Rishi Sunak

Home Secretary James Cleverly (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

Home secretary is not-too-Cleverly in latest entertaining scandal - Vladimir McT...

Dubai hosts the COP28 United Nations climate summit this week. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP) (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Big oil continues to spout its nonsense - Tommy Sheppard

Labour’s Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray MP

Scottish Labour MPs look set to increase at next election - Susan Dalgety

Migrants crossing the Channel in small boats will be made a big issue at the election - but they account for a tiny proportion of the immigration total. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Record figures show how essential migrants are to UK

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

Former prime minister David Cameron's appointment as Foreign Secretary distracted attention away from Suella Braverman , but only briefly. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

Cameron's return another sign of desperation and decay

Exhausted migrants in Kent. Credit: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images

Government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ruled unlawful

Suella Braverman has been replaced by former Prime Minister David Cameron as Home Secretary

Outgoing Home Secretary is perfect example of Tory intolerance and incompetence...

Suella Braverman has been sacked by Rishi Sunak. Picture: Justin Tallis/PA Wire

Suella Braverman sacked - David Cameron could return

King Charles III and Queen Camilla walking through the Members' Lobby at the Palace of Westminster following the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords

Charles goes through the motions of a deeply uninspiring King's Speech - Vladim...

Boris Johnson failed to take Covid seriously at first and then kept changing his mind on how to react to the deadly virus. Picture:Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images.

Covid inquiry shows full extent of Johnson's unfitness for government

Rishi Sunak said allegations of a Tory MP committing multiple rapes are “very serious” and anyone with evidence should “talk to police”. (Photo: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak urges victims of alleged rapist Tory MP to ‘go to police’

Graduates will boost the Scottish economy

College sector is vital to Scotland as AI power grows - Sue Webber

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

The UK has called for a temporary "pause" in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in Gaza and to allow the release of hostages. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK calls for 'pause' in Israel-Hamas conflict but rejects ceasefire

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero
A 50% uplift in the Government grant available for households to install air source heat pumps has taken effect

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer shares a joke with shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

Contrasting conferences a chance for Labour boost

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

It would be knock-about fun if this wasn’t the party of government - Vladimir M...

It sounds obscure, but the "Dalmeny chord" was a crucial stretch of rail which was never built. It would have linked the Edinburgh-Glasgow line to the Fife line and was a key part of the £1 billion Edinburgh-Glasgow rail improvement programme. It would have meant six trains an hour between the two cities, journey times cut to 35 minutes and trains calling at the new Edinburgh Gateway station (pictured) where passengers could switch to a tram to reach the airport.
But in 2012 the budget was slashed to £650m, the Dalmeny chord was dropped, frequency remained at four trains an hour, journeys at 40 minutes and passengers from Glasgow heading for Edinburgh airport still had to travel to Haymarket and out again.

Scottish Government
Edinburgh Gateway Station to view it's progress as it nears completion.

Diverted HS2 cash could help fund Edinburgh station - Sue Webber

Yes, Prime Minister, it is time for a change – a change of government - Ian Murr...

American XL bully dog

Xl Bully destroyed after child rushed to hospital following attack

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Rishi Sunak's government will preside over the highest tax rises on record, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. (Credit: Getty Images)

Sunak's government will oversee highest tax rises on record

Rishi Sunak visited a Land Rover plant in Warwick in July for an announcement about a new electric car battery factory (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Sunak’s net zero U-turn is a betrayal of the national interest - Angus Robertson

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split
A number of senior Tory MPs are said to have warned the Prime Minister again scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the controversial HS2 project

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

Liz Truss has been claiming from fund for ex-prime ministers despite only 49 days in office (Getty Images)

Liz Truss claims from fund for ex-PMs despite only 49 days in office

Liz Truss

Liz Truss defends her record as prime minister in think tank speech

An XL Bully was involved in one of the attacks, injuring a 15-year-old girl

American XL bullies 'to be banned by end of the year'

Chancellor George Osborne liked to talk about fixing the roof while the sun is shining. Picture: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images.

RAAC crisis adds to spiral of despair about Sunak’s Britain

Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to take part in the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons

After 13 years of Tory rule, breaking up is not hard to do - Vladimir McTavish

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

Lucy Letby received a rare whole life order after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.

Criminals must face victims for sentencing after Lucy Letby’s no-show

Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater

- Lorna Slater

Frankie Boyle is back at the Fringe in Edinburgh this month. Photo by Robert Perry.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe review: Frankie Boyle

Restyle app to make you look like doll ‘whitewashing’ people of colour

Tens of thousands of people have already fled blazes on the island of Rhodes, with many frightened tourists scrambling to get home (Picture: Spyros Bakalis/AFP/Getty Images)

Dropping green policies may have political consequences - Angus Robertson

A young female graduate with a scroll in her hands is smiling against the background of university graduates. Graduation.University gesture and people concept.

Rishi’s right to question the value of degrees - John McLellan

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves with Labour activists campaigning in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election which takes place on Thursday. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

However this week's by-elections go, Tories are losers

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are considering awarding pay rises to certain groups of striking workers. (Photo by STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Cabinet split over awarding striking workers 6% pay rise

Scotland's Aaron Hickey controls the ball under pressure during the UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying Group A match at Hampden Park, Glasgow.

PM urged to help Scottish fans watch football on free-to-air TV

Boris Johnson, seen here on the day he stood down as Prime Minister, has now quit as an MP (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

As Bojo the clown departs, the country desperately needs grown-up government

A cross-party committee of MPs found Boris Johnson deliberately misled the Commons over lockdown parties in Downing Street (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Bojo's Partygate lies mean he should not be allowed a resignation honours list

Has Boris Johnson finally had enough and decided to leave politics for good? Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Is Boris Johnson saying 'au revoir' or 'goodbye'?

A three year old British girl is thought to be among those stabbed in the knife attack

British girl, 3 among those stabbed in knife attack in Annecy, France

Wegovy: What is the weight loss jab which GPs will offer on NHS

Lab tests have shown vapes confiscated from school students were mostly illegal, and had high levels of lead, nickel and chromium (Photo: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Government announces crackdown on vape adverts targeting children

International students who come to the UK will no longer be able to bring family with them except under specific circumstances in a government bid to bring migration down.

Many international students to lose right to bring family to UK

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson referred to police over new Covid rule breaking claims

Home Secretary Suella Braverman, speaking at the National Conservatism conference (Picture: Victoria Jones/PA)

Braverman shouldn't be an MP, let alone a Cabinet minister – Angus Robertson

Will artificial intelligence take over the music industry from the likes of Taylor Swift? (Picture: Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)

Swift may be replaced by AI but I'm safe until invention of Artificial Stupidity

Prince Harry and Meghan have been married since 2018. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak speaks out on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle car chase

Kylie Minogue could make an appearance at Eurovision

Who will Eurovision Song Contest’s mystery guest be?