Chancellor faces global volatility and soaring energy costs as some insiders worry lack of clarity could trigger fresh market shock

Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’

Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings

The PM returns to Liverpool, where he was mocked last year, with a promise that no one will be left wondering what he’s trying to do

The PM returns to Liverpool, where he was mocked last year, with a promise that no one will be left wondering what he’s trying to do

Prime minister says measure is discriminatory when fans of other sports are not similarly restricted

Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue

Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue

Rhun ap Iorwerth, the first non-Labour Senedd leader, questions Westminster’s willingness to relinquish powers

As we approach the High Holy Days, we enter a season of teshuvah, of looking honestly at ourselves, taking responsibility and asking what must change. Yet there is a temptation, on days like these, to...

In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements

Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move fiercely criticised by US and Israel

Plans would see parts of estate converted but campaigners warn it just ‘moves the crisis from one part to another’

Guardian City editor Anna Isaac among those who had credentials to cover event declined

Former PM thanks local Labour supporters and says he is proud of what he delivered in 11 years in the House of Commons

Chancellor opens up brainstorming to Treasury staff of all levels, and says some will be asked to pitch to him in person

Exclusive: Prime minister wants to ‘bring back hope’ by tackling cost of living as MPs call for electoral reform