Politics

Business leaders expressed frustration with ministers on Monday amid a growing budget backlash that bosses said would trigger an "avalanche of costs" and leave them with no choice but to slash investment and increase prices.Read More

Police have received a "non-recent" allegation of sexual assault made against Alex Salmond.Read More

In the Northamptonshire town of Kettering this weekend, all the talk was of the long-awaited face-off between two rivals - one the clear favourite to triumph.Read More

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Kemi Badenoch declared that the "huge job" of holding Labour to account and preparing for a Tory government begins immediately. So what's next for the new leader?Read More

The first black woman to be elected leader of the Conservatives and the fourth female leader of the party, Kemi Badenoch's no-nonsense style of politics in the end won out.Read More

Three years after becoming an MP in a by-election, Robert Jenrick attended Donald Trump's inauguration as US president in 2017. He insisted his presence was not an endorsement.Read More

Rachel Reeves has defended raising taxes by the highest amount since 1993 as she said "everything has to be paid for".Read More

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the NHS must "live within that budget" given to them - despite concerns being raised by GP surgeries over the increase to employers' national insurance contributions.Read More