Labour won the election, and September this year, 684,000 working days were wiped out because of strikes.

Sitting in the House of Commons watching Prime Minister’s questions last week was surreal. Standing in for Sir Keir Starmer, who was on another of his endless overseas trips in Brazil, the Justice Secretary David Lammy repeatedly refused…

More than 300,000 electric cars were renewed with the DVLA before the deadline, marking about a quarter of all EVs on UK roads.

The Government's Warm Home Plan was set to be published earlier this year.

Over the past year we’ve started to see what a Labour government means for education in Exeter - delivering real improvements that matter to families in our city.