Politics

The charity Shelter's research shows homelessness in England has grown rapidly in the past year with over 3,000 people sleeping rough on any given night and 279,400 in temporary accommodation

The Government has shown no interest in trying to address the problem of massive staffing shortfalls in the aged care sector, and their new rules for migrants will make things worse

Lee Anderson, who is Deputy Chairman of the Conservatives, admitted the party hasn’t given the public a reason to vote for them at the next election in an audio recording

The Home Office has admitted the cost of the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge that is being used to accommodate hundreds of asylum seekers is docked in Portland Port

Labour leader Keir Starmer asked Tory MPs in the Commons to identify themselves after anonymous quotes appeared in newspapers describing Rishi Sunak as a 'bad politician' and demanding 'he's got to go'

Rishi Sunak's favourability has fallen to similar levels to Boris Johnson, who resigned as PM in summer last year after months of being dragged by the Partygate scandal

First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford, the Welsh Labour leader, has led the country since December 2018 - five years on, he has announced he will step down as FM by Easter

Security Minister Tom Tugendhat aimed a jibe at his Cabinet colleague David Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, eight years after the then PM predicted a "golden era" of relations with Beijing

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) said it was 'deeply disappointed' ministers 'exhibit no ambition in this area' as it demanded wage hikes for low-paid care workers

The Ministry of Defence has been given a fine of £350,000 for a data breach in which it revealed the personal details of 265 people who were fleeing the Talibans in Afghanistan

Rishi Sunak is refusing to accept the Supreme Court ruling that repressive Rwanda is not a safe destination - Tuesday's vote was only the start of a Tory revolt against the PM

Tory rebels have threatened to torpedo Rishi Sunak's emergency Rwanda legislation unless the Prime Minister gives into their demands, with plotters warning he's 'f***ed'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's emergency Rwanda Bill scrapes over first Commons hurdle as the Tory leader humiliated by major rebellion during a crunch vote. See how your MP voted

Minutes before the vote dozens of right-wing Conservative MPs revealed they would not support the PM Rishi Sunak's attempt to salvage the costly Rwanda scheme

The Labour leader said he wants a 'diverse' party 'that represents the communities' it wants to serve, after he was asked about concerns of a lack of diversity in its selection of new MPs

After a year of dismal poll ratings for the Conservative party and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's popularity as leader declining rapidly, the party is ending 2023 on a sour note as it fights to get the Rwanda asylum vote through the Commons

Tories told to 'grasp the nettle' and pay social care workers a decent wage as the latest crackdown on migration sparks fears of a new recruitment crisis in the sector

Newcastle Upon Tyne East MP Nick Brown lost the Labour whip and was suspended from the party in September 2022 after a complaint was lodged against him

Labour leader Keir Starmer vowed to offer the country 'serious, mundane and practical' leadership in place of the Tory 'psychodrama' and the "circus" of Westminster

Green Party MP Caroline Lucas says Rishi Sunak's desperate bid to push through the Rwanda plan in spite of a Supreme Court ruling that it is illegal represents a 'grim slide into authoritarianism'

Westminster’s top sleaze buster, Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg, told MPs how members of the public had lodged hundreds of complaints about MPs' social media and comments in the House

The Tory climate minister Graham Stuart was forced to abandon the COP28 summit in Dubai as Rishi Sunak scrambles to fight off a Tory revolt over the Rwanda scheme in the Commons

Dorset Police officers were called to the Bibby Stockholm barge, which is being used by the Home Office to house asylum seekers, shortly after 6.20am

Rishi Sunak, who was branded 'Dr Death' by Government scientists, issued an apology to bereaved families at the start of his Covid Inquiry grilling

Newly-appointed Illegal Migration Minister Michael Tomlinson defended Rwandan President Paul Kagame after Democratic Republic of Congo leader Felix Tshisekedi said he will "end up like Adolf Hitler"