Gary Gibbon , Political Editor

Political Editor Gary Gibbon talks to Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the G20 summit in Rome, and asks him about the UK government’s plan to tackle climate change ahead of COP26.

The chancellor hailed what he called the “age of optimism”, seizing his chance to raid a public purse less battered by the pandemic than expected

The Speaker has rebuked the Government for releasing more details of tomorrow’s Budget to the media early. 

The government has published plans for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. The Treasury has released its analysis of that plan today as well – here is what we learned.

Members of parliament have been paying tribute to the life of Sir David Amess in Westminster today in a special sitting of the House of Commons. 

They’ve been dubbed the “sausage wars”, the tension between the UK and EU over trade rules in Northern Ireland. 

Brexit Minister Lord Frost has called for a completely new arrangement to replace the Northern Ireland Protocol, claiming that instead of safeguarding peace and prosperity, it was achieving the very reverse. 

The question of whether the government should intervene to shore up those companies hit by the spike in energy costs has created something of a rift between two government departments. 

Boris Johnson told the Conservative Party conference that his government will fix the “long-term structural problems of the British economy”. He distanced himself from previous Conservative administrations, saying he would deal with problems that “no government has had the guts to tackle before”. He also said he would rebalance the country’s “lop-sided” economy, making big…

The businesses who came to this conference with worries and complaints about labour shortages got their answer from the prime minister today.  

The Chancellor has defended his decision to put up taxes last month

As the Conservative conference gets underway in Manchester, Boris Johnson has told haulage companies that the solution to the shortage of HGV drivers is increasing their pay rather than more immigration.

“Are you shouting slogans or changing lives?” That was the question Labour leader Keir Starmer threw at hecklers during his first in-person conference speech as leader. 

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has defended his decision to introduce changes to the party’s rules despite a backlash from members and MPs. 

We talk to former Labour deputy chief whip, John Spellar, and former Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey.