Politics

Millionaire Tory donor Malcolm Offord has defected to Reform UK, saying he would be campaigning "tirelessly" to "remove this rotten SNP government".

Nigel Farage sang antisemitic songs to Jewish schoolmates - and had a "big issue with anyone called Patel", a former schoolfriend has claimed.

Allegations about Nigel Farage's schooldays have hit the headlines since the early days of the Brexit campaign in 2013.

A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious. 

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has suggested it could be beneficial for the UK to consider re-entering a customs union with the EU.