Michael Savage

Speaking ahead of the party’s spring conference, the Liberal Democrat leader challenges the Tories and Labour to find consensus on financial package for the NHS

Senior Tories have rallied around the PM amid claims that some party MPs are plotting to replace him with Penny Mordaunt

Senior Tories attempted to rally behind an increasingly beleaguered Rishi Sunak on Saturday night amid claims that some Conservative MPs are plotting to replace him with Penny Mordaunt before the next general election.

Senior members of Keir Starmer's shadow cabinet have been meeting with top Whitehall mandarins and former cabinet ministers as part of the party's growing preparations for government , the Observer has learned.

Shadow ministers step up preparations by holding informal meals to pick the brains of senior political figures

With public finances in a worse position than expected, chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering pushing back further pledges

Local election results in England justify the decision to focus on Conservative areas, claim party strategists

Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election

The Liberal Democrats are increasingly confident that they will claim more than one Tory “big beast” at the coming general election, pointing to local election results putting them ahead in a series of true blue constituencies.

Union leader Sharon Graham says Keir Starmer risks ‘limping into Downing Street’