The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Ignore the Government spin. The recommendations of the Cunliffe Review are simply putting lipstick on a pig and fall pitifully short of the radical reform that’s needed to end the sewage scandal. So, Prime Minister, don’t take us for fools. If you let the water companies keep raking in profits…

The Prime Minister set out his priorities as he appeared before a committee of senior MPs.

JOHN Swinney has written to the patriarch of Jerusalem to express his “profound sorrow” at an Israeli attack which injured a priest he knows.

John Swinney has condemned an "unbearable" attack which saw at least 79 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks to arrive

John Swinney has not received a response from the Prime Minister weeks after writing to him about evacuating injured children from Gaza ...

In today’s newsletter: Questions have been raised over whether a superinjunction was used for national security or to avert an immigration scandal

The leader of the Fire Brigades Union says the Government cannot ‘stand by’ any longer.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Our second refuge – built thanks to the generosity of our readers – is complete. But far more work is needed to tackle the scourge of domestic abuse

Editorial: The French prime minister, François Bayrou, has become the latest leader to target the less well-off in order to balance the books