Category: Politics

Consumers will see the price of alcohol rise from Saturday when a hike in tax and duties comes into effect.

Energy giant Shell is due to install a multi-billion pound gas platform in the North Sea this spring despite being blocked from drilling, Sky News understands.

Nigel Farage has compared Reform UK's rise in the polls, with Donald Trump's recent election victory in the US.

The prime minister has pressed Mauritius on the need for the Chagos Islands deal to allow "strong protections" for the UK-US military base there.

In substance and timing, AstraZeneca's decision to cancel a planned expansion of its flu vaccine facility at Speke is a blow to the government's recent zeal for growth.

AstraZeneca has cancelled plans for a £450m vaccine manufacturing plant in Liverpool, blaming a cut in funding from government.

The prime minister has "absolute confidence" in his attorney general despite negative press briefings, Downing Street has said.

The shadow home secretary has doubled down on Kemi Badenoch's criticism of the Conservatives' record on immigration, arguing "mistakes were made".

Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband will find the government's support for a third Heathrow runway "uncomfortable" but he won't cause any "disruption", Harriet Harman has said.

Deregulation, streamlining planning decisions, and clamping down on judicial reviews - you might have found much of what Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday a bit dry and abstract.