[ad_1] Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe Correspondent in Kyiv andPaulin KolaBBC News in LondonWatch: 'My job is to make sure Ukraine stays in the fight', says John HealeyThe UK and its allies stand ready to support Ukraine before negotiations to end the war as well as to secure an eventual peace deal, the UK defence secretary says.Ahead of a top-level meeting in Paris on Thursday, John Healey told the BBC
[ad_1] He will seek and then pore over the paper trail, talk to Angela Rayner and attempt to establish a definitive timeline of what she did and when and who she spoke to and why.In January 2023, when the then Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi faced questions about his tax affairs, Sir Laurie was called in. Six days after his investigation began, Zahawi was out of government.Earlier this year, Sir
[ad_1] Iain WatsonPolitical correspondentBBCThe TUC, the umbrella group for trade unions in the UK, is calling for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to consider a range of wealth taxes in November's Budget to help boost investment in public services.General secretary Paul Nowak told the BBC that people needed to see evidence of change."We need a progressive tax system – a tax on online gaming companies and gambling companies, a tax on windfall
[ad_1] It is going to be a long 12 weeks, critical to the chancellor, the government and the nation's economy.Rachel Reeves chose to talk to me at a Birmingham housebuilding development to launch the Budget process as she tried her hand at some bricklaying. However, the obligatory hard hat might come in rather handy away from the site as the chancellor wanted to get across that the point of her
[ad_1] David Wallace LockhartBBC Scotland News political correspondentPA MediaFormer UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched a new party Sometimes the left of Scottish politics can feel like a crowded place.You have the SNP, Labour and the Scottish Greens all claiming to be the natural home for voters who are that way inclined.And that's before you even get into a variety of smaller parties.And now there's (potentially) a new player
[ad_1] Zack Polanski's sweary, brash and blunt victory video on social media said everything about how the Green Party of England and Wales is under new leadership.His landslide victory is the latest case study in how the political kaleidoscope between and within political parties has been given another colourful shake.Disillusionment with those parties perceived as part of the establishment, whatever that is and however people choose to define it, has
[ad_1] Reform's deputy leader has refused to rule out fracking in Lancashire, despite the Reform-led county council ruling out a return to drilling.Shale gas "is the energy treasure under our feet", said Richard Tice, insisting, "it's made the American economy richer".His comments come despite Lancashire County Council previously saying conditions on the Fylde Coast were "not conducive to fracking"."We've got huge shale gas deposits - we should try to see
[ad_1] Zack Polanski has stormed to victory in the Green Party leadership election on a platform promising bold communication and "eco-populism".The new leader said he would now "take the fight to Labour", telling Sir Keir Starmer's party: "We are here to replace you."While he's made a name for himself as a feisty media performer among the party faithful, he's little known outside the London Assembly, where he is an elected
[ad_1] James VincentPolitical editor, BBC YorkshireMP Marie Tidball shares campaign for better accessibility in House of ParliamentMarie Tidball MP says she is joking when she threatens to chain herself to a Parliament door handle. But I am not entirely sure I believe her.Tidball was born with a congenital disability, which affects all four limbs. She has foreshortened arms and legs, with one digit on each hand.When she was a child
[ad_1] Phil SimBBC Scotland political correspondentGetty ImagesGraham Simpson was unveiled as a Reform UK MSP by leader Nigel FarageWith eight months still to go until the Holyrood election, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has confidently predicted that the Conservatives will soon cease to be a political force in Scotland.Farage was speaking as he announced that Graham Simpson had joined Reform after becoming the third MSP to quit the Tories in
