Extension of rent-a-room relief and cost-of-disability payment mooted, cut in tax on home heating oil ‘certain’

Andy Burnham and Micheál Martin’s Manchester talks marked by sports diplomacy and a birthday bash

Piddington’s symbolic independence campaign may be lighthearted in tone, but the row behind it has become increasingly bitter

Taoiseach thanks Andy Burnham for ‘standing’ up for needs and rights of Palestinian people

Some speculate British prime minister could warm to idea of winning mandate at a time when rivals are weakened

Following the money in British politics leads to increasingly fractious places

Report criticises ‘complete failure’ to protect babies at hospital

Party leaders sign memorandum in Cardiff declaring ‘Westminster’s time is coming to an end’

Deaths of two police officers and five young exposed deep social problems in Middlesbrough and nearby towns

From a packed Birmingham to Oxford train, questions of class, belonging and national identity follow the Reform UK conference

Britain’s planned trade ban risks a diplomatic and economic backlash, but Labour sees an opportunity to rebuild support on its left flank

Redwood, aka Vladimir Kuzichkin, had lost faith in Moscow, but it was his loss of ‘bedroom power’ that sent the Tehran-based spy to MI6, says Ben Macintyre

Anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth were organised by a hard-right campaigner who was jailed for kidnapping in 2016

Donations scandal overshadows Birmingham gathering, raising fresh questions about party’s suitability for government

Return of Bayeux Tapestry offers a symbolic backdrop to the warmest UK-French relations in years