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The Phoenix Partnership (TPP), of which Tory donor Frank Hester is Chief Executive, has been awarded more than £400million of NHS and Government contracts since 2016

In a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi demanded the Tories hand back cash to Frank Hester and said he is presiding over a 'terribly racist period'

Vladimir Putin's forces have been branded "wildly irresponsible" after the GPS signal and internet signal were blocked as Defence Secretary Grant Shapps flew back from Poland

Michael Gove said the Muslim Association of Britain, Cage and Mend and the neo-nazi British National Socialist Movement and Patriotic Alternative will be assessed for extremism

Home Office data shows 42 youngsters aged 17 or younger were among 219 terror suspects arrested in 2023 - with the total up 31% from 2022 and the highest level since the pandemic

Communities Secretary Michael Gove has unveiled a long-awaited extremism definition aimed at ensuring certain groups are effectively blacklisted by public bodies

The Government has repeatedly refused to share its assessments on tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite saying it is a safe country

Rishi Sunak was challenged to explain how he'd find an estimated £46billion a year to scrap National Insurance Contributions (NICs), but didn't rule out NHS and pension cuts

New legislation to finally clear the names of hundreds of wrongly-convicted postmasters will at last be introduced today after they had their lives ruined by the Horizon scandal

Tory Immigration Minister Tom Pursglove said there is 'no specific evidence' to support Suella Braverman's claim that churches are helping bogus asylum claims

The New Economics Foundation (NEF) found that Sadiq Khan's plan to let councils buy homes and turn them into affordable housing could save taxpayers a massive £2.2billion

Millionaire businessman Frank Hester, who has donated £10million to the Tories in the last year, is claimed to have said former Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott 'should be shot'

Ex-Tory Armed Forces minister Mark Francois savaged the Government after Jeremy Hunt failed to commit more funds to defence in the Budget despite the growing threat of war

David Neal, who was sacked as Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, said he was "appalled" by the conditions he saw at a children's holding facility in Kent

In 2020 Lee Anderson, who has now joined Reform UK, supported a Bill saying MPs who switch parties should face a recall petition, as he blasted Tory failure to run the country

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has joined Reform UK after losing the Tory whip over a slur he made against London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Here are just some of his long string of controversies

A shipping container was set aside for children with diptheria in Kent - a move described as 'truly shocking' by England's children's commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza

TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall said ministers have done 'next to nothing' to help 'ailing, struggling citizens' in an on-air clash with Health Secretary Victoria Atkins

Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she's 'under no illusions' about the state of public finances, telling the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg cuts may have to happen

Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves was interviewed by Sir Trevor Phillips, but repeated technical issues meant viewers were unable to hear what she was saying

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has faced criticism after saying he wants to abolish National Insurance Contributions for good - even though it raises £46billion a year

Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela to hold talks with Nicolas Maduro, who faces international pressure after a crackdown on opponents, and texted David Cameron on the way

Rishi Sunak cryptically responded 'what matters is the choice' when asked by BBC presenter Jeremy Vine whether he would be calling a May election

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was accused of acting like Liz Truss after he said in the Budget he wanted to scrap National Insurance altogether without saying how he'd pay for it

MPs from the cross-party Business and Trade Committee called for the Government to speed up paying compensation for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal