News

Original reporting and the latest political headlines from across the UK.

Our Articles

Mainstream Headlines

5459 headlines found — Page 406 of 455

BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Farage calls for changes to election voting rules

The Reform UK leader says postal voting should be restricted to those with a 'valid reason'.

PoliticsReform
BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up

Adults and accompanied children claiming asylum will only receive refugee status for 30 months under the changes.

Immigration
BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Starmer criticises Trump over Iran strikes, as he defends UK position

The PM told MPs that Trump had expressed his disagreement with the decision not to get involved in the initial strikes.

Politics
Express Politics2 Mar 2026

Nigel Farage insists Reform would have won crunch by-election if only UK citizens voted

Reform UK's Matt Goodwin came second to the Green Party's Hannah Spencer in the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Labour in third.

PoliticsEnvironmentReform
Guido Fawkes2 Mar 2026

Prominent Labour Campaigner and Friend of Jonathan Reynolds ‘Feeling Sad’ at Death of Ayatollah

A prominent member of Hyde Labour Party who campaigned in Gorton & Denton with Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds has said he is ‘sad’ at the death of Ayatollah Khameini. Aren’t we all… Business owner Mohammed Mizanur Rahman – well known to Reynolds, who is the local MP – posted an update to his status over…

The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

How is Britain supporting US airstrikes in Iran? – podcast

Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Keir Starmer’s announcement that British bases in the UK and in the Chagos Islands would be used by the US in their strikes in Iran. Their use is for ‘limited defensive purposes’ but is that enough to stop Britain being dragged further into war? What is the extent of the UK’s involvement in the Middle East war? Continue reading...

Defence
Express Politics2 Mar 2026

UK Foreign Office scrambling to evacuate up to 300,000 trapped Britons as Iran war rages

British officials are grappling with a potential mass-scale evacuation of Britons in the gulf region.

Defence
Express Politics2 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer leaves Britain looking weak on world stage – without even saying a word

OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: Embattled Prime Minister comes across like a man who's never made a decision in his life

The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

MPs’ basic salary to rise to £110,000 by end of parliament, watchdog says

Ipsa cites abuse and constituency workloads as reasons for above-inflation increase of 5% over next financial year The basic annual salary of MPs will rise to £110,000, the expenses watchdog has said, on the grounds of increased abuse and intimidation as well as growing constituency workloads. This year, MPs’ basic pay will rise by almost £5,000, a jump of 5% over the next financial year to £98,599 – and will reach £110,000 by the end of the parliament. Continue reading...

PoliticsEconomy
The Guardian Politics2 Mar 2026

Farage emulating ‘his hero Trump’ in deriding byelection results, says new Green MP

Reform leader says without evidence that his party’s candidate came first among UK-born voters, as Hannah Spencer takes seat in parliament Nigel Farage has been accused of Donald Trump-style election denial by the Green party’s new MP for Gorton and Denton, after he claimed her Reform rival “came first” among British-born voters in last week’s byelection. Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and councillor, was elected as the party’s first MP in northern England last week after winning 14,980 votes,

PoliticsEnvironmentReform
BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Weekend voting to be piloted in May elections

Findings from the experiment will be published later this year and inform future electoral reform.

Politics
BBC Politics2 Mar 2026

Weekend voting to be piloted in May elections

Findings from the experiment will be published later this year and inform future electoral reform.

Politics