British politics is stuck in a rut. For decades, governments of different stripes have warned that bold and transformative ...

The challenges have given rise to some clear psephological trends, not just in the UK but across western democracies: erosion ...

LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party is benefiting from a raft of high-profile defections ...

Two extraordinary things happened in Downham Market at the general election last year. One is that Liz Truss lost the seat of South West Norfolk, the first former prime minister to be ousted since ...

Under the new rules, people granted asylum would have to wait 20 years, rather than the current five, before applying for permanent residency. By Mark Landler Reporting from London Britain rolled out ...

There’s only one prediction you can be certain about and that is that the future will not be the same as the past. The only people who don’t know that are unionist politicians. It means they must ...

The Britain section is looking for a new political correspondent. The brief will be to write about British politics in the broadest sense, including leading our coverage on elections, assessing the ...