Labour’s Employment Rights Bill is set to fundamentally improve work for the millions of workers stuck on exploitative short and zero-hours contracts. But it’s not a done deal — key hurdles still need ...

After Angela Rayner’s resignation last week, the sweeping cabinet reshuffle that followed, and the blundering defenestration ...

Reform UK contends fracking would fix Britain’s energy crisis. But here’s the truth: it wouldn’t cut your bills, it wouldn’t ...

Lord Mandelson may no longer be US ambassador, but Starmer still has many questions he must answer about this debacle.

Summer is definitely over”, exhaled a self-assured sounding Keir Starmer on Monday. The prime minister had just kicked off ...

A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post ...

In terms of economic policy, the Conservative Party is economically liberal, generally favouring the free market and opposing government controls. Positioning itself as the party of small business, ...

What is the congestion charge? The congestion charge is a daily levy imposed on drivers choosing to drive within central London. Since 2022, it has applied between 07:00 and 18:00 on Monday to Friday, ...

Do the public support the monarchy? The argument that the UK should abolish the monarchy and become a republic remains at the fringes of mainstream political debate. The British monarchy as an ...

Prostitution describes the offering and provision of sexual services for financial gain. In the UK, with the exception of Northern Ireland (where buying sex is illegal), the law around prostitution is ...

The BBC Charter sets out its four public purposes. The first of these is “to provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them.” In keeping with ...

In 2006, Parliament voted to ban smoking in all workplaces, on public and work transport, in pubs, clubs, membership clubs, cafes, restaurants and shopping centres in England and Wales. The smoking ...