Ditching his plans to make digital ID mandatory for workers in the UK is an almighty backtracking and dilution of one of the prime minister's flagship policy ideas of...

Becky MortonPolitical reporterHome OfficeA raid on a market at Kempton Park racecourse in Surrey in December led to 11 arrests, the Home Office saidA crackdown on migrants working in...

Jack FenwickPolitical correspondentReutersThe government has identified a legal basis which it believes can be used to allow UK military to board and detain vessels in so-called shadow fleets, BBC...

Laura KuenssbergSunday with Laura KuenssbergBBC"Keir can't be the last gasp of the dying world order," warns a minister.The prime minister finds himself in charge when the globe is being...

The UK government says X limiting Grok AI image edits to users who pay a monthly fee is "insulting" to victims of misogyny and sexual violence. It follows backlash...

Becky MortonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesSome people are waiting more than a year to have their disability benefit claims processed, which risks pushing them into debt and poverty, MPs have warned.The...

ReutersThe Marinera was one of two tankers seized by the US Coast Guard on WednesdayBritish armed forces supported the US seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North...

Campaigners for assisted dying will ask the House of Lords to sit late or start early in order to pass the legislation in time.Concern is growing among supporters of...

Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporterPA MediaForeign Secretary Yvette Cooper has reminded her US counterpart Marco Rubio of his obligations under international law, she told MPs, following US military action in Venezuela.US...

Jennifer McKiernan,Political reporter andLaura Kuenssberg,Sunday with Laura KuenssbergJeff Overs/BBC/PA WireSir Keir Starmer has said the UK should move towards closer alignment with EU markets "if it's in our national...

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSir Keir Starmer has refused to be drawn on whether or not US President Donald Trump's military action against Venezuela may have broken international...

Gareth GordonBBC News NI political correspondentPA MediaMike Nesbitt has been UUP leader since August 2024, but it was his second stint in the roleMike Nesbitt is to stand down...