Cooper says applications for refugees to bring family members to UK being halted until new, tighter rules in place Cooper says the government wants to change the family reunion rules for asylum... Read more »

Zack Polanski has won the election to lead the Green party in England and Wales, with an overwhelming mandate for the party to adopt his vision to become a mass membership “eco-populism”... Read more »

An employment tribunal brought by an NHS Fife nurse who objected to sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor has concluded its evidence with conflicting interpretations of how the supreme court’s... Read more »

Rachel Reeves was hit by a fresh sell-off in government bond markets on Tuesday, underlining the formidable challenge facing the chancellor in the run-up to the autumn budget. The yield, or interest... Read more »

The invitation promised that the results of the Green party leadership election would be one of the most consequential political events of the autumn. That might be pushing it, but they were... Read more »

‘Put them up anywhere’ – Cooper backs flying of England flags In an interview with Times Radio this morning Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, said that she was in favour of flags... Read more »

There is a lot of noise currently about UK government borrowing costs. The focus has been on what is known as the 30-year gilt yield, which is the effective interest rate of... Read more »

Nick EardleyPolitical correspondent Getty Images Tens of thousands of foreign students are being contacted directly by the government and told they will be removed from the UK if they overstay their visas.... Read more »

BBC One of the vehicles at the scene of the attack A landlord, who is housing Filipino workers in a number of properties near Ballymena, County Antrim, has said he fears for... Read more »