Politics

MPs have voted to cut the winter fuel payment for all but the country’s poorest pensioners. A Tory move to block the measure was defeated by 348 to 228 votes – a majority of 120. Labour has a working majority in the Commons of 167. The division list showed Labour MP Jon Trickett supported the

Former Labour MP Harriet Harman has called for the police to act “quicker” when it comes to their investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire. The public inquiry into the west London blaze that saw 72 killed in 2017 delivered its final report on Wednesday. Politics live: MPs to get vote on winter fuel payment cuts

The Metropolitan Police has ended its investigation into the general election betting scandal without bringing any charges. A number of Conservative politicians and officials, as well as police officers based around parliament, got into hot water over allegations they had placed bets on the timing of July’s vote before it had been publicly announced by

An emergency plan to avoid overcrowding in jails could be triggered in the coming days as more rioters are sentenced, according to the Prison Officers’ Association. Operation Early Dawn is a long-standing plan that allows defendants waiting for a court appearance to be kept in police cells until prison space is available. However, it could

An emergency plan to avoid overcrowding in jails is expected to be triggered on Monday as more rioters are sentenced, Sky News understands. Operation Early Dawn is a long-standing plan that allows defendants waiting for a court appearance to be kept in police cells until prison space is available. Sky News understands that the operation

Conservative leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat has called Elon Musk’s claim civil war was inevitable in the UK “delusional”. In his first major speech since declaring his bid for the Conservative leadership, the former security minister hit out at the billionaire X owner who has been criticising Sir Keir Starmer’s response to the week of riots

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has intervened in British politics once again by posting images an offensive deleted tweet from a Labour MP. Musk has been sparring with Sir Keir Starmer since last week after the prime minister blamed social media companies for allowing the spread of false claims the Southport stabbings suspect was an asylum

Elon Musk has branded Sir Keir Starmer a “hypocrite” over his approach to policing – while also goading the prime minister over a Labour MP’s historical tweets. Musk has been sparring with Sir Keir since last week after the prime minister blamed social media companies for allowing the spread of false claims that the Southport

Sir Keir Starmer has told police chiefs to remain “on high alert” after anticipation of more disorder largely failing to materialise on Wednesday. The prime minister is understood to have told an emergency COBRA meeting that the levels of policing and swift justice in response to the past week’s unrest has “undoubtedly” worked as a

A sharp rise in families living in temporary accommodation has prompted calls from English councils for the government to deal with the homelessness crisis. The total number of people living in temporary accommodation across England rose by 12.3% to a record 117,450 households in the year up to March 2024, the latest government data shows.

An emergency ban on puberty blockers introduced by the Conservative government was lawful, the High Court has ruled. Campaign group TransActual, and a young person who cannot be named, had challenged then health secretary Victoria Atkins’s decision to impose “banning orders” on puberty blockers, which delay puberty by suppressing the natural production of sex hormones.

Baroness Eluned Morgan has been nominated as Wales’ first female first minister. The 57-year-old has a political career spanning three decades. In that time, she’s served as an MEP, shadow minister in the House of Lords and has held several positions within the Welsh government. She unsuccessfully stood for the Welsh Labour leadership in 2018,

A Scottish government minister’s father remains under police investigation for posting an image of the Star of David linked with a swastika. Tom Arthur snr resigned from the SNP after the Facebook post was reported to Police Scotland in April, with the force initially investigating it as a “communications offence”. The post was shared on

A new era of government, and a distinctly more upbeat mood: on Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer cut the figure of a prime minister enthralled with the job, rather than weighed down by it. And so he should be. He is one of the most powerful post-war prime ministers this country has seen. Having won a

King Charles has delivered the new Labour government’s first King’s Speech setting out its priorities for the months ahead.   On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson looks at what the government has promised with Sky’s deputy political editor Sam Coates and economics editor Ed Conway. Plus, Niall speaks to people and politics correspondent Nick

Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are here with their guide to the day ahead in politics. Today is the first King’s Speech of the Labour era, as Jack and Sam rattle through what to expect. Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer is hosting the Irish prime minister as part of his

Boris Johnson has met Donald Trump to discuss the situation in Ukraine “at length”. Mr Johnson became the latest former British prime minister to head to the US for the Republican National Convention this week, after Liz Truss arrived in Milwaukee on Monday. But unlike his successor, he confirmed he had held a face-to-face meeting

Donald Trump’s running mate suggested the UK is the “first truly Islamist country” to obtain nuclear weapons after Labour won the election. Mr Trump selected JD Vance, a 39-year-old former venture capitalist and senator from Ohio, as his candidate for vice president just days after he was targeted in an assassination attempt on Saturday. Mr

A news website in Wales has claimed the minister sacked over allegedly a leaking text from the first minister was not the source for their story. Nation Cymru posted an article in May claiming that in 2020 then-health secretary Vaughan Gething had told a ministerial chat he would delete all their messages so they could

The special relationship between the US and UK is forged on shared history, common values, and diplomatic ties that are far deeper and enduring that any one president or prime minister. But there was no doubt that President Joe Biden seemed particularly pleased to welcome the new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the Oval