The Manchester mayor proposed a 50p top rate of income tax and a tax cut for lower earners, in interventions widely seen as a leadership pitch.

The Manchester Central MP made her pitch just days before party delegates and activists gather in Liverpool for their annual conference.

The delayed Northern Powerhouse Rail plans are to be unveiled ‘in the coming weeks’, a Government source has said.

Expanding the Welsh Parliament by 36 members will contribute to an £18 million budget increase next year, a report has said. The Senedd Commission – which provides property, staff and services to the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has branded Reform UK “cowards” after one of the party’s councils banned journalists from speaking to its leader. The Prime Minister questioned the party’s commitment to free speech ...