In response to our story, Tory Party chair Nigel Huddleston says: "These are extremely concerning revelations about the person responsible for managing £30bn of taxpayers' money. "Keir Starmer has serious questions to answer regarding what he knew and when about the person he

On PJAS, we discuss yet more targets coming from Keir Starmer on Thursday. But does hitting certain specific targets come at the expense of fundamental reform of broken services, by diverting money and attention Some ministers think so Do listen whenever you get your podcasts

1172 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. 712 days since the Taliban banned women from going to university. A basic right is now denied to millions of women and girls across Afghanistan. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

As a new law in Australia bans social media for under-16s, MPs & families in the UK are pushing for more restrictions. I met some of them - from those who have lost their children to families struggling to control smartphone use at home. Can they succeed? 🧵

Must watch from Serena Barker-Singh Izzy Losseff on Nigel Farage's bros. Long form interviews reveal how the fusion of online identities with old style campaigning has created a new and extremely engaged type of young voter.... ... who doesn't back down.

🚨EXCL Co chair of the Conservative Party Lord Johnson has accused Elon Musk of attempting to "buy" Reform UK following reports the tech tycoon is planning to gift Nigel Farage's party $100m (£78m) news.sky.com/story/tory-co-…

🎉Well this is very exciting Two nominations for Politics at Jack and Sam’s - podcast and presenter - at the Political Podcast awards The daily format in < 20 mins was invented by Jack and my wife round our kitchen table in the Spring. Lydia said twice a week wouldn’t cut it,

Can you trust rebel group HTS? “Absolutely not. I trust them to do everything wrong…” Very sobering assessment from Reem Turkmani on the future of Syria

BREAKING: Britain has sent a delegation of senior UK officials to Damascus for meetings with the new interim Syrian government and members of civil society, David Lammy says. It comes after he said the UK can have contact with HTS - even though it’s still listed as a terror group

.Jess Phillips spoke for about an hour with our Beth Rigby for this Thursday's #ElectoralDysfunction pod open.spotify.com/show/0ZR3AkVXN… -- with elements on now via Sophy Ridge

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has told Sky News that "nothing is off the table" and a national grooming inquiry could happen, if requested by victims. She spoke to Beth Rigby - you can hear the full interview on an #ElectoralDysfunction special from tomorrow.

Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq was today cleared of breaking the ministerial code. So she resigned. If you’re thinking…hang on…that’s not how these things usually go… well, you’d be right. But in this extraordinary story involving everything from Bangladesh’s deposed prime

Three of the Sky News team are featured in this year’s  Women in Westminster - congratulations Beth Rigby, Sophy Ridge & Katy Dillon. Great to see their contribution to our award-winning Political coverage highlighted in the list ➡️bit.ly/3R2FUFf

It’s official! I’m delighted that anne mcelvoy is permanent host of our early morning briefing podcast. One of the best connected, experienced and funniest journalists in the business - for the sharpest commentary in under 20 mins please do follow Politics at Sam and Anne’s

1305 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. 845 days since the Taliban banned women from going to university. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

Lots of talk on Wales' industrial past as Farage opens up talk of a return to mining in Wales. Coal tips left over from the industrial past still pose a threat to communities today in Wales, with some living beneath them living in fear of another Aberfan. Highlighting this VT

£118M promised by the Chancellor today to make coal tips safe - an issue highlighted by Sky News, Ali Fortescue and Hannah Woodward 👏

As parliament votes today on whether to decriminalize abortion and fundamentally change the law in England and Wales - I took a deep dive into how this heated US-style abortion debate is starting to ramp up in the UK Full report here: youtube.com/watch?v=kKddos…

“I was also contacted”— our Darren McCaffrey on his own LinkedIn UK encounter with Chinese espionage