Political news

• 'Block him out'

  17-02-2017 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Abuse victim hails MP's attempt to let people add mothers' names to the marriage register.
  
  Read more

• New train stations part of £14bn UK government rail funding promise

  18-02-2026 14:24 via bbc.com
  Sir Keir Starmer said the funding covers a list of Welsh railway projects, including seven new stations.
  
  Read more

• Reform UK would reimpose two-child benefit cap

  18-02-2026 13:52 via bbc.com
  Robert Jenrick says the country cannot afford to "help working families have more children".
  
  Read more

• Reform UK would bring back two-child benefit cap, says Jenrick

  18-02-2026 13:28
  Party’s new ‘shadow chancellor’ is seeking to present a more conservative economic policy platform
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Gorton and Denton by-election candidates' minute manifestos

  18-02-2026 13:25 via bbc.com
  Who is standing in the Greater Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton?
  
  Read more

• Swinney was told of Murrell charges weeks before they became public

  18-02-2026 13:09 via bbc.com
  Former SNP chief executive Murrell is accused of embezzling £459,000 from the party over a 12-year period.
  
  Read more

• Reform plans to keep UK's budget watchdog

  18-02-2026 12:32 via bbc.com
  Robert Jenrick promises to reform the OBR, rather than abolish it, in a move to reassure financial markets.
  
  Read more

• Plan to increase youth minimum wage could be delayed

  18-02-2026 12:19 via bbc.com
  Government sources tell BBC News they could slow down plans to make minimum wage equal across age groups.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• You cannot sustain high youth employment while raising hiring costs

  18-02-2026 10:34
  UK should learn from the Netherlands, where lowering the youth minimum wage has helped keep Neet rates low
  
  Read more

• Lower food and fuel prices drive inflation down to 3%

  18-02-2026 10:16 via bbc.com
  The rate at which prices are rising is slowing down, which could lead to lower interest rates.
  
  Read more

• Ex Reform UK members form new council group

  18-02-2026 09:21 via bbc.com
  They have joined Restore Britain to form a new group on Kent County Council.
  
  Read more

• Maternity care is broken. Who can fix it?

  18-02-2026 06:00
  Giving birth is getting riskier, midwives are stretched to exhaustion and families must navigate a lottery of care
  
  Read more

• Maternity care is broken in the UK. Who can fix it?

  18-02-2026 06:00
  Giving birth is getting riskier, midwives are stretched to exhaustion and families must navigate a lottery of care
  
  Read more

• Gilt investors warn about ‘ruse’ to fund higher UK defence spending

  18-02-2026 06:00
  Bending the UK’s fiscal rules would risk a bond market backlash and a self-defeating rise in borrowing costs
  
  Read more

• Are the UK’s public sector pensions unaffordable?

  18-02-2026 06:00
  The Reform Party has set its sights on unfunded schemes — but not everyone agrees they are a ‘major problem’
  
  Read more

• US says it supports UK Chagos Islands deal

  18-02-2026 04:55 via bbc.com
  US Department of State says it supports the UK's decision to "proceed with its agreement with Mauritius concerning the Chagos archipelago".
  
  Read more

• 'Just push us into the sea': The frustration of an area failed by politics

  18-02-2026 02:31 via bbc.com
  In Horden, County Durham, Westminster slogans have long been left unmet as the population has plummeted.
  
  Read more

• Reform UK pledges to keep fiscal watchdog if it wins power

  18-02-2026 01:01
  New ‘shadow chancellor’ Robert Jenrick to make commitment in a speech to the City as populist party seeks to calm nerves
  
  Read more

• Tories call for rethink of Parliament revamp

  17-02-2026 23:21 via bbc.com
  Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says current plans to refurbish the Palace of Westminster are "out of control".
  
  Read more

• Labour’s own goals on jobs

  17-02-2026 19:34
  Raising payroll taxes and the minimum wage has hurt young workers
  
  Read more

• Cabinet secretary frontrunner faced multiple bullying complaints

  17-02-2026 19:22 via bbc.com
  Claims emerge after the Cabinet Office said there was only one complaint about Antonia Romeo's conduct which was dismissed after an inquiry.
  
  Read more

• Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act – UK politics live

  17-02-2026 18:35 via theguardian.com
  Party leader tells FT journalist she should ‘write some silly story’ after press conference revealing roles for his top teamNigel Farage is speaking.He starts by saying that 4.6m voters will get the right to to vote in the local elections because of his party.I am writing a book on Nigel Farage for @headlinepg.No holds will be barred. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• The fallout from Labour's local elections U-turn is not over yet

  17-02-2026 18:28 via bbc.com
  Keir Starmer and his team knew last week that delays to council elections would need to be reversed.
  
  Read more

• Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role in political remake of The Weakest Link

  17-02-2026 18:23 via theguardian.com
  Reform UK leader snaps at reporters as he tries to maintain control over announcement of shadow cabinetUK politics live – latest updatesMeet the Fockers. The shadow cabinet from hell. Rejects, losers and deadbeats. A freak show. A tribute act.Reform have often been called a one-man band. The Nigel Farage party. So to counter this narrative, Nige took over Church House in Westminster and turned it into a tacky gameshow set. A remake of The Weakest Link. All to parade his new top team. The l
  
  Read more

• Ella Baron on Nigel Farage toasting Keir Starmer’s latest U-turn – cartoon

  17-02-2026 17:52 via theguardian.com
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• What do we know about Reform UK’s frontbench team of four?

  17-02-2026 17:30 via theguardian.com
  Here are the briefs – and some of the views – of Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman, Richard Tice and Zia YusufNigel Farage has named the first four members of Reform UK’s frontbench team. Here are their briefs and what we know, so far, about their views. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Reform names Robert Jenrick as pick for chancellor

  17-02-2026 17:14 via bbc.com
  Leader Nigel Farage says Reform is "the voice of opposition" to Labour, as he unveils his new top team.
  
  Read more

• The Labour Together scandal goes right to the heart of No 10 – Starmer has nowhere to hide | Peter Geoghegan

  17-02-2026 16:42 via theguardian.com
  He can sack who he wants to protect himself, but all roads currently lead back to the prime ministerIn late 2023, Labour Together was ascendant. Under Keir Starmer, the group’s anointed torchbearer, Labour had a double-digit lead in the polls. Morgan McSweeney, the man who built Labour Together, was preparing Starmer for government with great hopes of cleaning up politics. Now McSweeney is out of a job, Labour Together is mired in controversy and Starmer faces urgent questions about what h
  
  Read more

• Cheshire council leaders urged to resign after proposing new town without local support

  17-02-2026 16:33 via theguardian.com
  Opposition councillor says 20,000-home development in Adlington put forward with ‘no consultation, no scrutiny’A Cheshire council leader is being urged to resign after it emerged he had written a letter backing a new town of 20,000 homes for the area, which led to it being listed on the government’s list of proposed sites and has since sparked a huge backlash.Residents said they were blindsided when Adlington appeared on the government’s list of 12 proposed sites for new
  
  Read more

• Nigel Farage unveils Reform UK frontbench team and warns over dissent

  17-02-2026 15:31 via theguardian.com
  Leader says move should end claims of one-man band and shows party is ‘creating a machine for government’Nigel Farage has unveiled the first part of Reform UK’s frontbench team, saying it shows that the party is no longer reliant entirely on him – while also warning that he will not tolerate any dissent from his colleagues.Two of the four appointees are recent defectors from the Conservatives: Robert Jenrick, who takes on the Treasury brief, and Suella Braverman, whom Far
  
  Read more

Follow @political_UKnws on Twitter!