Politics

Andrew Cooper, who is standing for the Conservatives in Tamworth, is facing questions about his suitability to be an MP after the Mirror uncovered the offensive Facebook post

The Labour leader warned of a 'humanitarian catastrophe' unfolding as he emphasised the need to support Palestinian people in Gaza, where food, water and medicines are running out

Laughing gas is one of the most commonly used drugs by 16 to 24-year-olds today, but it will be banned next month - with serious repeat offenders facing up to two years in jail. But do you think making it illegal will really stop people using it?

Andrew Cooper, who is standing for the Conservatives in Tamworth, is facing questions about his suitability to be an MP after the Mirror uncovered one of his Facebook posts

Benefits such as Universal Credit are usually increased in April in line with the inflation rate from the previous September, which was confirmed this morning as 6.7%

The Trussell Trust expects to hand out more than a million aid packages to hungry people over the three months from December to February as the cost-of-living crisis bites

Nobody expects the fighting to suddenly end and a peace deal to emerge yet the lives of thousands of Palestinians are at stake as well as those of hostages seized by Hamas

Professor Neil Ferguson criticised the lack of border restrictions, testing and contact tracing to stop the virus, and says his team’s modelling of deaths tipped the balance

Shadow Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood vows to tackle shoplifting as she told The Mirror how her family was racially abused as the till was stolen from their shop when she was younger

The warning comes seven months after the Mirror revealed Richard Howe, who had severe toothache, was forced to return to Kyiv after being unable to book an NHS appointment

A senior civil servant has highlighted the need to boost “defence industrial capacity”, warning of a “growing and significant strategic issue that we have to face as allies and partners”

Rishi Sunak's spokesman repeatedly dodged saying whether the Government believed Jerusalem was sticking by rules and conventions, as he urged Israel to restore water supplies to the Strip

Peter Bone, 70, was hit with the sanction 24 hours after it emerged he faces a six-week ban from the Commons for bullying and sexual misconduct against a member of staff

Andrew Cooper is standing for the Conservatives in the Tamworth by-election on Thursday after previous MP Chris Pincher was forced to stand down following a sleaze scandal

Ex-Tory MP Anna Soubry said constituents in Mid Bedfordshire have the 'power' to deliver a 'shock' to British politics by voting for Labour's Alistair Strathern

A Commons researcher complained to the Conservative Party in 2017 that Peter Bone had flashed at him and thrown pens and pencils at him, but the MP is only facing suspension now

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says weak economic growth and stubbornly high inflation leave “no room” for unfunded tax cuts or spending increases any time soon

Andrew Bridgen, who joined the Reclaim Party after being kicked out of the Conservatives, demanded that Tory Crispin Blunt apologises over the disagreement in Parliament

Labour’s Lou Haigh warned jobs will be lost because of the decision to cancel the high speed line to Manchester as she urged the Tories to accept they're 'at the end of the line'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak updated MPs on the latest details from the terrorist attack, telling 10 Britons were missing and some of those were feared dead following the carnage unleashed

Conservative MP Peter Bone could be banned from Parliament for six weeks after a watchdog found he had engaged in a 'wilful pattern of bullying' including 'sexual misconduct'

Conservative MP Peter Bone was also ruled to have thrown pens at his victim, bullied and belittled him and repeatedly requested massages, according to Parliament's Independent Expert Panel

A group of 30 charities warned Rishi Sunak that delay to progress of the Renters Reform Bill 'causes more avoidable hardship and suffering, and with it, greater cost to the taxpayer'

Estimates from the Migration Observatory at Oxford University and the London School of Economics (LSE) suggest around 250,000 to 350,000 more people will arrive than depart a year by 2030

MPs on both sides of the divide are concerned that Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are not being forceful enough in urging restraint by Israel, writes Kevin Maguire