Political Correspondent Peter Spencer reports on the purported income tax rise from the Chanceller in the upcoming budget.

Everyone’s got everything crossed that Donald Trump will have better luck than Neville Chamberlain did in 1938, and that the fragile Gaza deal really will lead to lasting stability in the Middle East.

The backdrop to the upcoming domestic story, the Conservative Party Conference, could hardly be more grisly. Or closer to home, given that last week’s antisemitic atrocity causing multiple deaths and ...

With MPs back at Westminster after the hols, hair neatly brushed and shoes nicely polished, the head boy and girl are getting a good ticking off. And the naughty kid having a fag behind the bike sheds ...

Pretty much everywhere the wheels look like they’re coming off. Doctors here have locked horns with the government over their NHS pay claim, while medics in Gaza are nearly as malnourished as the ...

Problem is, there’s not enough to go round. No surprise in itself, but the lamentable extent of the shortfall is becoming increasingly apparent. And pleas for more are fast turning into demands, with ...

Karl Marx’s suggestion that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce, doesn’t seem quite right, because this summer’s threatened wave of strikes doesn’t feel particularly funny. But ...

While the chances of an end to the bloody war in Ukraine remain anyone’s guess, the Prime Minister’s switched back to his day job, that’s to say running the country. And, for better or worse, he’s ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s doing his utmost to get the Ukrainian and American Presidents back on the same page. A lot of talks with a lot of people, but the signs are he’s gradually making progress. As our ...

The telly adverts are filled with shameless celebs trying to flog stuff to us, the shrill shrieks of Noddy Holder can be heard echoing around shopping centres up and down the country and most of us ...

As the world holds its breath, fearful of hostilities in the Middle East spiralling from crisis to catastrophe, Sir Keir Starmer continues to wonder how best to wrest back control here in Britain. As ...

With each passing day the prospect of Labour taking office next month becomes less of a maybe than a certainty. Rishi Sunak’s endless barrage of new policies is doing nothing to shift the dial.