Politics

Despite Rishi Sunak’s promise to ‘stop the boats’, this year’s figure is just 73 away from the second highest ever - 2021’s total of 28,526

Reports of the firms complex financial arrangements have prompted the Environment committee to “question the accuracy of evidence provided to our Committee by Thames Water in July”

New analysis from City Hall found homes rated D or lower on the EPC energy efficiency scale cost an average of £337 more each year to keep warm

Keir Mudie says former Health Secretary Matt Hancock showed arrogance and ineptitude when confronted about his decisions during the coronavirus pandemic at the Covid inquiry

"Bombs do not and cannot obliterate an ideology. Nor can a stable state be constructed from oblivion" - Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Alicia Kearns calls for an Israel-Palestine Contact Group to plan for the region's long-term security

The opposition have yet to be invited to talks with officials - which Mr Sunak reportedly blocked, fearing it would signal an election is months away

Patients have seen costs soar 25% faster than inflation - despite a rise in ‘dental deserts’ with some areas now having 3,000 people per dentist

This month will see the government set out its proposed councils funding plan for next year, which MPs will vote through before Christmas

The King told Cop28 that 'our economy and survivability will be imperilled' without drastic change

The Prime Minister spoke of his love for Fairytale of New York and said Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan's death was a 'great loss'. He revealed he's been playing Christmas music for the past two weeks as he signs cards

As voting opens on ITV's I'm A Celebrity, MPs have warned viewers that the former Ukip leader is not an 'affable clown' but an attention-seeking 'failed politician'

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock faced excruciating questions about his affair with aide Gina Coladangelo as he appeared at the Covid Inquiry for a second day of evidence

The former Health Secretary endured two days of questions at the Covid Inquiry where he was interrogated on deaths in care homes and the decisions to impose lockdowns

King Charles, whose father was Greek, was pictured in the garment as he bumped into Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, UAE

Labour leader Keir Starmer used a trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to pledge to put Britain 'back on the world stage' if he becomes Prime Minister next year

A tearful Tiktok rant about the cost of her food shop sent Abbie Palmer viral for all the wrong reasons, said Fleet Street Fox. Just imagine if it was Rishi Sunak instead

The latest plan aimed at saving thousands of jobs at Britain's biggest steel plant has been put forward by the Unite union and comes after a rival proposal from the Community and GMB unions

Rishi Sunak declined to say what the maximum cost he'd be prepared to spend on the Rwanda deportation scheme amid questions over how much taxpayers have coughed up so far

The Cabinet minister Esther McVey was asked by a member of the BBC Question Time audience: 'I just wonder if it tells us something the Tory Party needs a minister for common sense?'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was branded petulant after cancelling a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a bizarre spat over the Elgin Marbles, but claims he is still more statesmanlike than Keir Starmer

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declined to say whether he thinks King Charles is racist, citing a longstanding convention not to comment on the Royal Family - but praised the monarch ahead of the COP28 summit

Rishi Sunak will meet with world leaders in Dubai at the Cop28 summit to discuss climate change and the Gaza crisis - but will have Keir Starmer breathing down the neck

Ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock was taken to task at the Covid Inquiry about his assertion in May 2020 that the virus-ravaged care sector had been protected at the start of the pandemic

Matt Hancock, who was Health Secretary during the pandemic, is being grilled at the Covid Inquiry. Several key witnesses have accused him of not telling the truth

Labour former Chancellor Alistair Darling, who turned around the economy following the financial crisis and led the Better Together campaign in Scotland, has died aged 70