Politics

Keir Starmer had wanted this week to get on with his "cost of living tour" of the country to tap into voters' concerns in this all-important election year.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives has said he wished America had been able to acquire the London site slated for a controversial Chinese "super embassy".

Andrew Rosindell has become the second Conservative MP to defect to Reform UK within a week.

The government has pulled an amendment to its proposed Hillsborough Law amid concerns from campaigners and some MPs that intelligence agencies could use it to "hide serious failures" from the public.

First Minister John Swinney has said a potential majority in Scotland's May election would be taken as a green light to demand another independence referendum.