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Rachel Reeves may raise some taxes in the autumn due to what Labour describes as its âshocking inheritanceâ from the Tories
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Rachel Reeves is expected to accept pay review body recommendations in move that could cost up to £10bn
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Education secretary ‘to consider options’ including repeal of controversial powers introduced by last government
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Tory MPs opposed to this human right have been swept away. On Friday in the Lords, a path towards choice will finally be set, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Former work and pensions secretary joins James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat and Robert Jenrick in announcing he will stand
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Seven rebel MPs who supported an SNP amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap are suspended for six months
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Editorial: The new government is right to want to restore trust in politics, but its lobbying curbs on MPs do not go far enough
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Parliamentâs fusty old procedures badly need updating. The PM should start with a spectacle that serves no benefit, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Former minister becomes third MP to formally join race after James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat threw hats into the ring