Politics

First crypto donation to major UK party

Electoral Commission notified of financial contribution, which is understood to have been handed to Reform UK

Kemi who? Time is running out for Badenoch

As MPs gather in Manchester, many believe that only a change in leadership can save the party from extinction

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’: Farage denies not declaring extra earnings

Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

Reform councils axing net zero targets

Environmental fears are being described as lies and fantasies to justify scrapping green policies

Starmer played the patriot card – but in a hand with no aces

With his party conference speech the PM may have quelled an uprising, but the battle against Reform has only just begun

The PM’s future rests in the chancellor’s hands

The chancellor will announce a program to guarantee jobs for young people – but it will need more than budget tweaks to work

Starmer to unveil ‘patriotic’ plan for next generation of new towns

PM moves to heal party divisions with a pledge to build up to 300,000 homes

‘We’ve got to steady our nerves’

Deputy PM says he is troubled ordinary people have lined up behind Tommy Robinson

The left’s expensive, secret power couple

Disclosure that funds went towards protecting privacy of ex-union boss and Karie Murphy comes as turmoil engulfs new left party

Remember, remember Liz Truss this November

Three years after the former PM sparked an economic crisis, here’s how the chancellor can avoid the same mistakes

Zarah Sultana calls in lawyers as row deepens with Jeremy Corbyn over new party

The former Labour MP alleges ‘attacks’ on her character as group’s implosion drives 1,400 supporters to Greens

Fears grow over far right’s embrace of crypto

Hard-to trace digital transactions could lead to hostile states threatening democracy

Starmer ready to seize initiative in race against time to save leadership

The prime minister’s supporters say he’s got the message and will mount a spirited defence at party conference. For others it’s too little, too late

Tories are ‘over’, says MP Kruger as he defects to Reform

In a major blow to the Conservatives, the former shadow minister has become the first sitting MP to switch to Farage’s challenger party

Nigel Farage is wary of the far right, and with good reason

Worried about his ability to appeal to voters, the Reform leader has tried to distance himself from Tommy Robinson

Troubled Starmer ‘reeks of defeat’ after Mandelson fiasco

Pressure mounts on the prime minister as Epstein scandal reaches the doors of No 10

Mandelson saga casts shadow over Trump’s UK trip

The former ambassador's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein will focus attention on a scandal Trump is keen to avoid

Calls for Peter Mandelson to face inquiry over meeting with government minister

Patrick Vallance recorded contact as with Global Counsel, the consultancy founded by Mandelson