Politics

More children in England cannot afford school meals, lack warm clothing, and struggle to concentrate in class, according to a new survey. Education charity the Sutton Trust surveyed 6,200 state school teachers during the autumn term and found staff were seeing “serious issues linked to the cost of living crisis”. Some 52% of senior teaching

China’s military advances could “eventually lead to a clash” and the UK has been “asleep” to the threat it poses for the last 30 years, an influential Tory MP has warned. Tobias Ellwood, the chairman of the defence select committee, said Beijing is “taking advantage of a timid West” and Rishi Sunak’s speech declaring the

Ukraine’s first lady has urged the UK to lead the way in the creation of a special international tribunal to prosecute Russia for aggression against her nation – as she stressed that “just to stop the war is really the first step”. Speaking to Sky News’ Beth Rigby Interviews programme, Olena Zelenska said Russia is

The Online Safety Bill began life as a white paper – a government policy document – in 2019. Its aim? To regulate online content to help keep users safe, especially children, and to put the onus on companies to protect people from the likes of abusive messages, bullying and pornography. But the government also wants

An investigation into whether Boris Johnson misled parliament over partygate will be delayed after a hold up with evidence from Downing Street. The former prime minister has faced accusations he made false statements at the despatch box about the lockdown gatherings, including when he told MPs “all guidance was followed in Number 10”. After a

King Charles has hosted his first state visit since becoming monarch, welcoming South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to Buckingham Palace. The pair are said to have voiced their mutual respect and admiration for both the late Queen and Nelson Mandela during the first day of the leader’s two-day trip. The pomp and ceremony began with

Pensioners will start to receive up to £600 in their bank accounts from today to help with their energy bills. More than 11.6 million pensioners will receive the Winter Fuel Payment over the next two months. This year’s payments have been boosted by an extra £300 per household Pensioner Cost of Living payment. The vast

The King will host his first state visit as monarch as he welcomes the president of South Africa to the UK. The Prince and Princess of Wales will play a key role in the visit, which includes a state banquet at Buckingham Palace. William and Kate will greet President Cyril Ramaphosa and his wife, Tshepo

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will accuse Iran of spreading “bloodshed and destruction” around the world as he reaffirms Britain’s determination to prevent it acquiring a nuclear weapon. Addressing an international security conference in Bahrain on Saturday, Mr Cleverly will warn that Iranian-supplied weapons are threatening security in the Middle East and beyond. He will point

Conservative former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith says there will be “deep concern” in his party if Rishi Sunak raises taxes next week as part of the autumn statement. Speaking to Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates, the senior backbencher said it is “pretty clear” there will now be a recession in the UK.

Conservative former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith says there will be “deep concern” in his party if Rishi Sunak raises taxes next week as part of the autumn statement. Speaking to Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates, the senior backbencher said it is “pretty clear” there will now be a recession in the UK.

Boris Johnson has criticised net zero “naysayers” who want to “frack the hell out of the British countryside” in his first appearance at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Speaking at an event hosted by The New York Times on the first day of the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, the former prime minister said the

Boris Johnson has confirmed he will attend COP27 in Egypt next week as question marks remain over whether the UK’s new prime minister will join him. In an exclusive interview for Sky News’ Ukraine: A Modern War programme, the former PM told Mark Austin he was “invited by the Egyptians” to the climate conference. And

A Home Office source has told me the situation at Manston has been a “ticking time bomb” and that the set up there was not designed for people to spend more than a short period of time there.  The site has been designed to accommodate people once they have been taken off boats and processed

We usually get at least a couple of years before I have to explain that “kissed hands on appointment” doesn’t actually mean there was any hand kissing involved. This time it’s been just seven weeks to the day that the Queen waited in the warm at Balmoral, ready to carry out what would be her

Boris Johnson has revealed to a close political ally that he is going to run in the Conservative leadership contest to replace Liz Truss as he seeks a return to Number 10. Tory MP James Duddridge told to Sky News’ chief political correspondent Jon Craig that he had spoken to the former prime minister, who

Home Secretary Suella Braverman launched an attack on the “Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati” as she defended the government’s controversial Public Order Bill. The legislation attempts to crack down on disruptive protests, including a new offence of obstructing major transport networks. Lock-on tactics have been repeatedly employed by groups such as Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil,

The King’s coronation next year “needs to be done properly” despite economic turmoil in the UK, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said. The business secretary told Sky News “we don’t have coronations very often” and disputed that conversations about the cost of the ceremony could be compared to debates about rising wage demands. But Mr Rees-Mogg refused

The Greenpeace protest that disrupted Liz Truss’s Tory party conference speech yesterday actually “did her a few favours” and broke the ice for her, according to a body language expert. Ms Truss was interrupted by two climate demonstrators who shouted: “Who voted for this,” as they held up a banner. “I think she actually became

The new home secretary has vowed to stop small boats crossing the Channel and to find a way to “make the Rwanda scheme work”. Suella Braverman, in her first speech in the job, received a standing ovation at the Conservative Party conference after promising to stop the illegal migrant crossings. “We have got to stop