Ali Fortescue

The reasons behind a weekend uptick in the number of migrants arriving in the UK on small boats "are not necessarily predictable ones".

Politics in Wales has long been dominated by Labour. However, Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party are eyeing up the Senedd elections due to take place in the first half of 2026.

The government has been facing pressure to launch a new national inquiry into grooming gangs but ministers have said one was already carried out.

Councils decide on plans for SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) children but are dealing with high volumes and stretched budgets, as well as more parents being aware of their ability to appeal.

The Conservative Party leader hopes to forge closer links with president-elect Donald Trump.

Labour will be publishing a migration plan this week but it will not include targets, a minister told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips.

Nigel Farage is not on the brink of becoming the next British prime minister, but there are undoubtedly parallels between the Reform leader and the US president-elect.

The relief at losing the burden of responsibility, and watching the other team grappling to run the country, has given this conference an unexpected shot of joy. 

Keir Starmer is abroad again - this time in Estonia for a defence summit. Back in Westminster, the government faces questions over its approach to China amid spying allegations, and the Tories lead another farm tax protest.

Keir Starmer has vowed to end the Tories' "open borders experiment" after new stats show net migration to the UK fell by 20% in the year to June 2024, but from what was a record high of more than 900,000.

The Home Secretary said everybody is "entitled to freely express their views" but there is "no excuse… when that expression crosses the line into hate speech".

Politically, Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron aren't far apart, both regularly speak to Sir Tony Blair and have a professional background beyond politics.

Asylum seekers have been removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset after Legionella bacteria was found in the vessel’s water system. It is not clear where they are being moved to but the Home Office said all 39 migrants on board would be disembarked on Friday as a “precautionary measure”. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick is understood to be chairing meetings about the situation. Legionella bacteria, which is commonly found in water, can cause a serious type of lung infection known as L…

They are the headlines the government wants you to see. “War on crooked migration lawyers” proclaims the front page of the Daily Mail, and “Migration cheats risk life in Jail” leads the Times. It’s proof Number 10 have managed to set the media agenda in recess, steering the conversation onto housing and energy in the last two weeks, and now onto immigration. Politics latest: Minister defends Lee Anderson’s ‘salty’ comments A series of announcements - a crackdown on businesses employing migrants…

The vessels were expected to head to Liverpool and Edinburgh, but Sky News understands from a source that both plans have fallen through.

A government source tells Sky News the plan for a giant ship to house hundreds of men seeking asylum has been scrapped after being declined by the port.

Schools make up more than half of government buildings in terms of area, yet they only receive around 15% of annual running costs.

Boris Johnson has admitted that energy bills will be “eye-watering” this winter - and the cost of heating is already “frightening” for some. Writing in The Mail on Sunday, the outgoing prime minister blamed Vladimir Putin for the worsening crisis - and claimed the Russian president “likes it”. And although Mr Johnson warned the months ahead could be “very tough”, he has insisted the UK’s future “will be golden”. He wrote: “It was Putin’s invasion of Ukraine that spooked the energy markets. It is…

Despite more than 200,000 terminations being performed in England and Wales in 2021, women there can technically be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy.

Claudia Webbe, who has now been expelled from the Labour Party, was branded "jealous" by the chief magistrate who called her actions "callous and intimidatory" after her victim said she felt "unsafe" in her own home.