Politics

Jamelia speaks to Krishnan about what she describes as her ‘tug of war’ relationship with the TV industry and how this has affected her mental health.

David Cameron said it was a “painful day” as he was hauled before MPs to answer for his role in the collapse of the financial firm Greensill Capital.

What started out as peaceful protests has turned into a brutal crackdown by the military.

“Our plan is working” – the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s response to figures published today which showed the economy did shrink in the first quarter of this year, but by 1.5 per cent. That’s a much smaller decline than expected and, within the figures, output in March was actually up. But even as the economy improves,…

As the UK Covid inquiry moves closer, the World Health Organization today published a report that is highly critical of governments across the world and indeed itself for the handling of the early stages of the pandemic.

Boris Johnson has confirmed that there will be an independent public inquiry into the handling of the Covid pandemic. He told MPs that the country was owed as much transparency as possible. But it will be some time before that happens. The scope of the inquiry has yet to be agreed and it will not…

The scale of David Cameron’s lobbying efforts on behalf of the finance company Greensill were laid bare today, revealing the former prime minister sent 62 texts and 11 emails to ministers and officials including Michael Gove and the chancellor. 

We spoke to Gillian Keegan, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, and asked what the government meant by “levelling up” in today’s Queen’s speech.

We spoke to Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock.

A promise to “level up” and redistribute spending after the inequalities exposed by the pandemic might sound like an excerpt from a Labour manifesto.

Afghan officials say 85 people have died after the weekend’s bomb attack targeting schoolgirls in the Afghan capital Kabul, which left more than a hundred others injured.

Our political correspondent Liz Bates spoke to former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he takes full responsibility for the party’s crushing losses in last week’s elections, as his new shadow cabinet met for the first time. 

We spoke to one of the beneficiaries of that Labour reshuffle, new Shadow Leader of the House Thangam Debbonaire.

Hugging is coming back – in England at least, as Boris Johnson confirmed the next step in unlocking the country from the coronavirus restrictions, with the UK’s alert level lowered to three.