The Office for Tackling Injustices, a new watchdog announced by prime minister Theresa May today, has been met with scepticism by charities and think-tanks.
The UK has committed to eradicating its net contribution to climate change by 2050, in a plan that will see it become the first major economy to set its zero emissions target in law.
The Queen’s speech, which marks the beginning of a new parliamentary session, will be delayed until a Brexit agreement has been reached, the prime minister’s spokesperson has said.
The United Kingdom’s aid budget faces cuts if rival candidates to lead the ruling Conservative Party turn it into a “political football”, an MP has claimed.
The prime minister’s hard-line stance on migration did nothing to endear her to already fed-up and over-worked public sector staff, argues Russell Hargrave.
Analysis from both the government and Bank of England have warned the UK economy could “suffer a severe economic shock” in the case of a no-deal Brexit.
Brexit could usher in one of history’s occasional political realignments, with two new parties emerging from the chaos, says the Daily Telegraph’s chief leader writer Philip Johnston.
The cap on how much councils can borrow against their housing revenue account will be scrapped and austerity brought to an end, Theresa May announced in her speech to the Conservative Party...
Prime minister Theresa May today set out plans to end free movement “once and for all” by introducing a single immigration scheme for both EU and non-EU nationals.
The UK government has pledged £4bn worth of funding to Africa as it looks to deepen economic ties with the continent, the prime minister has announced.
The extra £20bn a year for the NHS is like “pouring water down a sink with no plug in” unless social care also receives a funding boost, council leaders and health groups have...
With politics frozen in a Brexit stasis with all usual business suspended or abandoned, Theresa May is showing remarkable powers of survival, says The Daily Telegraph’s Philip Johnston.
Theresa May’s calamitous set piece speech was poor in public policy terms, and the council housing expansion plans were as badly briefed as they were devised, but the PM remains on her two feet,...
Following May’s local elections, it looks almost certain that the Tories will win the general election. The question is how well or badly Labour will do
Theresa May is set to continue her pitch to traditional Labour voters as she unveils plans for the “greatest expansion in workers' rights by any Conservative government in history”.
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to tackle the “hidden injustice” of mental illness, particularly among young people, by providing more training for teachers and companies in...
Prime minister Theresa May has been urged to set specific targets to improve social mobility and create a special unit to drive the implementation of her pledges.
