Nick EardleyPolitical correspondentPA MediaThe government is to radically reduce the number of police forces in England and Wales as part of what sources have called the largest reform of...

Brian WheelerPolitical reporterWatch: Money for Chagos deal should go to the military - BadenochSir Keir Starmer has said he "will not yield" to pressure from Donald Trump over the...

Getty ImagesThe UK government has defended a deal to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base, following criticism from US President Donald Trump...

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has warned her MPs against more plotting and "psychodrama" after two defections from the party in four days.Former shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick became...

UK's position on Greenland is 'non-negotiable', says Lisa NandyThe UK will not compromise on its position that Greenland's future must be decided by its own people, the culture secretary...

Getty ImagesThe Trump administration has named US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair as two of the members of the founding executive...

A man who stalked former Conservative leadership candidate Dame Penny Mordaunt has been sentenced to 20 weeks in jail.Edward Brandt, 61, sent multiple emails and phone messages to Dame...

Harry FarleyPolitical correspondentGetty ImagesWest Sussex is among the councils requesting an elections delayMore than a third of eligible councils in England have asked to postpone their elections due in...

Reform UK has announced 20 councillors have joined the party in England, including defectors from the Conservatives and the Green Party.There are 14 former Conservatives, five independents and one...

The government is set to announce its intention to build a new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester, the BBC understands.Previous plans for the HS2 high-speed rail line had...

Former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has become the latest senior Conservative to defect to Reform UK, as a Tory source alleged he had sought a nomination for the House of...

Getty ImagesDenmark has warned any military intervention on Greenland would destroy the Nato alliance (file photo)US President Donald Trump would not "land on Greenland and take it by force",...