Politics

Baroness Michelle Mone claimed she had "no case to answer" but admitted she could gain from profits from £200 of PPE contracts, while husband Doug Barrowman said the pair were treated like "Bonnie and Clyde"

A dissident in Rwanda who spent eight years in prison for challenging the regime has raised alarm about the money the UK is sending to the country in an attempt to get its migrant deal underway

Jeremy Hunt's national insurance cut will land in pay packets next month but it is less a handout and more sleight of hand because we will still pay more tax overall

Analysis of Arts Council England data shows that the number of choirs in English state schools has dropped by a third in the last decade

It comes as British charity workers renewed calls on UK ministers to follow Australia and issue temporary visas to children and their families fleeing the war

Martin Griffiths, who has served as a councillor for 17 years, and is a former leader of Wellingborough Borough Council, said the area needs an “honest MP. Someone with integrity who puts residents first.”

Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Layla Moran explains the harrowing situation her extended family members find themselves in

Keir Mudie says Rishi Sunak is a Scrooge who hasn’t learned any lessons, despite what the ghosts are telling him - and a horrible festive season is in store for him

Households are expected to spend an average of £279 on Christmas presents this year, but a typical family is likely to be hit with £800 worth of tax hikes as a result of Mr Hunt’s decision to freeze income tax thresholds

Officials privately accepted it is likely to take “a number of years” to resolve the RAAC crisis in documents seen by the Mirror

The Prime Minister travelled to a political event in Teesside by train yesterday - meanwhile a taxpayer-funded RAF jet was flown up to wait overnight for him, before flying him to a far-right political conference in Rome, in apparent breach of the ministerial code

Four years after the Conservative Party promised to "level up" Britain's forgotten communities, the New Britain Project's Broken Britain Index paints a stark picture of deepening regional inequalities

The role of minister for disabled people has been downgraded by the government to be fulfilled by a parliamentary undersecretary who already has two other jobs, writes Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Tory Science Minister Andrew Griffith said a consultation may be launched in the new year, with measures being considered including a ban on under-16s using sites like Instagram and TikTok

Ministers have been warned it is "only a matter of time" before someone dies at RAF Wethersfield in Essex, just days after a suspected suicide on the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge

Figures from across Labour's past and present, including Gordon Brown, Alastair Campbell, Lord Mandelson and Ed Balls, all attended the service in north London

No10 officials have told nuclear veterans their medical records are not missing, but won't let the PM meet them to discuss it

Figures show more people waiting at A&E departments amid fears the NHS annual winter crisis may have already begun - and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vows to 'keep an eye' on ambulance delays

Charities said the decision to fill the vacant post by an existing member of the Government, who already has other responsibilities, was an 'appalling and retrograde' step

The Partygate PM, who was last week grilled on his decisions during the pandemic at the Covid Inquiry, looks at the camera with his thumb up by the red, gold and Union Jack-decorated baubles

Blackpool South MP Scott Benton faces a 35-day suspension for breaking lobbying rules after a sleaze watchdog rejected excuses, including that he was distracted as it was noisy

Boris Johnson's promise of a green bus revolution was plunged into fresh difficulty in April after ministers were forced to pause handing out cash for councils to revamp old diesel buses due to 'poor performance'

Tulip Siddiq said the triple lock protection is 'safe' under Labour and the party is 'committed' to it. This is despite Keir Starmer refusing to promise it will stay after the General Election

In a scathing ruling Parliament's Standards Committee said Scott Benton was "clearly motivated" by financial gain and said his actions sent gave the message he was "corrupt and for sale"

Backbench MPs have been accused of "pretending to be the mafia" after the "five families" group threatened to derail Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill