A decision was expected as part of the Spending Review in June, but Rachel Reeves said only that the government has “ambitions” to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), a programme of rail works first floated by the Conservatives in 2014.

Small boats’ are the big talking point from this week’s Franco-British summit. The consensus is that there are slim pickings for Britain, and the reason why is simple: France negotiates according

It boils down to this - how do Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron make the case for what they see as the virtues of patience, nuance, subtleties and trade-offs in an era of growing impatience at the perceived repeated failures of those in high office?

The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence is unmatched since the welfare rebellion

Sir Keir Starmer was hoping to break the curse of the cabinet away day as he summoned his ministers to Chequers for the launch of a summer "refresh" of his troubled government.The aim: to plot a course for a recovery during Labour's second year in power after a first 12 months blighted by economic woes,

The Prime Minister gives a full-throttle defence of his record on stopping illegal immigration in an exclusive message for Express readers

The Prime Minister is due to discuss border security with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz this week as Sir Keir Starmer called illegal migration “a global problem”.

SIR Keir Starmer must cut Net Zero levies on industry or risk killing off manufacturing jobs for good, Labour MPs have warned. They say oil and gas producers in particular are at risk of shutting