London councillor Ricky Jones faced trial accused of the offence after he described demonstrators as 'disgusting Nazi fascists'.

A Labour councillor who called for far-right activists’ throats to be cut at an anti-racism rally in the wake of the Southport murders has b...

The jury in the trial of a Labour councillor accused of calling for far-right protesters’ throats to be slit during a speech at an anti-raci...

Exclusive: PM urged to conduct a ‘radical change of direction’ as the government attempts to plug gaps in the public finances

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...