Some of the UK’s most deprived areas stand to lose out the most, new data reveals

Sir Keir Starmer bowed to months of mounting pressure over the issue ahead of the publication of a new report by Louise Casey

It is becoming more norm than exception that the Prime Minister changes tack on decisions which proved unpopular. Even so, the volte-face an...

[New Zimbabwe] Labour MP Dawn Butler has withdrawn from an international summit in London after learning she was advertised as a speaker alo...

Exclusive: The dramatic late intervention comes in a letter to Leader of the House Lucy Powell from Labour MPs warning that there has not be...

Sir Keir Starmer has faced down rebel Labour MPs opposed to welfare cuts ahead of the introduction of proposed laws to change eligibility fo...

In a major U-turn, the Prime Minister said setting up a statutory investigation into the scandal was the 'right thing to do' despite previou...

Exclusive: The Independent has seen a communique between the TUC and the French and Canadian union umbrella bodies demanding their governmen...

Families living in the deprived housing estate of Hartcliffe in Bristol say they’ve been let down by years of broken promises. But now there...

Private school families have been dealt a devastating blow after they lost a High Court challenge to Labour's VAT on fees.

The New Statesman’s new editor is a critical friend of the prime minister – very critical, as it turns out, writes John Rentoul (a former de...

Concerns have been raised that the increase in defence spending pledged by Keir Starmer’s government is ‘smoke and mirrors’

Many pensioners breathed a sigh of relief this week as it was announced that winter fuel payments will extend to everyone over the state pen...

Labour MPs have called for a “crackdown” on “dodgy” vape, barber and souvenir shops, which a minister warned “undermine the legitimate” firm...

Back when I was a foolish student, I joined a right-wing debating club at Yale University. The Connecticut city of New Haven, home of Yale,...