Former junior minister Catherine West has warned she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest if a cabinet minister does not challenge Sir Keir

The British military reported the fire off the coast of Qatar on Sunday

Every single London council has been contested

Full election results for England, Scotland and Wales in one place

SNP leader John Swinney said his party had ‘emphatically’ won the election

Labour has suffered its worst result in over a century in the nation

Local elections have redrawn the political map of England, showing the country may be as divided as ever

The prime minister laid out his plans to respond to a disastrous showing in the local elections, which saw it lose more than 1,200 council seats in England

Exclusive: Former junior minister Catherine West has warned that Labour cannot wait for a new leader with the ‘terrifying’ risk of Nigel Farage becoming prime minister

A rally to show support for the Jewish community is due to take place outside Downing Street on Sunday

Political editor David Maddox looks at how Sir Anthony Meyer’s challenge to Margaret Thatcher in 1989 is now being played out in 2026 by Catherine West’s bid to oust Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure to resign after poor local election results

Labour suffered bruising losses across its northern heartlands as Nigel Farage took a victory lap in Merseyside. After these local elections, does the party have any strongholds left? Dan Haygarth reports

Disastrous results for Labour at the local elections have intensified debates over the direction of the party - but which way should it lean? Political correspondent Athena Stavrou takes a look at where Sir Keir Starmer is losing voters to

Exclusive: Almost £2,000 in taxpayers’ money was paid out for Ian Huntley’s cremation as part of a longstanding policy for the state to cover expenses for any death in custody

Some 22 British passengers and crew on board the MV Hondius ship are expected to reach Tenerife

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to tackle people-smuggling gangs to deter people making the dangerous crossing

Alex Jenkinson, 39, denies using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards the former Duke of York and another man

Exclusive: Laila Cunningham warns that the language used by Reform on immigration helped its opponents ‘label us as racist or divisive’ as the party won just one of six target councils in London

Political editor David Maddox looks at whether the return of two of Labour’s big beasts will strengthen Keir Starmer’s vulnerable position as prime minister

Only 32 per cent of the population of Wales support the prospect of an independence referendum

Starmer insists the move to bring back the Labour grandees is ‘future looking’

Many wore t-shirts and carried placards with slogans such as ‘abolish the monarchy’ and ‘not my King’

A 54-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene after being found in a roof garden in Bristol on Tuesday morning

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed not to walk away but he will face increased pressure after a nightmarish night for the Labour Party in the local elections

US president praises the SNP leader after hitting out at Keir Starmer a number of times in recent weeks

The police have confirmed a car hit multiple pedestrians in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, in the early hours of Saturday morning