Politics

The Lib Dems want severance pay scrapped for those who serve under 12 months after its research showed over half a million pounds was paid to ex-ministers in one year

Rishi Sunak only cares about the next General Election - this anti-change Premier trashing our country is creating problems with a strategy lacking coherence or intellectual substance

Winning at the 2024 election is all that matters to Rishi Sunak and he's not even very good at that, Kevin Maguire says, as polls show nobody rates the Prime Minister

A community nurse, 59, who works in the independent sector in the south of England, said it was a 'shock' to be excluded from the pay deal - meanwhile others continue to strike

Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership has paved the way for tighter links with US Democrats ahead of next year’s crunch elections in Britain and America

Chris Kaba, 24, was unarmed when he was shot and killed in south London last year - the head of the CPS cautioned there should be 'no commentary' while the murder case is active

The northern leg of the high speed line from Birmingham to Manchester has been thrown into doubt - with the PM and Chancellor expected to discuss the fate of the route this week

Rishi Sunak is considering scrapping inheritance tax even though fewer than 4% of people reach the threshold to incur the tax - which can be up to £1million for a couple

The PM had consistently refused to say whether the key policy would be included in the Conservative Party ’s manifesto at the next election but

The former US President praised the PM for having 'very substantially rolled back ridiculous "Climate Mandates"' after Rishi Sunak weakened his net zero targets this week

New analysis found the PM tearing up plans to force landlords to make homes more energy efficient would mean families paying £500 a year more in energy bills

London Mayor Sadiq Khan warned scrapping the HS2 link to Euston station would mean some journeys on “high speed” services would take longer to get to the centre of the Capital than regular trains

If Rishi Sunak really wanted to lift the burden on low-income families, costs could be paid out of general taxation - but that would mean no election sweeteners next year

Keir Mudie says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this week had the air of a man who knows the game is up - and the fact he's backing down on net-zero promises is 'quite something'

On the eve of the party’s annual conference in Bournemouth, Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper revealed public health grants had been slashed by a fifth since 2015

Labour's Lucy Powell has demanded answers from Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt over the decision to announce the climate policy bonfire while MPs were on recess

It comes after a damning report found 19 incidents of the mistreatment of detainees at Brook House immigration removal centre in 2017

Former PMs are allowed to claim up to £115,000 from the public purse for “administrative costs” arising from their position

The collection of paintings, antiques and heritage items is mainly held in Number 10 and 70 Whitehall, the main Cabinet Office building - but isn’t on display for the general public.

Smoking cigarettes is one of the biggest causes of death in the UK, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is reportedly plotting a controversial ban on buying cigarettes for the next generation

It's one year since Kwasi Kwarteng stood up in the Commons and unleashed an economic wrecking ball that's still causing misery for millions - we look at what happened

The Tories promised to increase participation in school sport - then they imposed brutal austerity that led to the loss of nearly 1,000 council sports fields

Rishi Sunak is in talks about introducing a new law similar to that brought in in New Zealand which would effectively make cigarettes unobtainable for the next generation

Labour's Bridget Phillipson vowed to get more girls doing sport as she revealed she was stopped from playing football as a kid - and has taken up hockey as break from her MP life

Lisa Cameron is facing a challenge to remain the SNP’s candidate in East Kilbride after she criticised how the party handled a complaint against former chief whip Patrick Grady