Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

The two councillors are suspended for different reasons, the party says.

Reform UK's Laila Cunningham was fact-checked live on air after claiming "very few" journalists were banned from the party's conference.

Danny Kruger prompts derision by suggesting departmental and agency headcount could be shrunk to around 300,000

The Virgin Group founder compared Brexit to ‘swapping an F1 car for a hatchback’.

Burnham lamented a ‘loss of collaboration with neighbours’ following Brexit but has ‘knocked dead’ the idea of an early election before 2029

Millions of Britons are worrying about the cost of food as prices continue to rise. Albert Toth reports

The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Charity and city MPs call on Reform led Sunderland City Council to reverse decision

The Prime Minister is under pressure to negotiate a deeper relationship with the EU

Question Time returns for a new series from Salisbury, with politicians, commentators and members of the public debating topics including the threat of artificial intelligence on mankind and the £72m…

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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