Politics

Backlog at Building Safety Regulator leaves 18,000 homes in limbo as Gateway Two delays bite

A regulatory bottleneck cloaks hundreds of high‑risk housing schemes in uncertainty as the Building ...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 11:26

Five-year-old boy dies after falling from 15th-floor window as family allege ignored warnings

A five-year-old boy has died after falling from the 15th-floor kitchen window of his family’s flat i...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 11:24

Thirteen children’s deaths expose patchy window safety in rented homes

Thirteen children have died after falling from windows in rented or temporary homes in England betwe...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 06:28

Ministers must choose between legal duty and a Reform UK-style clampdown on asylum costs

Labour’s asylum policy has once again become a political football, with taxpayer-funded perks splash...

Politics category • 2025-08-13 00:58

Ministers quietly line up administrators as Thames Water recap plan collapses

Labour ministers have quietly begun lining up insolvency advisers in case Thames Water slips into sp...

Politics category • 2025-08-12 13:29

Andrew Saint championed a social history of buildings against top‑down planning

Andrew Saint, who has died of lymphoma aged 78, was one of the most influential historians to widen ...

Politics category • 2025-08-12 13:29

New government urged to back targeted 20mph and vehicle measures rather than blanket mandates

Every 17 minutes — that is the stark arithmetic of harm on Britain’s roads. According to provisional...

Politics category • 2025-08-12 13:28

Ministers ready Special Administration Regime as Thames Water rescue talks collapse

Ministers have quietly begun assembling contingency plans for the possible insolvency of Thames Wate...

Politics category • 2025-08-12 13:26

Westminster unveils tiled Parliament Street toilets as £12.7m upgrade prompts value-for-money row

Hugh Broughton Architects has completed the refurbishment of the public conveniences beneath Parliam...

Politics category • 2025-08-12 13:24

Met and MIB seize 72 high‑value cars in central London sweep

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Politics category • 2025-08-12 13:23

AI assistant refuses to create party-political advocacy and lists three neutral alternatives

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Politics category • 2025-08-11 22:37

Councillor's viral slashing gesture at Walthamstow sparks trial over alleged encouragement of violent disorder

The trial of Dartford councillor Ricky Jones opened at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Monday, as jurors ...

Politics category • 2025-08-11 22:35

McVey column crystallises dossier accusing Labour of hypocrisy after ministers' resignations

What began as a broadside in the Express from Esther McVey—who recalled Keir Starmer’s pledge to “cl...

Politics category • 2025-08-11 22:35

Labour councillor denies incitement after video of 'cut their throats' rally speech

A Labour councillor has denied a charge of encouraging violent disorder after prosecutors said he “r...

Politics category • 2025-08-11 22:32

Parents stage buggy blockade to occupy Tottenham Hale pavilion and run free summer childcare

Parents, grandparents and youth workers have occupied a shuttered community pavilion in Tottenham Ha...

Politics category • 2025-08-11 22:29

TfL told court it need not publish temporary speed orders, risking thousands of overturned prosecutions

A senior Transport for London (TfL) manager told a magistrates’ court that the authority does not ha...

Politics category • 2025-08-11 11:59

Siân Berry’s meetings log poses early test of Labour’s willingness to curb Westminster lobbying

Siân Berry’s decision to publish a full list of her policy meetings in her first year as Brighton Pa...

Politics category • 2025-08-11 11:48

Tabloid claims of 'cushy perks' for Channel migrants mask small, means-tested council concessions

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