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ONS says budget deficit £1.5bn higher than previous year due to increased spending on benefits and weaker tax revenues

MPs stood and cheered as MP Craig Mackinlay entered the Commons

Baroness Fox praised The Independent for shining a light on the plight of IPP prisoners in a House of Lords debate

We aren’t getting to the roots of the problems and we get long-term damage to societal wellbeing in the process ...

THE cat is out of the bag, Mhairi Black has said, after a top Labour frontbencher admitted he could be described as a “small-c conservative”…

The UK government acted unlawfully by changing legislation to give police tougher powers to clamp down on street protests, judges ruled on Tuesday.

It doesn't seem fair. When the economy is tanking, the government gets the blame. When it recovers, voters tend to give short shrift. Just ask John Major, who couldn't even convince one in three Britons to support the Conservatives in 1997 despite overseeing 22 consecutive quarters of GDP growth and…

VETERAN SNP spin doctor Kevin Pringle has left the Scottish Government and said he will seek work outside of politics.

Exclusive new Ipsos poll suggests the NHS tops voter concerns