All news by author: Mikey Smith

It’s understood Frank Hester has donated another £5million to the Tories since January - a figure the Tories did not deny - on top of the £10million he had already handed the party

The rock star-turned-MP hopeful told us of his plans and reminisced about 90s Cool Britannia. Asked if Keir Starmer could bring back that feeling, he said "Let's hope"

The new edition of Mr Vince's book urges readers to "stop the Tories" to stop the climate crisis and argued Rishi Sunak's decision to axe key climate pledges had handed Labour an advantage

The Prime Minister last month launched his plan to free up GP appointments by allowing pharmacists to do more - but chemists warn years of underfunding has left them struggling

New figures show how lucrative the Prime Minister's widely criticised chopper stop in Altrincham was - as his party later netted a whopping donation from the co-owner of B&M Bargains

Tory plans to abolish National Insurance would cost £46billion, more than the tax cuts announced by the former PM in a budget that sent mortgages skyrocketing

Party President Mark Pack admitted the party could be down £550,000 if the PM picks October or November to go to the polls, because of lost revenue from the party's Autumn conference

Serving ministers Tom Tugendhat and Anne-Marie Trevelyan posted a plea for more defence spending on LinkedIn for some reason - and didn't clear it with No10 first

A new poll found just 19% of voters in Tees Valley planned to vote for incumbent Ben Houchen - one of only two metro mayors the party has - with 45% backing Labour

As well as receiving funding from trade unions, the Labour Party saw an increase in the amount of money received from individuals and companies, who gave over £13million

Jeremy Hunt said he was scrapping non-dom tax loopholes in the Budget - but exemption from inheritance tax isn't part of the changes introduced today

Rock superstar Dave Rowntree will fight in the Tory-held seat of Mid-Sussex - where redrawn boundaries have created a three-way battle in the 2024 general election

Campaigners fear delays to the compensation scheme, promised in July, is being kicked into the long grass and won’t be paid out until after the election

Labour’s analysis of official data shows that in the 15 months after July-September 2022, the number of 16-24 year olds who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) rose by 90,000, or an average of 6,000 a month

The figure has grown by a staggering £25billion since last November - with almost all of it blown while Rishi Sunak was either Chancellor or Prime Minister

Major nursery providers warned that they would be forced to go bust if the scheme is introduced in its current form, leaving disappointed parents unable to claim places for their children

Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith hosted the event with Ms Truss - to which Mr Anderson was a surprise guest - just hours after Mr Sunak promised "leadership" to "face down extremists"

A Japanese meal with the Chancellor was auctioned off at the Tory Winter Party at Westminster's swanky Old War Office hotel, as Rishi Sunak rattled his donation tin

Former Cabinet Minister David Davis used the protections of Parliamentary privilege, which protects MPs from being sued for defamation in most cases, to make the allegations against the multi-millionaire Mohamed Amersi in the Commons

A survey conducted ahead of the British Kebab Awards found Labour leader Keir Starmer was marginally the preferred dining partner of voters ahead of Rishi Sunak

Failed ex-PM Liz Truss was pictured attending an event at the CPAC international summit alongside politicians who say democracy and the rule of law is 'b******t'

Trump claimed he was the only person who could prevent the US from losing World War II and spent much of his speech slamming Biden. This comes as the Republican nomination is all but assured

Speaking to a frenzied crowd of his supporters, the former President touched on his favourite topics of immigration, crime, election fraud and China. He was met with cheers and raucous applause

Steve Bannon, who was Trump’s chief strategist in the White House, thinks Keir Starmer's Labour will crush the Tories - but Nigel Farage's Reform party will turn into 'a populist party, just like MAGA' and take over the Conservative Party...

One patient at Royal Wolverhampton hospital waited for a year and four months for treatment as figures reveal the scale of the backlogs within cancer wards in the NHS system