Beset with suspensions and resignations, the anti-immigration party leads in the polls as voters voice discontent with established parties.

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After the disastrous end to his first year in power, the football-loving PM starts his second 0-2 down. But he won’t get back in the game by pretending to be someone he is not, writes Andrew Grice ...

More than 50 bailiffs had arrived to break up the sprawling migrant camp that had taken root over recent months in one of the ...

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the postponement of judicial appointments as normal, saying he cannot ...

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The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence is unmatched since the welfare rebellion ...

The General Secretary of the Unite Union has accused Angela Rayner of “gameplaying” as she said workers are “abandoning ...