Thomas MackintoshBBC NewsAFP via Getty ImagesItamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich are key members of PM Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalitionThe UK has sanctioned two far-right Israeli ministers over "repeated...

The final act in this slow motion U-turn has played out.The arc of this row runs to almost a year. It was late July last year when I was...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is the last minister yet to agree a funding deal with the Treasury ahead of Wednesday's Spending Review, BBC News understands.Ministers have been locked in...

Zia Yusuf, who resigned as Reform UK chairman on Thursday, is to return to work for the party in a new role.Yusuf will lead what the party calls its...

Angus CochraneBBC Scotland NewsDavy Russell is elected as Labour MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and StonehouseSenior figures in the SNP have vowed to learn lessons from Labour's surprise victory at...

Becky MortonPolitical reporterReutersFarage said Yusuf was "a huge factor" in the party's success in last month's elections, when Reform won a by-election, two mayoral races and gained 677 new...

Getty ImagesAny child in England whose parents receive Universal Credit will be able to claim free school meals from September 2026, the government has said.Parents on the credit will...

The UK has been spared from US President Donald Trump's executive order doubling steel and aluminium tariffs from 25% to 50%.The order signed by Trump on Tuesday evening raises...

Ministry of DefenceThe government will invest billions of pounds to move the UK to "war-fighting readiness" in the face of a new era of threats from nuclear powers like...

Paul SeddonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesPrison officers dealing with violent inmates should be armed, the shadow justice secretary has said. Specialist guards should have Taser stun guns and baton rounds -...

There is "no doubt" that UK defence spending will rise to 3% of GDP by 2034 at the latest, Defence Secretary John Healey has said.In February, Prime Minister Sir...

The attorney general has said he regrets "clumsy" remarks in which he compared calls for the UK to depart from international law and arguments made in 1930s Germany.In a...