Political Correspondent Peter Spencer reports on the purported income tax rise from the Chanceller in the upcoming budget.

Everyone’s got everything crossed that Donald Trump will have better luck than Neville Chamberlain did in 1938, and that the fragile Gaza deal really will lead to lasting stability in the Middle East.

Pretty much everywhere the wheels look like they’re coming off. Doctors here have locked horns with the government over their NHS pay claim, while medics in Gaza are nearly as malnourished as the ...

The tinderbox trauma in the Middle East is a chilling display of the limits to any government’s financial power, anywhere in the world. Just as Chancellor Rachel Reeves finally seems to be getting her ...

Problem is, there’s not enough to go round. No surprise in itself, but the lamentable extent of the shortfall is becoming increasingly apparent. And pleas for more are fast turning into demands, with ...

While the chances of an end to the bloody war in Ukraine remain anyone’s guess, the Prime Minister’s switched back to his day job, that’s to say running the country. And, for better or worse, he’s ...

That slogan, in the run-up to World War Two, was the then government’s way of saying brace yourselves because it is what it is, however unpalatable. Which Trump’s triumph manifestly is to most of us ...

A hundred days into its existence, Keir Starmer’s government is daring to hope that things might just be starting to look up. At the same time moderate-minded Tories are wondering whether they’re ...

As the world holds its breath, fearful of hostilities in the Middle East spiralling from crisis to catastrophe, Sir Keir Starmer continues to wonder how best to wrest back control here in Britain. As ...

It’s not like he isn’t already half drowning in a sea of troubles. With the public giving the Conservative party a thorough thumbs down over its record in just about everything else, the last thing ...

With the winter chill filling the air you can almost expect to hear sleigh bells ringing summoning in Christmas. And if you’ve failed to get a list to Santa so all your pressie wishes can be delivered ...