Irish man said he took ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to the US

Payments to Reinaldo Avila da Silva raise fresh questions about disgraced financier’s friendship with UK’s former Washington ambassador

Announcement made during UK prime minister's visit to China

Mutual trust is foundation for development of relationship between countries, Chinese president tells British PM

Reform UK leader’s welcome of flood of Tory defectors suggests killing that party is still his main aim, rather than killing Labour

Starmer may be blamed if Labour loses byelection to Reform or Greens while party star and leadership rival is made sit it out

Essex Letter: Jaywick, in Reform leader Nigel Farage’s constituency, tops UK government rankings for deprivation

Former would-be Tory leader is now Nigel Farage’s problem, says Conservative Party’s Kemi Badenoch

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Guarantee seen as means of ensuring bloc is not left out of pocket should Reform leader win general election

UK Labour peer says home secretary is ‘unnecessarily hardline’ on asylum seekers and he doesn’t ‘denigrate’ Reform voters

UK ‘very happy to be a partner’ to Ireland on security, says ambassador

The move may help Labour appeal to those aged 18-24 where its support has collapsed

Starmer’s Labour launches patriotic livery for proposed new state-owned operator in face of public anger over condition of network

UK prime minister meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France and Germany in Downing Street to discuss US-led peace initiative

Laois man John Fingleton’s recommendations to cut the cost of nuclear development will be applied across Britain’s industrial strategy

TUV leader Jim Allister made a thoughtful contribution as the UK’s justice secretary laid out his proposals to cut case backlog

Claims of budget misrepresentation spark a bruising clash with Westminster press

Report says efforts were hampered by ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture under former UK prime minister

New Garda unit agreed as part of Anglo-Irish deal to be created before end of year but will not investigate Troubles killings