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Chancellor interviewed on Radio 5 Live and says it’s unfair to penalise children in bigger families. This live blog is closedReeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budgetFarage said the problems facing small businesses were not a failur…
Lib Dem spokesperson says Reform ‘trying to exploit incident for political gain’ and shadow home secretary’s remarks are ‘beneath contempt’Farage is speaking now. He says another “depressing budget hoves into view”. It will be a budget that “doesn’t ha…
The Welsh town’s byelection was a two-party race – but this time neither Labour nor the Conservatives were in itUK politics live – latest updatesPlaid Cymru’s byelection victory in the Welsh town of Caerphilly is unprecedented. Labour had won every ele…
Vijay Rangarajan says Electoral Commission’s material for schools will be impartial and calls on teachers to follow suitSchools will need to give democracy lessons to children from the age of 11 and ask teachers to leave their politics at the classroom…
Some favour any effort to improve participation, but others point to mixed results in Scotland and WalesVoting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general electionUK politics live – latest updatesHalf a century since the national voting age was last …
Extension of franchise is among changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interferenceThe voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system, despite some co…
UK PM and German chancellor answered media questions after signing first treaty between two countries since second world warWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcin…
Exclusive: changes will end illegitimate funding via shell firms and subject donors to enhanced tests, backed by stronger finesMinisters are planning to close loopholes that could allow foreign money to influence UK elections, with a crackdown on illeg…
Age and education now bigger indicators, according to study, which also shows record support for electoral reformAge and education have displaced class as the main demographic dividing line in British politics, according to a leading study on trends in…
PM stands by his claim the UK risks becoming an ‘island of strangers’, Downing Street saysDavid Lammy, the foreign secretary, has just started taking questions in the Commons. In response to the first question, Hamish Falconer, minister for the Middle …