The small boats deal with France was a negotiating triumph – but if it doesn't work, the prime minister is doomed, says John Rentoul ...

Labour MP says taxpayers ‘deserve better’ as Nigel Farage’s party chooses teenager to be in charge of Warwickshire county ...

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The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence is unmatched since the welfare rebellion ...

They didn’t fix the migrant crisis, at least once you dig into the small print. They didn’t end the war in Ukraine, and ...

Past the 9 July deadline, India was to enter steeper tariff territory (26 per cent on exports to the US), but there was no confirmation of this from the US administration. Emails to the White House, ...

Exclusive: The Tory leader was accused of ‘holding Britain back’ after writing a letter to her constituents opposing an energy project in her constituency ...

After the disastrous end to his first year in power, the football-loving PM starts his second 0-2 down. But he won’t get back in the game by pretending to be someone he is not, writes Andrew Grice ...

They didn’t fix the migrant crisis, at least once you dig into the small print. They didn’t end the war in Ukraine, and ...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that mothers and women recovering from surgery were among the nine injured in Kharkiv as a result of the aerial strike, as he said: “ Russia is ...

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General secretary Sharon Graham said the deputy prime minister ‘has had every opportunity to intervene and resolve this ...