Policy ‘always shot down immediately’ by Tories but was part of prepared series of options presented to Rachel Reeves, insiders say

Figures are a blow to chancellor Rachel Reeves who has put growth at the heart of government’s agenda

Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs that axing allowance for all but poorest pensioners will help plug £22bn hole in finances

Some Labour MPs are uneasy over the move to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.

Chancellor tells meeting of parliamentary Labour party there will be more difficult decisions to come

A veil of murkiness continues to hang over the fate of China’s ex-foreign minister Qin Gang, who has not been seen in public since June 2023, even...

A veil of murkiness continues to hang over the fate of China’s ex-foreign minister Qin Gang, who has not been seen in public since June 2023, even...

The government saw off a rebellion over its plans to cut winter fuel allowance this week. John Harris speaks to Caroline Abrahams from Age UK about...

The government of Sir Keir Starmer, despite remaining glued to a foreign policy friendly and accommodating to Israel, has found the strain a bit...

  National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has signed a new agreement with the China Development Bank for the development of 15 rural roads...