‘It has the X-factor’ – the view from the Commons public gallery
Who would choose to spend the day watching MPs talking? We spent a day in the visitors’ gallery to find out....
Papers reveal Blair said voters had no appetite for more Welsh powers
Records from 2004 show Tony Blair saying his government had ‘lanced the boil of separatism’....
Egyptian dissident sorry for tweets as Tories push for deportation from UK
Shabana Mahmood is facing growing calls to revoke the citizenship of British-Egyptian dual national Alaa Abdel Fattah after the emergence of social media posts....
UK restricts DR Congo visas over migrant return policy
The Home Office says Kinshasa has failed to agree to measures allowing the return of illegal immigrants and foreign national offenders....
Starmer backs down in farm tax row – but why now?
A U-turn on inheritance tax plans for farmers raises more questions about political judgement in government....
Scrap non-crime hate incidents, police leaders to recommend
College of Policing chair says a “sensible” new approach is needed, focused on the most serious incidents....
English councils warned against adopting four-day week
Local Government Secretary Steve Reed has told council leaders to not introduce four-day working weeks....
Lib Dems write to human rights watchdog over election delays
The government has indicated it would postpone elections if requested by local authorities....
No evidence Reform broke electoral law, watchdog says
The Electoral Commission says it had not identified evidence of rule-breaking in Nigel Farage’s campaign in Clacton....
Labour MSP to quit Holyrood over links to sex offender
Pam Duncan-Glancy stood down as the party’s education spokeswoman earlier this month after admitting a “serious error of judgement”....