Joshua NevettPolitical reporterBBCDeputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said there are "no excuses" to not build the 1.5 million new homes Labour promised in its election manifesto.The government has...

Joe PikePolitical correspondentPA MediaWhen Labour lost the 2010 election, rising star Ed Miliband was asked whether Peter Mandelson, who had just published a headline-grabbing autobiography, could play a role...

Former Plaid Cymru leader and Senedd Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas has died at the age of 78, his family has announced.Dafydd Elis-Thomas led Plaid between 1984 and 1991 and...

The government has announced plans to make it easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales, as part of its efforts to boost economic growth.It said...

Jack FenwickPolitical reporterDover Port Health AuthorityHealth officials at Dover seize illegal meat productsEfforts to keep potentially disease-ridden meat out of the UK are being undermined by post-Brexit border checks,...

A Tory MP who lost his Westminster seat in the general election last year is now serving in the Ukrainian military.Jack Lopresti was the MP for Filton and Bradley...

Eimear Flanagan & Raymona CrozierBBC News NIBBCEmma Little-Pengelly and Michelle O'Neill have been in government together for a yearThe Northern Ireland Executive has achieved "significant" progress in its first...

Sam FrancisPolitical reporterPA MediaSir Keir Starmer should "fire the starting gun" on creating a new UK-EU customs union at a meeting with European leaders in Brussels on Monday, the...

Henry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondent•@hzeffmanPA MediaWhen Sir Keir Starmer was preparing to run for the Labour leadership in 2020, his campaign director told the future prime minister what mattered...

BBCIt has been a wild January for Rachel Reeves and frankly for economics in the UK and the world.When Labour swept to victory last summer, Reeves pledged she would...

Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondentBBCAnna Daniell becomes one of the first to be awarded the Humanitarian Medal The first recipients of the new Humanitarian Medal have been announced, recognising aid workers,...

Faisal Islam & Mitchell LabiakEconomics editor & Business reporterGetty ImagesRachel Reeves is set to announce a series of major infrastructure projects in a speech in which she is also...