Rishi Sunak’s pledge to ‘stop the boats’ in tatters as Channel crossings top 5,000 in record start to 2024

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop ... over the weekend amid calm weather in the Channel, making it the busiest Easter bank holiday weekend for Channel crossings on record. Shadow immigration ... Read More

Sunak confident he can ‘stop the boats’ despite record crossings

Rishi Sunak is still confident he can deliver on his pledge to “stop the boats” despite a record start to 2024 for migrant Channel crossings ... The Prime Minister said the UK had “been ... Read More

UK ministers urged to scrap law requiring councillors to publish home address

LGA makes call in run-up to English local elections amid concerns about rising intimidation and abuse Ministers are being urged to amend ... more women to come into politics, because we need ... Read More

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In this episode of The Political Fourcast ... North Sea oil and gas licenses prime minister Rishi Sunak told reporters that producing natural gas in the UK is “better for the climate” than ... Read More

Five including child die trying to cross Channel

Sign in or Register You need one to watch live TV on any channel ... it and allow the UK to deport those who do not meet their criteria. Meanwhile, Australian former foreign minister Alexander ... Read More

Politics latest: Rishi Sunak giving news conference after defence spending pledge revealed

The prime minister ... alongside the UK's largest provision of munitions so far. We'll have live coverage of the news conference across Sky News, and follow updates here in the Politics Hub. Read More

Jeremy Hunt faces huge revolt as ministers rage over one major Budget blunder

Two ministers ... from just over 2 percent at present, "as soon as economic conditions allow". Trevelyan and Tugendhat also urged the government to strengthen the UK's nuclear deterrent, regrow ... Read More

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill finally passes after eight hours of painstaking debate

Rishi Sunak will hold a press conference in Downing Street today to urge peers to finally allow his flagship Rwanda Bill to complete its passage through Parliament and become law. The Prime Minister ... Read More

NI politics: What issues are in new ministers' in-trays?

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald will lead the effort to allocate the money from the UK government's £3.3bn ... chosen first or second by political parties, as it might previously have been ... Read More

It’s time to stop playing politics with immigrants’ lives

But families seeking shelter today from similar hardship would ... he needs to remember those commitments. It’s time to stop playing politics with immigrants’ lives. Juan Carlos Gomez is ... Read More

Fox News Politics: Too much democracy

Democrats across the country have become increasingly concerned over the amount of support Trump is pulling from usually reliable demographics and donors have been bickering over an internal memo ... Read More

Ministers urged to consider changes to minimum wage eligibility

The Government is being urged to consider reducing ... as the combination of long-term political direction and independent, expert-led oversight – and whether this approach could be broadened to ... Read More