Britain’s first openly transgender MP has spoken about transitioning for the first time, warning that the debate around trans issues had become “toxic”. Jamie Wallis, the Conservative…

A Tory advertising campaign attacking Labour over illegal migration could be a risk to the safety of MPs, Conservative backbenchers have said. New adverts targeting Labour MPs…

Some of Baker’s views are well outside the mainstream. He believes, for example, that central banks are complicit in state-managed economic growth that amounts to “monetary socialism”…

There are many silly old sayings in Westminster that get proved wrong time and time again yet lack the good grace to go away and die. One…

Fifty-four Tory MPs must submit letters of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady, the 1922 committee chairman, to trigger a ballot. Mr Harper emailed his letter of…

At about the same time he was trotting out Number 10’s lines, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Commons Speaker, confirmed the Government’s decision not to move their amendment….

Boris Johnson is facing the largest threat to his premiership after he was fined for breaking lockdown rules by attending his “birthday party” in the Cabinet room…

Boris Johnson is one of Britain’s most accomplished apologisers (the Tories once sent him to Liverpool to say sorry to an entire city). Now, having been persuaded…

The Archbishop’s Easter sermon is the latest in a series of interventions by him over government policy. In Sep 2020, he used a Telegraph article to denounce…

The strategy, due to be announced in the coming months, is also expected to promote “alternative proteins”, including beans, pulses and lab-grown meat. The strategy follows an…

A Conservative MP found guilty of child sex offences has quit as an MP, triggering a by-election in a “Red Wall” seat. Imran Ahmad Khan, who represents…

The Conservatives are on course to lose more than 800 council seats in next month’s local elections in results that, if repeated at the next general election,…

A Conservative Association has selected a niqab-wearing mother to stand in next month’s local elections, despite admitting it may “upset” voters. Fajila Patel, 36, has been chosen…

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak apologised and paid fines on Tuesday after attending the Prime Minister’s birthday party in Downing Street during lockdown. Mr Johnson rejected calls…

Tuesday’s announcement of a fresh tranche of fines came as Scotland Yard faced mounting pressure to wrap up its “partygate” investigation ahead of the local elections in…

Mr Blunt said: “On reflection, I have decided to retract my statement defending Imran Ahmad Khan. I am sorry that my defence of him has been a…

Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after forcing him to drink gin at a party 14 years ago….

According to Houchen’s calculations, suspending consumer green levies – which encourage energy efficiency measures – for a year would cost the Treasury more than £12bn. Crucially, however,…

If the Labour Party had written a script for the Tories to follow, they would not have dared to come up with anything as outlandish or destructive…

Laborious planning rules are losing the Conservative Party support in rural areas, a survey has found. Some 12 million voters live in the countryside and England’s rural…

The Government plans to move £160 of annual levies on to gas bills to encourage homeowners to choose greener methods of heating their home and help end…

Mr Anderson described the Government’s reversal as “deeply damaging” and called for “tolerance and respect in our national conversations”. He added that he was quitting his role…

Plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to reduce bills by making homes more energy efficient have been blocked by the Treasury. The Telegraph can reveal…