“Politics is not an easy business,” Baron Soley reflects. In part two of an interview, he is reminiscing on his own experiences following a 44-year Parliamentary career firstly in the House of Commons ...

How Tony Blair became more powerful now than he was as PM - BEHIND THE HEADLINES: As the director of a new documentary ...

Some 30 years ago, British politics became, by design, a black box – an arena for moneyed power brokers to wield political ...

Former prime minister’s think tank says government’s clean power plan is ‘leading the UK in the wrong direction’ ...

Westminster Power Couples — 2026 edition The love matches wielding political power in SW1. By BETHANY DAWSONin LONDON ...

Jonathan Powell had been a vocal champion of Peter Mandelson getting the plum diplomatic role in the US, despite the latter's extensive links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Sir Keir Starmer is, already, the most unpopular leader in British polling history, embroiled in scandal over the appointment ...

The Labour left now has Sir Keir Starmer right where it wants him – until it is time to strike. The Prime Minister is still ...

On Monday, Keir Starmer survived what has been described as a 'political near death experience'. But after almost 30 years ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced calls from some of his own Labour lawmakers to step down in recent days.

This is the introduction to Blighty, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their gaze on the latest developments in Britain. Good afternoon from London. This week in ...