Politics

Ministerial cars involved in crash once every three weeks

Government's fleet including Range Rovers and Jaguars were involved in 129 accidents between January 2017 and October 2023

Rory Stewart: ‘People are much nicer to me in the streets now than they were when I was a politician’

The former prisons minister on the state of Britain's jails, the Conservative Party in-fighting and the need for seriousness

Cameron threatens to ‘get tough’ on judges who block Rwanda plan

Foreign Secretary stresses the importance of pushing on with emergency legislation, taking on Strasbourg if required

Sunak’s talk of tax cuts shows he knows what trouble the Tories are in

The Government appears to have finally decided to try to win the next general election rather than face a 1997-style wipeout

Britain must ‘acknowledge our past’ when providing foreign aid, says Government

The UK has 'much to learn, as well as much to offer', the Government says in its new International Development white paper

Britain’s foreign aid approach must ‘adapt to new realities’, David Cameron to say

Former prime minister, named new Foreign Secretary last week, will say approach must benefit British people as well as the world

Sunak vows to cut taxes but warns: ‘We can’t do everything at once’

Income tax and national insurance reductions seen as likely after Prime Minister’s pre-Autumn Statement address

Scottish Tories push for Holyrood debate over Michael Matheson’s £11,000 iPad bill

The storm over the Scottish Health Secretary's roaming charges shows no sign of abating, but he has said he does not intend to resign

Politics latest news: Hunt will only have room for ‘tiny’ tax cuts, IFS boss says

Labour demands clarity on winter fuel payments after minister’s remarks

John Glen, the Paymaster General, questioned last month whether benefit should continue to go to all pensioners

Home Office minister ‘sacked after backing Braverman’s hard-line Rwanda plan’

Human rights lawyer steered ‘stop the boats’ legislation through Lords

Winter fuel payments to wealthy pensioners questioned by Treasury minister in leaked recording

John Glen, who was then chief secretary to the Treasury, said that the money would be better spent tackling child poverty

Autumn Statement: The taxes Jeremy Hunt could cut

The Chancellor has committed to lowering taxes as long as there is no danger of the move stimulating inflation

Flawed census that recorded 260,000 trans people ‘must be investigated’

Sex Matters, a gender-critical group, calls on ONS to take regulatory action to secure public confidence in national statistics

MP Bob Stewart found guilty of racist abuse will not stand at next election

Conservative who has surrendered party whip after serving Beckenham in London for 13 years, told activist to go back to Bahrain

Bribery-charge politician released from custody – because he has been made an MEP

Wlodzimierz Karpinski will be given parliamentary immunity meaning he will have a waiver from any possible jail time he may face

Taxes must be lowered to get economy ‘fizzing’, says Jeremy Hunt

Chancellor insisted he would do it ‘in a responsible way’ but warned it would not ‘happen overnight’

Chancellor plans to take £1k off annual energy bills for those near new pylons

Jeremy Hunt will unveil plan in his Autumn Statement, as part of drive to slash time taken to deliver infrastructure

Starmer’s ‘soft touch’ on benefits would cost taxpayers billions, Tory minister claims

Mel Stride said Labour’s ‘reckless’ plans will leave fit-for-work claimants dodging employment at £2bn expense to the public purse

Rishi Sunak deploys Whitehall officials to Rwanda as Tory revolt grows

More MPs speak out against the Prime Minister as he scrambles to save deportation scheme

Senior civil servant wore Black Lives Matter lanyard at official meeting

The senior health mandarin, who is required to be politically impartial, also displayed a poster supporting striking miners in one meeting

Red Wall voters don’t want Cameron back as Foreign Secretary

But those living in the Conservative heartlands were warmer towards the former prime minister who led Remain campaign

Kemi Badenoch: The Treasury is not the department for growth - mine is

The Business and Trade Secretary is confident her bold post-Brexit direction will bring big rewards

Nikki Haley is the anti-Trump candidate and rival Chris Christie should drop out, says key fundraiser

Eric Levine says Mr Christie 'has no prayer' and should quit the primary contest to give Ms Haley a clear run at the nomination

Labour receives biggest-ever female donation as Lord Sainsbury’s daughter gives £1m

Fran Perrin said she believes Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are ‘the best chance this country has’

The Tories have changed direction – but they may not be headed where you think

David Cameron’s return to office seemed to signal the triumph of the Conservatives’ centre-Right wing... except things aren’t what they seem

Judge rejects Trump’s request for mistrial in New York civil fraud case

Former US president’s lawyers claim case is biased but judge says request is ‘utterly without merit’

Jeremy Hunt: The next election will be the fight of my life – but I’m up for the battle

Speaking to The Telegraph ahead of next week's Autumn Statement, the Chancellor quashes talk that he could stand down

No return to government for Blair or Brown if I win power, says Starmer

Labour leader tells podcast he would do things ‘my way’ rather than ‘running backwards in history to hug someone’