The health secretary announces trials to explore the effect of weight loss drugs on worklessness.

   A law to ban smartphones in schools will be called for under a private member’s bill on Wednesday.

   The chancellor was speaking at the government’s International Investment Summit, where deals worth bn were hailed.

   The Conservatives are choosing a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

   Party members will select the new leader, who will be announced on November.

   The prime minister said reports the levy could be hiked to this level were wide of the mark .

   Previously overlooked evidence shows some Afghan soldiers are eligible for resettlement to the UK, armed forces minister says.

   The ex minister’s clients are shown in a lobbying register for the first time since the general election.

   MPs from across the political spectrum paid tribute to Alex Salmond at Westminster, where he served for years.

   Local government experts say councils made all the easy cuts years ago and still face shortfalls.

   The government has promised a m compensation scheme for victims of the gay ban in the UK military.

   David Lammy becomes the first foreign secretary since Brexit to take part in a regular meeting of EU ministers.

   Figen Murray whose son died in the Manchester Arena attack says Martyn’s Law will save lives.

   The former first minister was in the process of suing the Scottish government when he died on Saturday.

   The former Scottish first minister was a politician who rarely missed a media opportunity.

   A bn investment will take place, despite a row with the owner of P O Ferries, says the business secretary.

   Here is how the chancellor could choose to tweak the government’s borrowing rules to free up more cash.

   The floods minister says she will spend millions on repairs, as victims tell of a national crisis .

   The family of the former first minister vow to continue his work for Scottish independence.

   The veteran SNP politician has been expelled from the party after claiming there is no genocide in Gaza.

   Keir Starmer tells BBC being PM tougher than anything I’ve done before but also much better .

   The former MP and MSP, who led the country between and during the independence referendum, took ill while in North Macedonia.

   Former immigration minister faced criticism after ordering removal of cartoons from asylum centre.

   A leading business group says firms are delaying decisions, wanting more clarity over the government’s policies.

   On Thursday, two UN peacekeepers were wounded after an Israeli tank fired towards at bases in southern Lebanon.

   Either Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be announced as the new Conservative leader on November.

   The prime minister’s ex chief of staff will not immediately take up a new role as his regional envoy.

   Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out the government’s financial plans for the next year.

   Alex Salmond, who has died at the age of , led the SNP into power and through the referendum.

   A look at the political priorities setting the Tory leadership contenders apart.

   Insiders hail new workers’ rights, planning laws and stability at the top but Starmer has been dogged by controversy too.

   The Conservatives are choosing a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

   The government is unveiling a boost for workers’ rights but many of the measures won’t happen right away.

   Morgan McSweeney is credited with masterminding Labour’s landslide election victory.

   As the Essex MP makes it to the final round of the Tory leadership vote, we ask: What do people in the county think

   Party members will select the new leader, who will be announced on November.

   Those working alongside the ex chief of staff were flipping angry, the BBC’s political editor writes.

   The chancellor says there is a black hole in the public finances. Evan Davis asks how it might be filled.

   The Conservatives are choosing a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

   The prime minister’s former chief staff is one of the most experienced operators in Whitehall.

   The Conservative Party has a youth problem how do its young activists plan to solve it

   The Wolverhampton born Newark MP hopes to cement his place in the final run off in the coming days.

   It comes after the magazine was bought by GB News backer Sir Paul Marshall earlier this month.

   The TV executive’s donations to Labour have led to weeks of uncomfortable headlines for the party.

   The party is trying to professionalise to break the mould of British politics and win real power.

   Economists say the state of public finances should not have come as a complete surprise to the new government.