Why does buying a nice seaside flat make you the most slagged-off woman in Britain? Flic Everett knows the answer…

We might be in the middle of the summer period that journalists call silly season, but even so, the stories this August seem to be getting m...

A bill tabled by Angela Rayner would prevent Sir Sadiq Khan becoming an MP while still London mayor

Labour's deputy leader (pictured) has been accused of failing her own staff despite pushing through a law that gives new powers to workers a...

Exclusive: Thousands of people could be exposed to dangerous lead pollution if a planned housing development goes ahead, a lead refinery has...

Having previously worked in a crisp factory, I know all too well the perils of labour in extreme temperatures, says Sean O’Grady. But there’...

I’ve always disapproved of Alexander the Great’s solution to the Gordian Knot – the legendary puzzle which could only be untied by the perso...

Ms Rayner has given Beijing two weeks to explain why parts of its plans for the sprawling new embassy site are blacked out.

Editorial: With her characteristically blunt assessment of her government’s first year in office, the deputy prime minister has only added t...

The deputy prime minister’s dramatic intervention came at a time when her stock is rising in Keir Starmer’s government, notes David Maddox

The former communities secretary has warned that the comments made by the deputy prime minister make the government look as though ‘it is at...

Kemi Badenoch has launched a reshuffle saying it will kick-start the 'next stage' of 'renewal' after the disastrous election defeat.

The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence is unmatched s...

The general secretary of Unite has launched fresh attacks on deputy prime minister Angela Rayner

Members of the powerful hard left union Unite voted to suspend her at its policy conference in Brighton today over her criticism of the walk...