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BBC Politics
Dec 09, 2025

Much of £10.9bn Covid scheme fraud 'beyond recovery', report says
The response to the pandemic led to "enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error", a report says.

BBC Politics
Dec 09, 2025

Rayner urges MPs not to 'blink or buckle' on employment rights
The government U-turned on protection against dismissal from day one last month in a bid to pass the bill.

BBC Politics
Dec 09, 2025

Branding and logo for Great British Railways unveiled
The new red, white and blue branding mirrors the colours of the Union Flag, and will start to appear from next year.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2025

Minister 'disgusted' after soldiers injured in Ajax exercise
Luke Pollard says three investigations are under way after further problems emerged with the beleaguered armoured vehicle programme.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2025

Critical moment to ramp up support for Ukraine, European allies say
Volodymyr Zelensky and the leaders of France, Germany and the UK held talks in London to discuss the latest US efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2025

Tories set out plans for judge-led grooming gang inquiry
Kemi Badenoch says Labour lacks "the political courage" to deliver its delayed national inquiry.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2025

Police assess claims Reform overspent on Farage election campaign
The party denies breaking electoral law, saying the "inaccurate claims come from a disgruntled former councillor".

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2025

50,000 new apprenticeships promised in youth employment push
Funding will be used to help employ young people in sectors including AI, hospitality and engineering.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2025

50,000 new apprenticeships promised to tackle youth unemployment
Funding will be used to help employ young people in sectors including AI, hospitality and engineering.

BBC Politics
Dec 08, 2025

Minister admits sharp rise needed to hit 1.5m housing target
Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells the BBC's Build Baby Build ministers are "pulling every lever" to increase building.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2025

Government promises 50,000 new apprenticeships in youth employment push
Funding will be used to help employ young people in sectors including AI, hospitality and engineering.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2025

Covid fraud and error cost taxpayers £10.9bn, report will say
A lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid support schemes is expected to be highlighted in the report.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2025

Rayner will make return to cabinet, says Starmer
The prime minister says his "hugely talented" former deputy will one day return to government.

BBC Politics
Dec 07, 2025

Young people to lose benefits if they turn down work, says minister
Pat McFadden says they would need a "good reason" to decline one of 55,000 new work placements.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2025

Young people on benefits to be offered construction and hospitality work
The government says it will fund training and work experience for 350,000 not in work or education.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2025

Young people are getting a 'raw deal', and that's good news for the Greens and Reform
Frustration among voters under 30 is widespread, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2025

Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK
Malcolm Offord appeared at a rally alongside Nigel Farage in Falkirk on Saturday to announce the move.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2025

Trans women will not be allowed to attend main Labour Women's Conference events
The conference will take place in 2026 after being cancelled for a year in light of the Supreme Court's gender ruling.

BBC Politics
Dec 06, 2025

Charities welcome new law banning puppy smuggling
But some are worried that the ban will have consequences for rare dog breeders and those who rescue dogs from overseas.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

Reform revokes council leader's party membership
It follows an investigation by the party into racist content on social media.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

Starmer rejects EU customs union after Lammy comments
It comes after the deputy prime minister said countries in a customs union with the EU see benefits.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

Sir Keir Starmer says he is a 'big believer in devolution'
The prime minister was in Cardiff to launch the UK government's child poverty strategy.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

PM told budget was 'missed opportunity' for NI by Stormont leaders
Sir Keir Starmer heard the criticism when he attended the latest meeting of the British Irish Council (BIC) in Cardiff.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

Reeves will not face ethics probe over pre-Budget remarks
The chancellor has been accused of painting an overly-negative picture of the economy to justify tax rises.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

Minister defends UK Labour government record in Wales
Darren Jones responds as Labour Senedd members accuse the prime minister of rolling back devolution.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

Call for 'Covid-style' help amid water disruption
Tunbridge Wells MP Mike Martin calls for an £18.5m recovery package for Kent and Sussex businesses.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

Immigration detention centre officially reopens
The first detainees arrived at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre on Wednesday and Thursday.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

The Global Story
Fifa's new ‘Peace Prize' raises questions about politics in the world's biggest sport

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

Government pledges to end children living in B&Bs
The strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit.

BBC Politics
Dec 05, 2025

60 delivery riders face deportation after illegal work crackdown
The Home Office says the group are among 171 riders arrested over seven days in November in a national "enforcement blitz".

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

We'll end children living in B&Bs, government says
The child poverty strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

Farage accuses BBC of double standards after racism allegations
The Reform UK leader turns fire on the BBC as he faces further questions about allegations of teenage racism.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

Six-month unfair dismissal right to begin from 2027
Labour ministers will commit to the start date next week after previously watering down the new protection.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

Man jailed for sending antisemitic messages to MP
Kevin Smith, 61, admitted sending malicious communications to Leeds MP Alex Sobel, a court hears.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

Construction sector shrinks at fastest pace since pandemic, survey suggests
Some analysts said the score was a mere fluctuation in the run-up to the Budget.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

UK and Norway form naval alliance to hunt Russian submarines
The partnership is designed to protect undersea cables, which Western officials say are increasingly under threat from Moscow.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

Henry Zeffman: Less than meets the eye to Starmer's words on Brexit
This week, the PM was trying to set the scene for what is to come on the UK-EU relationship, sources say.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK
The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnoses
The health secretary says the aim is to tackle a rising demand for services and pressure on the NHS.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

New mayoral elections to be delayed in four areas of England
The new mayoralties in Greater Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, Hampshire and the Solent, and Sussex and Brighton will now be contested in 2028.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

Is Scottish Labour on the brink of Westminster revolt?
The prime minister is set to visit Scotland later, but there are murmurings of discontent among his MPs.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

Are Scottish Labour on the brink of Westminster revolt?
The prime minister is set to visit Scotland later, but there are murmurings of discontent among his MPs.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

From Parliament to pantomime: Corbyn's festive crossover
Jeremy Corbyn makes a cameo as the Wizard of Oz-lington, joking that life in Parliament has been the perfect rehearsal.

BBC Politics
Dec 04, 2025

New mayoral elections to be delayed in two areas of England
Sources say votes in Essex and the combined counties of Norfolk and Suffolk will now take place at a later date.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

New plans to expand police facial recognition
A new consultation aims to lead to new laws expanding the use of the technology to more police forces.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Facial recognition could be used more widely by police under plans
A new consultation aims to lead to new laws expanding the use of the technology by more police forces.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Labour explored backing assisted dying before election
A backbencher's bill, that would legalise assisted dying for those with a terminal diagnoses, is currently going through Parliament.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Labour weighed backing assisted dying bill pre-election
A backbencher's bill, that would legalise assisted dying for those with a terminal diagnoses, is currently going through Parliament.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Investigation into pre-Budget leaks is under way, MPs told
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has given her "full support" to a review of security processes around the lead-up to the Budget.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Walescast Senedd debate
The debate comes as parties look ahead to next May's Welsh Parliament election.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Lib Dems call for farming equivalent of Teach First scheme
The party warns the country is facing a "lost generation of farmers" with only 5% of farmers in the UK under the age of 35.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Politicians thrash out key issues in live TV debate
They clashed over the NHS, the two-child benefit cap and increasing Senedd members.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Reform UK probes council leader's online activity
Staffordshire County Council leader Ian Cooper is alleged to have made racist comments online.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Supermarket loyalty discounts to be allowed on baby formula
The government claims that parents who cannot or chose not to breastfeed could save £500 a year.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Labour MP issues plea to Lammy to scrap 'stupid' jury trial plan
Ex-shadow attorney general Karl Turner tells the BBC the plan to cut court backlogs 'won't work".

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Labour MP suspended after rebelling on farm tax plan
Dozens of the party's backbenchers are said to have abstained, amid concerns from rural MPs at the move.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Baby milk can be bought with supermarket loyalty points
The government claims that parents who cannot or chose not to breastfeed could save £500 a year.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Pubs 'will close' say landlords angry at tax rises
Publicans worry higher business rates will mean pints cost more, or pubs go bust.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Welsh Labour MSs accuse Starmer of rolling back devolution
A letter signed by 11 MSs criticises a programme to fund Welsh councils which bypasses ministers in Cardiff.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

New homes delayed by 'energy-hungry' data centres
The London Assembly found the growth of new data centres temporarily halted building some houses in 2022.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Boil water warning after Kent and Sussex supply failure
The Prime Minister calls Kent water crisis "shocking" as 24,000 homes are warned to boil water.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

MP calls for more support for children of alcoholics
George Freeman warns the "carnage" of drink dependency is more likely to see children ending up in care.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

PMQs: PM defends Rachel Reeves as Tories call for her to go
PMQs: PM defends Rachel Reeves as Tories call for her to go

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Streeting brands doctors' union 'moaning minnies' over GP online booking
All NHS practices were required by the government to provide web bookings from October - but the union opposes the move.

BBC Politics
Dec 03, 2025

Rural Labour MPs signal concern at farm tax plans
Dozens of the party's rural backbenchers are thought to have abstained at an initial vote on the plans.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

The controversy over the collapsed China spy case explained
The government is facing questions about why the case collapsed just weeks before a trial was due to go ahead.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

MPs warn China spy trial failures could happen again
A damning report finds a "shambolic" system could lead to future espionage cases being dropped.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Government racks up £100m bill responding to Covid inquiry
BBC analysis shows cost to taxpayer is 50% higher than thought, with inquiry's own costs at £192m.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Reform politician's racist Chinese slur 'caused a lot of hurt'
Members of Wales' Chinese community say seeing a politician use a racist slur is "very upsetting".

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Chinese mega embassy could bring security advantages, says No 10
Some believe China's mega-embassy could be a hub for espionage in the heart of London.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Army fixing 6,000 support trucks grounded over safety issues
Defence Minister Luke Pollard tells MPs fixing safety issues when they are reported is standard practice.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Government plans to scrap some jury trials
The BBC's Henry Zeffman breaks down government plans to scrap Jury trials in England and Wales, for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Ex-ballerina and former minister in race to be next Lord Speaker
Deborah Bull and Michael Forsyth are the two candidates standing to replace Lord McFall of Alcluith.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Plaid Cymru confirms budget talks with Welsh Labour
Talks focus on NHS and councils as Plaid says it is ready to get Wales out of a "hole made by Labour".

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe sets up party
Great Yarmouth First will represent needs of the town only, says founder Rupert Lowe.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Reeves speech did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was "not inconsistent" with the situation she faced.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was "not inconsistent" with the situation she faced.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

Twelve more prisoners released in error, with two still missing, says Lammy
The releases happened in the past three weeks, coming on top of 91 prisoners who were freed by mistake between April and October.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

UK criticises Gaza aid delays as tents take year to arrive
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the situation remains "dire" as the United Nations warned 1.5 million people are in need of urgent shelter.

BBC Politics
Dec 02, 2025

What scrapping the two-child benefit cap means
Politics South reporter Emily Hudson explains the two-child benefit cap and why it was scrapped.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Jury trial reforms set to be announced
The changes will restrict the right to a jury trial in a bid to reduce the backlog of cases.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Faisal Islam: OBR head's resignation leaves potential landmines for Reeves
Chancellor's next mission to find a respected and credible economist to run the OBR will require careful balance

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Man cleared of harassing Sir Ed Davey and family
A magistrate was not satisfied Inigo Rowland's behaviour, although unwelcome, was criminal.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

OBR head resigns over Budget day publishing error
The government's official forecaster inadvertently published a crucial Budget document early.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Maccabi fan ban evidence 'changed to fit decision', says antisemitism adviser
West Midlands Police chiefs are providing evidence to MPs about the decision to ban Israeli fans.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

OBR head resigns over Budget leak
The government's official forecaster inadvertently published a crucial Budget document early.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Doctors to stage five-day strike before Christmas
Walkout in England begins on 17 December and will be 14th strike in pay dispute.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Maccabi fan ban evidence 'changed to fit decision'
West Midlands Police chiefs are providing evidence to MPs about the decision to ban Israeli fans.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Tulip Siddiq says Bangladesh jail term is 'unfair'
The MP, and niece of Bangladesh's ousted former leader, received a two-year sentence in her absence over corruption allegations.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Ex-deputy chair among Tory defections to Reform
Jonathan Gullis, a former education minister, lost his Stoke-on-Trent North seat in 2024.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Starmer says he is proud of Budget as he denies misleading public
The Tories have accused the government of lying about the state of the public finances ahead of the Budget.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Former Tory deputy chair Gullis defects to Reform
Jonathan Gullis, a former education minister, lost his Stoke-on-Trent North seat in 2024.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Tulip Siddiq MP given jail sentence in Bangladesh after trial in her absence
The former minister and niece of Bangladesh's ousted former leader, who received a two-year sentence, says the charges are politically motivated.

BBC Politics
Dec 01, 2025

Children to be taught how to manage their money
Political Reporter Tristan Pascoe looks at how learning about finance impacts young people.

BBC Politics
Nov 30, 2025

Feuds, boycotts and the birth of Your Party
The path to this weekend's founding conference has been overshadowed by splits in the party.

BBC Politics
Nov 30, 2025

Official name and new constitution: BBC reports from Your Party conference
It has used the slogan "This is Your Party" since its launch in July, but gave members the final choice on the name.

BBC Politics
Nov 30, 2025

Reeves denies she misled public over UK's finances in run-up to Budget
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says she's not satisfied with the chancellor's denial of lying and called on her to resign.

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