The treasury minister admitted that the government has a "long way" to go ahead of an expected dip in economic growth.

Party never explained why Tories failed to restore growth — now it struggles to match policies with hard fiscal reality ...

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

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

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 ...

In an interview with The i Paper, Environment Secretary Steve Reed blamed the welfare fiasco this week on the entire Cabinet, ...

But as our recent Independent Ask Me Anything Q&A revealed, it’s the government now feeling the heat – politically bruised, ...

After Labour’s first year, Starmer could still learn from ‘one-term Attlee’ - COMMENT: The current prime minister would be ...

The reasons for Reeves’s distress remain shrouded in mystery: she looked strained but smiled gamely and admitted that she ...

On top of this, the government has become known for doing some remarkably un-Labour things. In September 2024, it changed the ...

More in Common asked voters to offer their one or two-word responses to Labour's best and worst actions of the party's first ...