London’s plague of tacky US candy shops leaves a sour tasteCouncil leaders have cracked down on the shops, accusing some of tax evasion and selling knockoff chocolatesWed May 08 2024 - 05:00
Scotland’s new first minister promises to reach out to oppositionJohn Swinney’s erstwhile SNP leadership rival Kate Forbes is expected to be brought back into the cabinetTue May 07 2024 - 20:05
‘Britain needs a shake up’: UK economist from a Kilburn Irish family on banks, business and BorisGerard Lyons was once a contender for governor of the Bank of England. Now he wants it overhauledTue May 07 2024 - 05:15
Tories’ worst local election results in decades open up fresh row in the party over its futureRishi Sunak seems safe from a heave but recriminations begin after the party is hammered in local and mayoral elections in EnglandSun May 05 2024 - 15:18
Conservatives on course for worst set of local election results in four decadesTory rebels likely to make another attempt to oust PM Rishi Sunak as party suffers bad night in local electionsFri May 03 2024 - 22:05
English local elections show Labour’s poll lead is bang onThere was nothing in the results to suggest the polls are off, which suggests Keir Starmer should start packing for Downing StreetFri May 03 2024 - 19:59
A week of high drama in Scottish politics ends with the SNP’s disparate camps joining forcesJohn Swinney looks set to be crowned leader of the SNP and of Scotland, as Kate Forbes bides her timeFri May 03 2024 - 16:00
SNP’s ‘dream team’ unites as Kate Forbes pulls out of leadership race and backs John Swinney SNP veteran Swinney promises to bring his erstwhile young rival back into the heart of Scotland’s governmentThu May 02 2024 - 11:18
England goes to the polls in local elections crucial for Rishi Sunak’s immediate futureTory rebels may use the results, which are expected to be dire for the party, as an excuse to raises questions over the prime minister’s futureWed May 01 2024 - 16:13
Mayoral races could determine if Rishi Sunak sinks or swimsLabour’s Sadiq Khan should beat the Tory Susan Hall in the London election on Thursday, but you never knowWed May 01 2024 - 05:00
Emergency law set to be approved to transfer asylum applicants back to UKCabinet poised to back plan amid controversy over claim more than 80 per cent of people applying for asylum in Ireland are coming across the BorderTue Apr 30 2024 - 05:00
Tánaiste says claim that over 80% of asylum seekers come from UK via Northern Ireland is not based on dataUK denies its stance on asylum seekers threatens agreement with RepublicMon Apr 29 2024 - 20:36
Humza Yousaf tried to appear strong, but ended up looking weakScotland’s outgoing first minister, who announced on Monday he would quit, lacked political guile, his rivals sayMon Apr 29 2024 - 20:34
Britain’s relations with Ireland could get caught in crossfire of Sunak’s election battlePM’s refusal to accept back asylum seekers using Border as route from UK to Republic raises tensions at bilateral conferenceMon Apr 29 2024 - 19:54
British prime minister Rishi Sunak ‘not interested’ in deal with Ireland to return asylum seekers to UKHelen McEntee pulls out of British-Irish conference after meeting with UK minister was postponedMon Apr 29 2024 - 14:51
Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf will try to repair rift with Greens to save his job Angry Scottish Greens threatening to back no-confidence motion in the SNP leader after he ended governing partnership with Green PartyFri Apr 26 2024 - 20:34
Higgins delivers lecture at University of Manchester two months after minor strokePresident, who is on a trip to Manchester calls for renewed push for a two-state solution to the conflict in the Middle East that finalises the borders of all sidesWed Apr 24 2024 - 19:41
Michael D Higgins: ‘What I had was a form of mild stroke. It didn’t affect my cognitive abilities’The President reveals details of his ‘little episode’ and holds forth on everything from the failures of EU migration policy, the future of Manchester United’s manager, King Charles’s prostate, and the fact that he will never stop speaking outWed Apr 24 2024 - 06:00
Sneaky sexually suggestive filming: Britain is in the grip of a social media trend that raises uncomfortable questions UK police are investigating a raft of complaints from women who have been surreptitiously filmed on nights outWed Apr 24 2024 - 05:00
Sunak’s nodding hype gang cannot distract from the latest problems with Rwanda migration planThe British prime minister suggests parliament will have to sit into the small hours of Tuesday morning to ensure Bill’s passageMon Apr 22 2024 - 14:14
‘There is an anti-establishment mood’: Tory peer and elections guru Robert Hayward on upcoming local electionsUK prime minister Rishi Sunak will cop heavy flak if the Tories flop in council and mayoral votes next monthSun Apr 21 2024 - 12:00
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband charged with embezzlement of SNP fundsPeter Murrell was re-arrested on Thursday morning in political finance investigationFri Apr 19 2024 - 15:35
No smoke but plenty of fire in House of Commons as UK’s general election debate takes shapePrime minister Rishi Sunak’s strengths but also his weaknesses were on show in Westminster this weekThu Apr 18 2024 - 06:00
Fate of former hangout of British spooks mirrors changes in the world of espionageQuantum of nostalgia: a storied former hangout of British spooks in London evokes past intrigues, as the world of espionage changesWed Apr 17 2024 - 05:00
‘Why me?’: Liz Truss shares reaction to death of queen on her second day as PM in new bookFormer UK prime minister’s new memoir shows she is isn’t backing down despite being blamed for almost collapsing the British economyMon Apr 15 2024 - 18:56
Police to investigate Angela Rayner’s past living arrangements as she struggles to shake off political rowLabour deputy leader says she will ‘do the right thing and step down’ if found to have committed criminal offenceFri Apr 12 2024 - 18:30
Harold Wilson’s secret affair with a younger aide revealed after 50 yearsClose aide of former Labour leader also confirms that Wilson’s doctor once suggested murdering another woman with whom he had sleptThu Apr 11 2024 - 15:05
British Labour says it will implement Cass findings on care for trans children if it wins electionLandmark report finds ‘toxic’ transgender debates have intimidated some doctors and recommends ‘extreme caution’ with puberty blockers for young peopleWed Apr 10 2024 - 19:55
Britain ponders how to deal with ‘offensive stereotypes’ depicted in its foreign office muralsA report calls for an overhaul of the ‘elitist’ foreign office, beginning with its palatial old colonial headquartersWed Apr 10 2024 - 05:00
Election of Simon Harris as Taoiseach a chance to ‘reset relationships’, says DUP chiefGavin Robinson says new leader a chance for Dublin Government ‘to learn from missteps of previous administration, which gravely damaged southern relationship with unionists’Tue Apr 09 2024 - 20:42
‘Emotional’ David Cameron meets Donald Trump as he urges US Republicans to unblock Ukraine aidBritain’s foreign secretary stops for private dinner at Trump’s Florida resort en route to WashingtonTue Apr 09 2024 - 19:37
Labour MP Creasy criticises Republic for silence over Rwanda plan’s impact on Belfast AgreementTánaiste Micheál Martin ignored pleas for intervention, high-profile MP saysFri Apr 05 2024 - 06:00
Inside Sellafield: behind the razor wire, gun-toting guards and blast barriers at the toxic nuclear siteThe site in Cumbria in England directly across the Irish Sea is now an enormous nuclear dump. The Irish Times is given rare access to the most dangerous nuclear facility in western EuropeSat Mar 30 2024 - 06:00
England’s campus free speech tsar says ‘shocking’ ideas must be protected and foreign interference rebuffedFormer Cambridge philosophy professor Arif Ahmed will oversee a new complaints regime from AugustSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
Luminaries of the men-only Garrick Club draw attention to London’s elite private cliquesLondon Letter: Private members clubs are enmeshed in the power fabric of the cityWed Mar 27 2024 - 05:00
Britain shocked by news of Kate Middleton’s cancerThe Princess of Wales records a video from her Windsor home to reveal she is undergoing chemotherapySat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
‘They patronise the north’: Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on why he lost faith in WestminsterLabour veteran is making a bid for a third term as the directly elected mayor and ‘King of the North’Fri Mar 22 2024 - 15:06
Tory cheers cannot hide their fears as Rishi Sunak struggles to keep his party onsideThe UK prime minister is under pressure from his restive backbenchers as the polls won’t budgeWed Mar 20 2024 - 19:07
Diane Abbott racism rows highlight baffling ways of British politicsLabour leader Keir Starmer will understand the maxim that justice delayed is justice deniedWed Mar 20 2024 - 05:00
Scotland’s neglected island communities: ‘London ignores us, Edinburgh hates us’ The stunning Outer Hebrides are threatened by depopulation and a ferries fiascoSat Mar 16 2024 - 10:57
Dublin’s migrant tent city ‘unacceptable’ and plan for refugees needed quickly, Harris saysMinister for Higher Education urges Roderic O’Gorman to bring a long-term plan to GovernmentFri Mar 15 2024 - 14:47
Angela Rayner wants Diane Abbott to return as Labour MPSuspended from the party over bigotry comments, Abbott has recently been the victim of racist remarks by a Tory donorThu Mar 14 2024 - 17:48
SNP leader looks to Republic in bid to free Scotland from Britain’s flagging economyHumza Yousaf suggests an independent Scotland could be as much a competitor as potential partner for the RepublicWed Mar 13 2024 - 06:00
The Granite City wants a solid future if the oil boom endsAberdeen’s future as the oil capital of Europe has become an election issue in ScotlandWed Mar 13 2024 - 05:00
‘I want my country back’: Tories fear more defections after Lee Anderson quits for Farage-linked Reform UKFormer Tory deputy chairman leaves the Conservatives and exposes the fractures that threaten to overwhelm its ‘red wall’Mon Mar 11 2024 - 19:39
‘Sometimes I can’t sleep at night’: Adi Roche warns of nuclear risks of Ukraine conflict as she picks up peace awardAdi Roche, founder of Chernobyl Children International has been honoured with a peace award by the Ahmadiyya Muslim communitySat Mar 09 2024 - 18:00
‘S**t’s f**ked up. It’s going to get really bad’: Millionaire financial whizzkid on the economic disaster heading our wayLondoner Gary Stevenson, who was Citi’s highest-paid trader worldwide in his early 20s, is despondent about the future as economic inequality deepensSat Mar 09 2024 - 06:00
Hunting for growth: Britain covets tax cuts but chancellor’s options were slimChancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt was under pressure to deliver the Tory holy grail of slashing income tax in this week’s budget but the prospect seems remote before the upcoming general electionFri Mar 08 2024 - 06:00
National insurance cut leads UK budget as Tories also steal flagship Labour policy on ‘non-doms’No surprises in the budget delivered this afternoon by UK chancellor Jeremy HuntWed Mar 06 2024 - 14:17
The elusive Andrius and Andris must be laughing all the way to the bankUsing fake names that sound like something from Moe’s Tavern in the Simpsons, apparent fraudsters are registered to my addressWed Mar 06 2024 - 05:00
