Ministers have announced a £500mn scheme to help disadvantaged children that apes one of the most popular policies of the Tony Blair government.

One particular minister should have known better than to underestimate hostility to the proposed benefits cuts last week, ...

Lord Mandelson, Britain's ambassador to the US, still owns a major shareholding in a company which has lobbied for TikTok, ...

Rachel Reeves, the UK finance minister, was tearful last Wednesday during prime minister’s questions (PMQs). She looked miserable as the prime minister rose to take questions after a U-turn over the ...

Make Poverty History blazed a trail in reducing poverty across the world. But now progress is heading backwards so where do ...

Political Correspondent Peter Spencer reports on Rachel Reeves weeping at Prime Minister’s Questions & a bad week for Labour.

The former Labour home secretary is pragmatic about the future of politics but deeply concerned about voters’ collapsing ...