Sir Keir Starmer was not aware that the Foreign Office overruled a security vetting process for Lord Peter Mandelson to become UK ambassador to Washington “until earlier this week”, the Government has ...

Mrs Badenoch said she hopes Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay will instead become first minister after May 7. She hailed Mr Findlay as being “better and braver”, adding he “stands up to the SNP ...

Elected members of the City of London Corporation have agreed to write to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to invite him to give up his freedom of the city. The former prince was given the honour in 2012, a ...

The peer was not given clearance by security officials, but the Foreign Office overruled the recommendation before he was sent to Washington.

What we can do in the Scottish Parliament is make sure that there is a consensus. “A strong first minister who cares about the oil and gas industry, who cares about energy in Scotland, should be able ...