Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation

Critics react to bid for Republican votes with incredulity and point to potential $1.2tn cost atop existing national debt

The essence of cycling is to keep moving, but London’s chaotic roads often make this difficult. My solution: fewer, not more rules, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

PM argues for codified model of decentralisation that would fundamentally change centuries-old workings of state

Escalation would follow oil passing $100 a barrel again and Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea

New Makerfield MP could get keys to No 10 unopposed after British prime minister’s resignation paves way for successor

Speaking at London Tech Week, Sadiq Khan unveiled a new City Hall report highlighting the scale of demand being placed on the capital’s electricity

Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate wants to make politics ‘less point-scoring, more problem-solving’

Rapper had been booked to play at festival in London, prompting outcry over his past antisemitic remarks

Prime minister says UK must do more to regulate against potential harms after landmark ruling in US court

Outrage mounts after president posted on Truth Social he was ‘glad’ former FBI director and special counsel had died

Iran will ‘boycott the United States’ but ‘not the World Cup’, the Iranian football federation president, Mehdi Taj, has said

Kremlin appearing to ramp up control over online activity, as it tests new ‘whitelist’ system of website restrictions

Refusal to kowtow to US president has won public backing – and left Badenoch and Farage playing catch-up

The Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grands Prix scheduled for next month are set to be cancelled as a result of the Middle East war.

Senior British army officer tells John Healey Iranian pilots are flying Shaheds much lower, making them more effective

Iran has set ablaze two tankers in Iraqi waters as it increased attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East

US President Donald Trump says he does not care if Iran take part in this summer's 2026 World Cup.

Nearly 150 reported missing and 32 people from the 180-crew frigate Iris Dena

Hannah Spencer and Zack Polanski pulled off an unlikely victory as Reform UK finish second and Labour were pushed into third place

This Representation of the People Bill is a major step forward for our democracy. It will give more young people a say, modernise our outdated registration system, and strengthen rules a

Minister calls for party’s briefing wars to end as MPs rally around ‘liberated’ prime minister after speech in parliament

The rents will be capped at £600.

Democrats outraged and Republicans mostly silent after president shared racist video of former president and first lady

Queen guitarist says ‘everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment’ when asked about touring plans

Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground

Rebuke will do PM no harm with his party and opens up a politically perilous but potentially appealing path ahead

Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the copious amounts of evidence

With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...