Category: Political Insight

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said the government is "taking the time to get this right" before implementing guidance on the use of single-sex spaces by trans people.The Times has reported that the final guidance,…

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has refused to rule out a Labour leadership bid and did not confirm whether he would complete his term as mayor until 2028."I am not going to sit…

Josh Martin,business reporter and Sean Farrington,business presenterBarry CroninTaxes on electric vehicles may put drivers off buying them at a time when demand has "lost momentum", Ford's UK boss has warned.It comes after the BBC reported…

Labour's defeat in last month's Caerphilly by-election was its first major electoral loss there in more than 100 years. The party came third, behind Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, after winning just 11% of the…

Andy Burnham has twice failed to rule out a Labour leadership bid, after an MP said he would vacate his seat so the Greater Manchester mayor can return to Westminster.Burnham has been at the centre…

Home secretary: It's "often better value for the taxpayer" to give migrants cash to leave UKHome Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said she is willing to consider "a big increase" in payments to failed asylum seekers…

Gareth LewisWales political editorBBCThe vote count at the Caerphilly by-election looked like many others. Tables were arranged in the middle of a sports hall, black ballot boxes started to arrive and the counting began. But…

Sam FrancisPolitical reporterEPAAlbania's prime minister accused Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood of "ethnic stereotyping" after she singled out Albanian families in a speech about abuses of the asylum system.Edi Rama criticised Mahmood for telling MPs around…

Sam FrancisPolitical reporterSir Keir Starmer/InstagramSir Keir Starmer has said it is "not easy" for young men "growing up in this day and age", in an open letter to his son to marking International Men's Day.The…

The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has hinted that she is thinking of changing how policing in England and Wales is organised.She told a conference of police leaders "the structure of our police forces, if is,…