Resignation Street

Today, we look at US and Israeli attacks on Iran.US president Donald Trump has described ongoing "major combat operations" and called for Iranian government forces to lay down their arms.Iranian forces say they have struck a US naval base in Bahrain and across the region in respo ...  عرض المزيد

Today, the Green party have won the Gorton and Denton by-election with nearly 41% of the votes, beating Reform into second place and Labour third.In Newscast by-election tradition, this episode was livestreamed on Friday morning. Adam and Chris are joined by BBC political corresp ...  عرض المزيد

Conservative MP Mark Menzies has been suspended from the parliamentary party in light of allegations he abused local Tory party funds to pay off "bad people".   

Mark Menzies strongly disputes the claims which also allege he used campaign funds to pay his personal medi ...  عرض المزيد

Boris Johnson may have criticised the prime minister’s deal on post-Brexit trading in Northern Ireland but a number of formerly staunch Eurosceptic rebels — including Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker — have enthused about Sunak’s success. How is the PM going to manage dis ...

After weeks of confusion, Sir Keir Starmer has finally announced a row back in Labour's pledge to spend £28bn a year on its flagship green prosperity plan. While the policy will not be completely scrapped, the climbdown comes in the form of the party's spending commitments. The p ...  عرض المزيد

Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain has resigned after only 44 days in office. Hers is the shortest premiership in the country’s history.

What led to her downfall, and why has Britain entered a period of such profound political dysfunction?

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