Politics

Labour retreats on plan for ‘a better Brexit deal’ after EU snub

Keir Starmer drops ambition to secure major overhaul in its 2025 review for more ‘realistic’ approach as Brussels says it won’t reopen pact

Lords approve law that would block UAE Telegraph takeover

Peers pass amendment to prevent foreign state control of UK newspapers and periodical news magazines

SNP’s disgraced Michael Matheson refuses to quit as MSP over iPad scandal

He returned to Holyrood for first time on Tuesday since quitting as health secretary over charging the taxpayer for an £11,000 roaming bill

China hawks in UK only learned they had been targeted by hackers from US press release

Ministers accused of not being ‘fully honest’ with MPs about the extent of the Beijing-backed operation

Triple lock will stay for rest of decade if Tories win election, says Sunak

Some Tories are against measure being included in party’s manifesto, wanting money to be spent on other priorities

When is the next general election? The dates Rishi Sunak is considering

The Prime Minister has hinted at an autumn poll. The Telegraph examines his options

UK and US expose global Chinese hacking plot

Washington and London announce sanctions on two individuals and one company linked to China state-affiliated group APT31

Minister says 2.5pc of GDP should be ‘urgently’ spent on defence

James Heappey resigned as Armed Forces minister earlier this month amid concerns about strength of UK British military

Robert F Kennedy Jr could run as Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate

Scion of US political family in contact with US’s third-biggest party about linking his campaign with them

Nick Robinson to grill party leaders for BBC general election coverage

Corporation’s former political editor will be taking on the role held by Andrew Neil during 2019 campaign

Independent Scotland would ‘enshrine free university tuition in constitution’

SNP should be fixing the mess they have made of country’s education system now, say Tories

Sunak faces another critical Red Wall by-election as Scott Benton resigns

Blackpool South MP was facing prospect of a recall petition after being suspended from Commons for 35 days last month

Miliband: I didn’t consider resigning over Labour’s £28bn green U-turn

Shadow climate change secretary says he supported axing policy, despite reports he was deeply unhappy with the decision

Sunak refused to meet me for a year to discuss legal migration, says Braverman

Former home secretary says PM did not see soaring levels of net migration as ‘an important issue for the British people’

UK ‘running to catch up’ with nuclear power

Andrew Bowie says Government is ‘running to catch up’, as it prepares to launch ‘critical national endeavour’ to secure the sector’s future

Labour’s net zero plans ‘will cost £116 billion’

Analysis finds even if sums were available, Starmer’s plan to decarbonise UK’s power grid by 2030 is ‘infeasible’

Immigration has not been handled this badly since Brexit, public believe

Dissatisfaction with Government’s approach to stopping small boat crossings widespread and cross-party, poll shows

Wide-scale environmental damage should be criminalised, says anti-Brexit campaigner

UK is pitifully lagging behind Europe in environmental protection, says Gina Miller

Tackle repeat offenders with ‘five strikes and out’ rule, says leading Tory group

Automatic jail terms would help deal with the 9pc of criminals responsible for more than of offences

Britain risks losing power to control future lockdowns to WHO

Tory MPs warn against possible new powers being drawn up by unelected UN agency

Gove battles Hunt to save leasehold plan

Levelling Up Secretary’s proposal of leaseholders’ ground rates being reduced to a ‘peppercorn’ faces opposition in Treasury

Lord Mandelson urges Labour to slow down over trade union laws

Rachel Reeves promises to strengthen workers rights but Sir Tony Blair’s spin doctor says reforms ‘must not be rushed’

Penny Mordaunt would be best Tory leader, say councillors

Poll shows level of grassroots discontent with Rishi Sunak ahead of local elections, according to analysts

Humza Yousaf accused of lying to MSPs after denying Covid travel ban was politically motivated

New evidence suggests Spain restrictions were eased over fears a vengeful Madrid could stop an independent Scotland from joining the EU

Childcare help for higher earners under consideration if Tories win, says Jeremy Hunt

Chancellor says he wants to look at boosting childcare funding for ‘people on highest salaries’ if Conservatives remain in power

Met must arrest more ‘thugs’ at pro-Palestine marches, says Tory mayoral candidate

Susan Hall lays blame for lack of police enforcement at the feet of Sadiq Khan

Britain ‘struggling to deal with extremism’

Cohesion response unit may be set up to counter threat of conspiracy theories from Islamists and far-Right

Majority of Tory voters prefer more defence spending over tax cuts

Poll finds Armed Forces spending more popular even if it reduces scope for tax cuts

Republicans quietly admit to dropping Biden impeachment vote

The months-long effort to impeach Joe Biden may be dropped by Republicans who admit it is not the ‘best path’ to challenging him

Hotel room shampoo bottles to be banned in Northern Ireland but not in the rest of the UK

New EU net-zero laws on packaging waste will also see plastic shrink wrap and sauces in plastic sachets prohibited under Windsor Framework