UK politics

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch faces Labour prime minister Keir Starmer in the Commons for the first time

Labour revives anti-tobacco and anti-vaping measures first championed by former Tory leader Rishi Sunak

London-born, Nigeria-raised daughter of middle-class immigrant parents is first black woman to lead major political party in Britain

Badenoch, now the first black leader of a major UK party, defeated Robert Jenrick

London Letter: Reeves will deliver a difficult budget in the House of Commons on Wednesday

‘New phase in bilateral relationship’ is possible, Sandro Gozi says

Worldview: The UK leaves the Chagos Islands much as it governed them, with a total disregard for the feelings or aspirations of its displaced indigenous people

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Europe Letter: Brussels and London will have to give each other some leeway for post-Brexit reset to work

James Cleverly's sensational exit sees Conservatives move further to the right with either Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick now appear to be in a straight fight to make the final vote of members, after Tom Tugendhat was eliminated in poll of Tory MPs

Exit of Sue Gray and consolidation of Morgan McSweeney’s power allows the prime minister a chance to reset

The BBC correspondent turned award-winning podcaster has published a new book, Strangeland: How Britain Stopped Making Sense

Britain’s former prime minister has written a memoir, Unleashed, which will go on sale next week

Sparse detail of talks emerges after meeting with Micheál Martin but countries vow to deepen ‘key strategic links’

Conservative Party conference attendees shrugged off a few sore heads on Monday morning to debate their future

Down in numbers and out of government, Tories gather in Birmingham to lick their wounds after election drubbing

Without the energy and charisma of a storyteller - Boris Johnson, Bertie Ahern - a country has nothing to believe in

In his conference speech at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool, the new Labour prime minister tells racist rioters and their supporters: ' We see you and we reject you.’

Party’s first event after 14 years in opposition was meant to be a celebration of election victory but risks being overshadowed

The much-loved institution, once admired all over the world, is itself on its deathbed

The UK chancellor should explain how her programme is going to work

British prime minister says NHS will receive no money without reform following damning report

Voters must take more ‘than 10 seconds’ of interest in politics, says Marvin Rees, or live with the consequences

A new book casts light on how MI5 and British governments were determined to keep their intelligence-led plans under wraps at any cost

Foreign minister David Lammy says there is a risk equipment might be used to commit violations of international humanitarian law

John Swinney gives first conference address to the party since taking over as leader in summer

Researchers find elite Britons often pretend to like football and beer as they’re “insecure” about their legitimacy

New PM warns October budget will be difficult as Tories concealed £22bn fiscal ‘black hole’, while UK riots exposed nation’s ‘rot’

Specialised police ready in case of weekend disturbances as government says it will work to stop online provocation

‘Angry talk of invasion’ has contributed to violence, claims refugee charity

The former tánaiste reflects on the ‘fun behind the craziness’ of Liz Truss, the ‘intellectual snobbery’ Enda Kenny faced, and Michel Barnier’s shock at the warm welcome he received on the streets of Dublin

Britain is due a reckoning with its own past, says University of Sussex professor

Yvette Cooper accuses Sunak’s government of creating an ‘asylum Hotel California’, where people arrived in the system but never left

New Labour government could open door to future talks with EU on defence, trade checks and youth movement, but it will have to face down the right-wing domestic press

The atmosphere at the European Political Community summit was reflected in the warm weather

September Ireland v England soccer fixture in Dublin will offer another opportunity for Taoiseach and prime minister to build on early bonhomie

‘Fiscal lock’ tax and spending Bill promised, as well as ban on smoking and a new regulator for football clubs

The Spectator's summer bash last week at the magazine’s London offices was an illustration of the shifting dynamics in UK politics

The problems of Ireland are ones the new UK Labour administration would love: too much money, large tax surpluses and politicians choosing where to spend