Long waits for disability benefit claims unacceptable, MPs say
Some people are waiting more than a year to have their claims processed, the Public Accounts Committee says....
More changes to farm inheritance tax plans ruled out
The government says it has listened to farmers and increased the proposed inheritance tax threshold....
Morgan urges PM to stand up to Trump on Venezuela and Greenland
Welsh first minister says there comes a point when you have to “say up to here and no further”....
Government to water down business rate rise for pubs
The hospitality industry had called for a rethink of planned changes to the way the tax based on property is calculated....
Chris Mason: Trump and Starmer speak after astonishing few days
The leaders speak on the phone following a blitz of overseas activity by the Trump administration, writes the BBC’s political editor....
UK forces helped US seizure of tanker, says MoD
Venezuelan-linked Marinera was stopped by the US Coast Guard as it travelled through waters between Iceland and Scotland....
MPs would vote on using troops in Ukraine, Starmer says
It comes after the UK and France reiterated their commitment to using soldiers to police any peace deal....
Chris Mason: Greenland and Ukraine point to Trump’s head-spinning unpredictability
This week has seen two case studies in how Europe is trying to bind the US into its future, writes the BBC’s political editor....
Assisted dying campaigners request extra time for peers to scrutinise bill
Concern is growing among supporters the bill won’t pass parliamentary hurdles in the allotted days....
US action in Venezuela morally right, Badenoch says
The Conservative leader tells the BBC the military operation raises “serious questions about the rules-based order”....