While the Labour and Conservative leaders will be delighted with their showing, Nigel Farage, Ed Davey and Zach Polanski have less reason for cheer

Exclusive: Pay increases to two weeks in England and Wales after Guardian revealed officers ‘mocked’ for taking time off

Poll finds consensus on what makes people proud to be British but deep divisions on issues such as immigration

David Lammy’s decision to increase minimum sentence for domestic murder victims follows years of tireless lobbying

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has made substantial gains in local elections while Labour suffered heavy losses. So can the prime minister fight on? Lucy Hough speaks to political correspondent Alexandra To...

Exclusive: women ‘massively underrepresented’ in next week’s local and devolved elections, campaigners say

Exclusive: Ministers planning new legislation for alignment without full parliamentary scrutiny if in national interest

Peter Walker and Alexandra Topping look at how the UK government is responding to Donald Trump’s fast changing position on the Middle East

Peter Walker and Alexandra Topping look at how the UK government is responding to Donald Trump’s fast changing position on the Middle East

James Timpson believes many women in prison shouldn’t be there – and a new board aims to bring about change

ALT: a man in a blue shirt is standing on a field with his fist in the air .

Incessant infighting has decimated his supporter base, leaving Jeremy Corbyn with an uphill battle to unite the left

After eight months of rows and rifts, results of leadership election offering ‘fundamentally differing visions’ are due

After eight months of rows and rifts, results of leadership election offering ‘fundamentally differing visions’ are due

Critics say Reform leader’s patronising rhetoric is part of worrying trend. He says scrutiny is a two way street.

She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever

Scottish Labour leader is gambling that by declaring his loyalty to Scotland, the electorate will rally behind him

Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is expected to follow Morgan McSweeney and Tim Allan out the door

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Keir Starmer’s days as prime minister are numbered, Labour MPs have warned, after a week of fury over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

Kemi Badenoch plans to force release of files to reveal what was known about links to Jeffrey Epstein

Government has ‘learned lesson’ of botched welfare overhauls but MPs say they will not back cost-saving measures