Labour said in its election manifesto it would abolish Section 21 eviction notices ‘immediately’ upon election - but the legislation is stil...

It comes less than a year after Bridget Phillipson announced that university tuition fees will increase in England for the first time in eig...

For Nigel Farage it would be an open goal. If reports are right that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will target inheritance tax (IHT) in her autum...

Economists worry that EJ Antoni’s nomination is largely political in nature for a historically non-partisan role.

Images from the port of Dover this morning showed human traffickers have begun to deploy a new, longer type of inflatable.

Ms Siddiq resigned from her post as an anti-corruption minister in January after reports that she lived in London properties linked to her a...

Whatever weasel words they may use to justify any changes to inheritance tax, the message is clear: you don't want to work to make some mone...

Former government economist Jonathan Portes told The Independent changes to inheritance tax would not raise enough to plug the UK’s multi-b...

Labour minister Diana Johnston has vowed that “every community” in England and Wales will now have a named and contactable police officer.

Sir Keir Starmer has led the tributes for Welsh Labour politician Hefin David, who has died suddenly aged 47.

Party strategists are busy working out how to escape the chancellor’s doom loop of tax rises – and to crush damaging speculation about her b...

Dame Diana Johnson, the policing minister, failed to rule out changes to the so-called 'death tax' this autumn amid growing concerns about t...

Baroness Chakrabarti urged the government to ‘think again’, warning that the ban on the group may lead to more people, not fewer, taking to...

National Crime Agency arrests for people smuggling went down last year, as the new Labour government promised more resources to target immig...

A woman has died after attempting to board a small boat crossing the English Channel, French authorities have confirmed.The tragedy occurred...