Politics

The Tory Party Chairman received the taxpayer-funded payout when he was sacked as a business minister in September 2022, before returning to Government four weeks later

The Commons Transport Committee said ministers must rethink plans to close ticket offices at 974 railway stations across England that will hit the disabled and elderly

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has agreed to delay ban in a bid to appease Tory rebels threatening to vote against the Renters Reform Bill as they are landlords themselves

February 24 has been earmarked as the date when a plane carrying asylum seekers who have reached the UK will depart for the Rwandan capital Kigali, it has emerged

A study by the TUC found BME women aged in their 30s were hardest hit as it demanded the Government introduce flexible childcare and fix the staffing crisis in social care

Kevin Maguire says Keir Starmer is aware the Labour Party must gain a mammoth 125 seats to secure a basic majority of one in Parliament - and knows he should not be complacent

Ex-Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tory Party chairman Greg Hands got thousands of pounds of taxpayers' cash in payouts when they lost their jobs as ministers

The leader of the sector's biggest trade union has raised fears for its future following the controversial agreement over the plant, which will lead to 3,000 job cuts

Pranksters released a tape of them calling the Prime Minister’s personal mobile and getting through to his answerphone message. Downing Street refused to comment on the gaffe

Israel's former PM Naftali Bennett warned that terrorists will target the West with a fresh wave of atrocities saying: 'If you think it's not going to hit London you're mistaken'

Ms Dorries launched a scathing attack on Paul Holmes, saying he would learn "the hard way" at the next election, also claiming his seat was "gifted" to him following the Mid Beds by-election hammering

The Chancellor faces a tough battle to keep his seat, with experts saying he could be among several big names to lose out when the country next goes to the polls

Surely the Prime Minister's time would be better spent domestically at the moment, instead of making a trip to world capitals for an exchange of platitudes

Former Labour Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says the opening of the Rafah crossing into Egypt is important progress - but extracting British citizens held by Hamas will be very difficult

Polling expert Chris Curtis writes for the Mirror: No government has ever lost a seat as safe as Tamworth, while Labour’s victory in leafy Mid Bedfordshire illustrates how there aren’t any “no-go” areas for Kier Starmer’s party.

Former army officer Lt Col Stuart Crawford breaks down what is likely to happen next in the Middle East - warning Israel's offensive "could take weeks, if not months, and is likely to lead to widespread destruction"

New analysis of how the mammoth swing to Labour in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth might affect a nationwide poll found the Tories would be down to as few as 50 seats in the Commons

The National Education Union has demanded to know how many children are still being taught in marquees and mobile classrooms as the RAAC crisis drags on into the winter months

Aylesford school in Warwick was forced to close 29 classrooms where RAAC is suspected to be present - but can’t be inspected because of asbestos - but they're only getting 9 mobile buildings after officials insisted on them being erected on hard surfaces only

The scale of Labour’s achievement is remarkable - the swing to Labour in Tamworth is the second largest recorded at a by-election since the Second World War

Labour made history with its double by-election victories - in Mid Bedfordshire, which Nadine Dorries won in 2019, it was the biggest majority ever overturned at a by-election

The Prime Minister held talks with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and also met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo on the latest leg of his diplomatic tour

Labour has secured an incredible pair of victories in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire, as the Tories suffer a disastrous night at the polls in the latest blow for PM Rishi Sunak

Boris Johnson's Partygate scandal - uncovered by the Mirror - and the Liz Truss mini-budget were blamed for driving Tory voters away amid two humiliating by-election defeats

High-octane shows by the RAF's famous aerobatic unit had to be scrapped or scaled back because of engineering problems with the Hawk aircraft, according to a freedom of information request