Politics

The Prime Minister trumpeted a string of transport schemes that could be funded instead of completing the high-speed railway to Manchester. We examine his claims and promises

Welsh Senedd Member Jack Sargeant recalled the terrifying moment he and King Charles Cavalier Coco were targeted by two off-the-lead Staffordshire Bull Terriers

The Prime Minister cracked a joke about the former Scottish First Minister, who was arrested in June as part of a probe into SNP finances. An Alba Party politician has alleged contempt of court

Proposed new legislation will make it an offence for anyone born on or after January 1, 2009 to be sold tobacco products – effectively raising the smoking age by a year each year until it applies to the whole population

Until yesterday the Prime Minister insisted no decision over HS2 had been reached - but it later emerged he had filmed an announcement video in Downing Street days earlier

Desperate Rishi Sunak has confirmed HS2 is being scrapped between Birmingham and Manchester in a move set to spark a massive backlash at the end of Tory Party Conference

West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin said the decision would "punish passengers and businesses alike"

Rishi Sunak's decision to pull the plug on the high speed trainline from London to Manchester is a damning indictment of this Government's ability to deliver what is needed

Rishi Sunak bizarrely claimed that after 13 years of Tory rule voters will be choosing change if they back him at the election during his first conference speech as Conservative leader

The Mirror's Jason Beattie provides his analysis after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attempted to take the conference stage to defend the Conservatives’ record in power

It is hard being a Black person in Britain, even if MP Kemi Badenoch tries to say it's the best place to be for us, day by day we face challeneges and setbacks merely because we are Black

Rishi Sunak ranted that politics is 'broken' - but didn't acknowledge the Tories have been in power for 13 years - during his first party conference speech as Tory leader

Rishi Sunak has decided to axe the northern leg of HS2 to Manchester over soaring funds, despite polls suggesting the PM faces backlash from the public

The Prime Minister unveiled sweeping reforms to post-16 qualifications by merging A-levels and T-levels into a new 'Advanced British Standard' - but not until the 2030s

Rishi Sunak pledged to raise the smoking age up by 'one year, every year' so that a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette and their generation will grow up smoke-free

After weeks of dithering, the Prime Minister used a speech to Tory faithful in Manchester to confirm he was scrapping the northern leg of HS2 amid spiralling costs

BBC Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire clashed on air with Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is due to give his first speech as Tory leader to the Conservative Party Conference today and will have some big questions to answer - not least about HS2

The Home Secretary was accused of using vulnerable people as "cannon fodder" following her Tory Party speech in Manchester in which she claimed a "hurricane" of migration is coming

The Home Secretary - who was accused of a "homophobic rant" during a vile conference speech - was pictured stepping on the unfortunate animal's tail at Tory Party Conference

Rishi Sunak, leader of Conservative Party, is now prepared to do or say anything to cling to high office, Voice of the Mirror argues, and the Tories are "not to fit to rule"

The Prime Minister has sought to pitch himself on the side of motorists following the Tories' shock by-election win in Uxbridge and South Ruislip - which was dominated by a row over ULEZ

The PM will use his first conference speech as leader to complain the Westminster system isn't working and try to shift blame onto Labour - despite 13 years of Conservative rule

Mirror columnist Rachel Charlton-Dailey says the Tory party conference is using disabled people to distract from their own damage to taxpayers

Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer told a nuclear veteran campaigner to "sue" the Ministry of Defence after being shown evidence that medical records are being unlawfully withheld