A Labour MP who was able to claim £900 from the taxpayer to cover "pet rent" has become the centre of a new expenses row. Taiwo Owatemi, a government whip and MP for Coventry North West, made the ...

In ancient Rome, the state services of haruspices were much in demand. By inspecting the entrails of birds and animals (the sheep’s liver was a favourite), these priestly officials divined whether the ...

High cost of living is hard for families, and local businesses worry about the future. But are federal election candidates ...

Truth be told, both Farage and Badenoch have good reason to dismiss talk of a deal right now. If voters believed this was in ...

Farage brands Tories ‘stuffy’ and ‘boring’ as he talks up Reform vote chances - Mr Farage told journalists in Westminster he ...

The number of children living in poverty in the UK has reached a record high of almost 4.5 million, in statistics branded “a ...

British troops sent to Ukraine as part of a planned peacekeeping force could face “lawfare” under human rights legislation, ...

Writing for the Standard, Sir Robin Millar described the welfare reforms as “disgraceful” and said Labour had lost its “moral ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves does not "recognise" reports suggesting that ministers are looking at reducing the number of ...