‘This isn’t just a paint job’: Great British Railways is next stop for UK’s ‘national renewal’
Starmer’s Labour launches patriotic livery for proposed new state-owned operator in face of public anger over condition of network
UK politics
Starmer wants ‘hard-edged’ guarantees for Ukraine yet the UK’s armed forces are too blunt
UK prime minister meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France and Germany in Downing Street to discuss US-led peace initiative
Fish disco freakout: Starmer looks to change tune on obstacles to industrial investment
Laois man John Fingleton’s recommendations to cut the cost of nuclear development will be applied across Britain’s industrial strategy
Jury is out in House of Commons on David Lammy’s plans to overhaul criminal trials
TUV leader Jim Allister made a thoughtful contribution as the UK’s justice secretary laid out his proposals to cut case backlog
Keir Starmer on the back foot: PM pleads for trust as budget backlash engulfs Labour
Claims of budget misrepresentation spark a bruising clash with Westminster press
UK Covid-19 inquiry: Chaotic response under Boris Johnson was ‘too little, too late’
Report says efforts were hampered by ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture under former UK prime minister
Irish secret Troubles files can be shared with Northern legacy body, Minister says
New Garda unit agreed as part of Anglo-Irish deal to be created before end of year but will not investigate Troubles killings
Labour wrestles with its conscience over deportation of asylum seeker families
Kindertransport survivor calls policy ‘shabby’ as home secretary defends crackdown aimed at deterring Reform UK
Longer wait time for Irish citizenship under consideration as UK overhauls asylum system
Moves come after new policies unveiled in Britain which may require State to tighten procedures further
Britain no longer guarantees support for ‘destitute’ asylum seekers under tough new regime
UK home secretary Shabana Mahmood says biggest overhaul of rules in decades is needed to stop ‘asylum shoppers’
UK toughens asylum policy in major overhaul as anti-immigration sentiment rises
Move by Keir Starmer’s Labour government seeks to stem rise of populist Reform UK party
Keir Starmer defies calls to sack Irish chief of staff Morgan McSweeney
Calls from Labour MPs for Irishman Morgan McSweeney’s resignation
Keir Starmer denies authorising ‘kneecap’ attack on health secretary amid leadership crisis
UK PM’s allies say he will fight attempts to replace him as Labour leader in advance of crucial budget
UK police arrest man wrongly released from Wandsworth prison
Erroneous releases have led to political pressure on UK justice secretary David Lammy
UK politicians welcome decision by King Charles to strip Andrew of titles
Buckingham Palace confirmed removal of peerages and end of lease on Royal Lodge dwelling for brother of king
Downing Street backs Rachel Reeves after she apologises for letting home without licence
With crucial budget looming, chancellor faces pressure over ‘inadvertent mistake’
Complication for Keir Starmer as Lucy Powell wins Labour’s deputy leadership race
Manchester Central MP was sacked from UK cabinet in September
Labour unrest grows as Starmer faces pressure — could this rising MP be his successor?
Saxophone-playing former corporate lawyer Darren Jones has risen steeply through the ranks to become the PM’s right-hand man
China spy case was dropped after UK government failed to provide evidence of Beijing threat
Spying charges against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry were dropped last month
Right turn in Manchester: Tories chase Reform UK – and risk losing their own centre
Conservative leader needs her big speech on Wednesday to land well as hard right-leaning shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick waits in the wings
Is Britain’s ailing Conservative Party finally over?
Tribalism has engulfed European convervatism – and Kemi Badenoch’s Tories might be next on chopping block
Self-appointed ‘Safeguard Force’ sparks debate over who should patrol Britain’s streets
Volunteers keep Bournemouth’s streets safe, group says, but others worry about vigilantes
Lib Dems gleeful as party eyes historic shift in British politics
Faithful see their party as the ‘liberal antidote’ to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
Trump protests prove much of the energy in UK politics is on the right
Much of the energy at present seems to be on the right wing of British politics generally
‘I am Cornish and I am British. But I am not English’: Cornwall petitions to be a nation
Celtic land of Cornwall submits a petition demanding nationhood status but gets a predictable response
Mandelson crisis threatens to overshadow Trump’s second UK state visit
US president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has exposed him to scrutiny
Conservative MP Danny Kruger defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
Move follows that of Nadine Dorries earlier this month
Peter Mandelson’s many scandals: A steam bath with a billionaire, an undeclared loan and ‘pure poison’
New revelations about his closeness to Epstein proved too much, forcing Mandelson into his extraordinary third resignation
Labour’s ‘King of the North’ highlights growing problem facing Keir Starmer
Labour backbenches are uneasy, which is where the British prime minister’s northern problem comes in
Is Britain headed for prime minister Nigel Farage?
Reform UK conference devotees cheer their man as Labour faces yet more turmoil
David Lammy appointed Britain’s deputy prime minister following Angela Rayner resignation
Keir Starmer reshuffles cabinet as Angela Rayner steps down after underpaying stamp duty
The Irish Times view on proscribing Palestine Action: the UK’s liberal traditions are being undermined
The proscription raises the question of whether noisy, disruptive protest still has a place in democratic life
British deputy prime minister admits to not paying enough stamp duty on second home
‘Devastated’ housing secretary Angela Rayner says she considered resigning over the issue
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