Chris Mason: Burnham and Swinney tussle over where power lies in Scotland
UK political debate has a distinctly Scottish feel after SNP's annual conference, says the BBC's political editor Chris Mason.
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PM offers Scotland more powers in bid to move past ‘old politics of conflict’
Andy Burnham said he wanted to offer a new model of ‘regional, economic empowerment’ during a trip north of the border.
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Police assess Palestine Action post by national security adviser's wife
Downing Street says Sarah Helm, the wife of Jonathan Powell, "does not represent the government in any capacity".
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Reform councillor quits over offensive remarks
Alan Feeney was captured on undercover filming calling Asian homeowners "parasites".
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Major London Tube station could be forced to close for a year over crumbling escalators
Angel in Islington, which sees almost 12 million passengers a year, may be shut by TfL while it replaces the station's crumbling escalators
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Calls for Reform councillors in TV expose to be ousted from London council
Cross-party criticism after two Reform councillors caught on camera discussing doing things voters ‘feel uncomfortable with’
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Martin Lewis hits out at plans to introduce new energy bills ‘penalty’
The MoneySavingExpert founder has warned this ‘market stabilisation charge’ could become a ‘switching penalty’
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UK Government not ‘actively looking to save Palestinian lives’, says SNP MP
Lara Bird appeared at an event with former first minister Humza Yousaf at the SNP conference.
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Cut public spending rather than raising taxes on banks, IMF warns Healey
Chancellor John Healey is reportedly considering raising the tax on bank profits at the Budget, as a means of dealing with the government’s spending challenges
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Reform councillor calls TV report 'vote interference'
ITV News filmed undercover with Reform councillors and candidates around the country.
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Government settles after challenge by sacked Foreign Office chief over Peter Mandelson vetting
The FDA union announced on Friday that the Government had chosen to settle out of court
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Burnham acting like ‘the first prime minister of England’, says Gilruth
The Scottish Deputy First Minister hit out as she urged the Labour leader to permit a second independence vote.
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The Guardian view on the banks: too big to fail cannot mean too big to tax | Editorial
Financiers owe their windfalls and bonuses to higher interest rates. Britain should reclaim more for the public and resist City lobbying John Healey is planning to tax British banks, the Guardian revealed, in the forthc…
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Six-figure payout for senior civil servant sacked over Peter Mandelson vetting
Former head of Foreign Office Olly Robbins applied for judicial review after Keir Starmer dismissed him in April Olly Robbins, the former head of the Foreign Office sacked by Keir Starmer over his role in vetting Peter…
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Ex-top official Robbins reaches settlement with government over sacking
Sir Olly Robbins was sacked as the top civil servant in the Foreign Office over the vetting of Lord Mandelson.
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No woman will be turned away from fund offering help to flee abuse, Gilruth vows
The Deputy First Minister announced that a scheme giving financial help to women leaving abusive relationships will have its funding cap lifted.
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National security adviser’s wife accused of supporting Palestine Action
‘God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action,’ Sarah Helm, who is the wife of Jonathan Powell, wrote on X
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Government settles out of court after challenge by sacked Foreign Office chief
Sir Olly Robbins had requested a judicial review over his sacking, after he was removed as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office.
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Housing loans granted while Burnham was mayor investigated by councillors
A senior councillor says concerns have been raised about the transparency of the process to approve the loans.
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UK could rejoin EU ‘within months’ with ‘Switzerland plus’ deal, MEP says
German MEP Bernard Lange lay out a potential speedy route for Britain to rejoin the EU
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Burnham says ‘too much time is wasted in those dramas’ when asked about Scottish independence – as it happened
This blog is now closed Burnham spoke of Ravenscraig, once the pride of Scotland’s steel industry that employed tens of thousands of people before it closed in 1992. He said: When it closed, it wasn’t just a works that…
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M25 tolls could be brought in ‘by back door,’ Parliament warned
MPs fear new rules could be used to charge motorists on the London orbital
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Tory shadow minister slammed for calling Manchester Arena attack anti-terror act her ‘most hated law’
Shadow housing, communities and local government minister Katie Lam called Martyn’s law an ‘absurd set of regulations’
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Labour calls for M4 relief road, seven years after axing the plan
Seven years after the party axed the project, Labour says the Welsh government should build the road.
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