Richard Walker had tried to become a Tory MP but has quit the party on the eve of the annual conference. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Q4o5hiS
Is this the "real Rishi", as allies have briefed? Laura Kuenssberg will be putting that directly to the PM tomorrow. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Hc5datW
A bitter legal battle could take between £200,000 and £400,000 out of the Green Party's election war chest. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/gHYZIQM
The chancellor looks set to face calls ahead of the party's conference from senior Tories to cut taxes. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/LcfzHTr
PM says measures like 20mph zones should not be forced on drivers but Labour accuses him of hypocrisy. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/SDqVXQP
Speculation is mounting the government could delay or scrap the second leg of the line to Manchester. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/90SuWia
The Inverness and Nairn MSP has criticised government policies and a power-sharing deal with the Greens. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/I3ThXVO
The PM is accused of recklessness after a new oil field is approved but he says he is being pragmatic. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/YBS0xgf
The former prime minister's plans at his new home had been threatened by the presence of great crested newts. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/vgXoY7Q
Labour mayors will meet in Leeds later to urge Rishi Sunak to stick with the HS2 link to Manchester. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/01TUHWr
Grant Shapps is criticised for banning armed forces from giving evidence to select committee inquiry. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/4MsDZhL
Former Strategic Rail Authority boss says cancelling the leg to Manchester would hurt other projects. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ypMsnAk
The BBC’s analysis editor looks at the delays, spiralling costs and cuts affecting the proposed high speed rail line. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/54LjrJO
The home secretary will tell an audience in the US the 1951 international agreement is "unworkable". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/gF4dO9x
Members vote to keep a pledge to build 380,000 homes a year in England, after calls from the Young Liberals group. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/2yKfYRV
The former Labour PM wants the wealthiest oil producers to help poorer nations tackle climate change. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/mlIXsZW
The bank says wider economic problems led to a drop in the valuation of businesses it has invested in. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/6msfjJY
Grant Shapps cites Ukraine war costs and a spike in inflation as reasons to weigh up the rail project. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/jrIXapq
The former PM airs concerns as firms seek clarity over the government's commitment to the rail link. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/L6QiBHK
Re-joining the EU isn't on the agenda, Sir Ed Davey says as the Lib Dems gather for their annual conference. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ihL5Uo7
The second season of the murder-mystery game sees the Love Island winner and ex-Commons Speaker compete. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/GlMsr3X
Tory ministers have seized on the Labour leader's comments at a summit on not diverging from the EU. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Bg1r5VR
Car makers will still have to ensure over a fifth of cars sold are electric from 2024, industry sources say. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/J7PxC9q
Rishi Sunak had avoided stoking Tory infighting, but has now done just that, says our political editor. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/JrstnOT
Car makers have raised concerns over the move to delay the ban on new petrol and diesel sales to 2035. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/DAdqBy5
Sunak's mooted changes to net zero targets are far from tinkering at the edges, our political editor writes. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/69lvRgU
The government has launched a campaign criticising Meta for planned encryption of Facebook messages. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/LdtEmzI
Loneliness campaigners say the government initiative was welcome but that more funding was also needed. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/YGJoLI3
The Labour leader is hoping to project the image he is a PM in waiting, as he reopens party discussions on Brexit. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/k4ZAWyq
The Scottish legislation was blocked by UK ministers - and now that decision is being challenged in court. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/NnaFu0U
The sum is for postmasters whose wrongful convictions for theft and false accounting have now been overturned. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/e7ytPqk
Philip Davies and Esther McVey's interview with Jeremy Hunt "overwhelmingly" reflected Tory party views, the watchdog found. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/3DCj9Nn
The ex-PM will also use a speech to defend polices she tried to enact during her short time in office. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/klzQbx2
The agreement is due for review in 2025, which the Labour leader says is a key moment to reset relations. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/7U3aIFq
Shadow minister Pat McFadden says its policy on high speed rail will be set out in the party's manifesto. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ik3tz01
Ian Russell says the Online Safety Bill must stop the kind of images his daughter saw before she died. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/kMSoWmV
Comedian Russell Brand has denied sexual assault allegations, with scrutiny also on the TV business. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/07Zgefa
Jewish Voice for Labour says the party may have broken equality laws over its treatment of JVL members. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Y4FjCnX
The Wimbledon MP is the among 40 Tories to announce they will not contest the next general election. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Gms3ZIz
SNP members will be asked to back a strategy based on gaining the most seats at the next general election. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/GX2poF4
A government defeat gets to the heart of one of the biggest issues in contemporary domestic politics. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/DUZwlJR
Cash-strapped councils may not be able to afford extra staff at polling stations, a survey suggests. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/fzCqUZi
Under the law change possessing the drug would carry a sentence of up to two years in prison or a large fine. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/34RrEbx
The UK's independent watchdog has been investigating Defra and the EA for failure to meet environmental law. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/QjCLdIb
Deputy PM Oliver Dowden says the government is considering whether to increase checks on people working for China. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/rQAPRl0
The allegation a parliamentary researcher may have been spying for China has thrown a spotlight on Chinese intelligence activity in the UK. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/PNHAR4o
Staff of politicians who focus on foreign policy should face enhanced security checks, a Labour MP says. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/Qn9idaJ
In a statement issued through his lawyers, the man said he felt "forced to respond" to media accusations. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/ZqzxYoT
Tory MPs call for China to be branded a threat, amid spy claims following the arrest of a Commons researcher. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/t4fpBjm
The Trade Union Congress says it will make the report because the law does not meet global standards. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/GHpw48C
Scottish campaigner for Sikh rights Jagtar Singh Johal has been held by the Indian authorities since 2017. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/QyIsg8S
Parliament's standards commissioner tells Marcus Fysh to write to the Commons over comments to media. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/8XbhQrY
The Home Office is warned it may be blocked from using the foreign aid budget to house some asylum seekers. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/EIsAZtU
A poll is called for October as the former culture secretary steps down weeks after saying she would. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/tq4lcXC
The largest local authority in Europe issues a distress notice that means all new spending must cease. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/dBMka8W
Deep within certain and very particular corners of government, RAAC has been a talking point for years. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/if8Qx91
The tests come after Harrow Crown Court in north London was shut because dangerous concrete was found. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/QDeabH3
After an ITV interview, the education secretary complains that no-one says "you have done a good job". from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/QKBH0cp
How Sir Keir Starmer's deputy overcame a difficult start in life to climb the ladder at Westminster. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/zOLJ1DX
The Commons watchdog had proposed the ban, calling the former Tory whip's conduct an abuse of power. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/IPcei1G
Many are altering timetables and seeking new classrooms after having to shut unsafe concrete buildings. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/0SYbNov
The PM steadied the Tory ship, but the coming months will see if he keeps it afloat, writes Laura Kuenssberg. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/3sMpUJO
Concrete safety fears mean more than 100 schools in England have to change plans just before term starts. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/gXTtowO
MPs have urged the new defence secretary to quit the app over fears sensitive data could be accessed. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/TLED6Se
Figures released under FOI in May suggested 37 schools in Scotland had been identified as containing RAAC. from BBC News - UK Politics https://ift.tt/SpqURck