EU institutions, UK-EU relations, and Brexit aftermath
The family of train driver Shaun Burton have described their grief as ‘devastating’ following a fatal crash near Bedford. His union has called the loss ‘heartbreaking’ as an investigation gets underway.
After Andy Burnham’s commanding by-election victory, Labour’s internal polling has hit record lows and the talk of Keir Starmer fighting on is fading fast. The question inside the party has shifted from whether he can recover — to when he’ll go.
Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Sedwill has warned that leadership transitions are ‘enormously disruptive’ to government, raising concerns about political instability’s toll on public administration. His remarks, made on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, draw on experience serving under three prime ministers.
From a giant gannet to an intergalactic space lord, costumed UK election candidates are stranger than fiction. But their role in British democracy has a surprisingly serious history.
The Princess of Wales has published a personal essay urging people to “prioritise love” in a digital age, written after her first overseas tour since cancer treatment. New photographs from her Rome visit accompany the piece.
Andy Burnham’s name keeps cropping up in Westminster whispers about Labour’s next generation of leaders. But the road from Manchester to Downing Street is longer and more complicated than his supporters might like.
Liberal Democrat MP Cameron Thomas has been suspended from the party while police investigate allegations against him. The suspension takes immediate effect, with Thomas continuing to sit in parliament as an independent.
Michel Barnier says Britain could retain its pre-Brexit opt-outs and rebate arrangements if it ever chose to rejoin the EU. The comments have reignited a debate many in Westminster thought was firmly off the table.
British Sikhs who backed Reform UK at the last election are reconsidering their support after the party’s response to the Henry Nowak murder was condemned as inflammatory. Community leaders warn the fallout could reshape Sikh voting patterns ahead of next May’s local elections.
The British government will issue a formal apology to victims of forced adoptions in England, the Education Secretary has confirmed. An estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers between the 1950s and 1970s in a practice survivors say caused lifelong trauma.
