Ben Riley-Smith

To Simran Cheema, the local election results felt like “someone had taken a knife to my heart”. “It was really sad,” says the 28-year-old, nursing a cup of tea over the hubbub of a busy Walsall cafe.

‘There’ll be civil war’: Inside Labour’s toxic Brexit gamble

Shortly after 3pm on Saturday, the most senior defence figures from Britain, the US and France will bow their heads and remember the past.

Ten years after his campaign’s shock victory, Lord Elliott discusses the ‘brutal’ course of 2016 – and why the EU debate is far from over

Resignations such as John Healey's as Defence Secretary are devastating for governments, because they are moments when the arguments of opponents are validated from within the Cabinet.

Energy Secretary has been giving economic advice to Starmer rival, despite remaining in Prime Minister’s Cabinet

Ed Miliband is pushing to be made chancellor if Andy Burnham becomes prime minister, The Telegraph can reveal.

Behind the faded frontage of a single-storey community centre on the edge of Wigan is a building fast becoming the epicentre of British political power.

Both men talk regularly despite the energy secretary remaining a member of Keir Starmer’s Cabinet

When Sir Keir Starmer hunkers down at Chequers this weekend and battles for his right to remain Prime Minister, one person – perhaps above all others – will be shaping his thinking.