Politics

It comes after a Government-commissioned review last year recommended a ban on smoking outside any premises that sell food and drink to ensure hospitality is smoke-free

A furious Labour MP tore into top education officials who refused to reveal the number of schools that still need checking for dodgy concrete that could be at risk of collapsing

Unions backed a motion urging 'non-compliance and non cooperation' with the Tory Strikes Act, creating a policy of defiance against the legislation passed in July

Adam Cruise, the acting chief executive of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting, spoke out as peers prepare to debate plans to stop hunters bringing their "prizes" back to Britain

Mirror columnist Anna Morell has strong feelings about Disabled people being told to 'look for employment' and is calling on the government to do more for people with health issues

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said Labour mustn't be 'too timid to talk of hope, too Conservative to make change' in a fiery speech to the Trades Union Congress

The former Prime Minister made a rare intervention in Parliament during an emergency debate on the alleged national security scandal gripping Westminster

Jonathan Gullis, a leading member of the New Conservatives faction, outlined a list of demands after penning a report warning the UK is 'lagging behind' on vocational skills

Asked by the Mirror if the 1991 legislation was 'fit for purpose', the Prime Minister's spokesman instead said the Government had asked for new advice on measures it could take

Reports of the spying allegation have sparked alarm in Westminster, with Rishi Sunak yesterday confronting the Chinese Premier after the accusation came to light

Tories have long hated trade unions but their anti-strike laws are an attempt to browbeat workers into subservience and they have now been reported to a UN rights watchdog

A gang of right-wing MPs known as the New Conservatives have demanded Rishi Sunak targets 'low-achieving' students and accused universities of 'exploiting' the dreams of young people

The Northern Powerhouse Partnership think tank is publishing its demands to political parties, as the annual Great Northern Summit takes place today in Bradford

The Tories are backing a controversial plan put forward by train bosses to close ticket counters at 974 railway stations across England - which has sparked a major backlash

The Prime Minister declined to say whether the key policy affecting millions of pensioners would be included in the Conservative Party’s manifesto at the next election

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has called an attack on an 11-year-old girl by an American XL Bully as "appalling" and has revealed she has commissioned urgent advice on banning the breed

The TUC congress in Liverpool will see bold arguments put forward for solving Britain's economic problems - including a host of progressive tax policies, writes Kevin Maguire

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham has identified five ways Labour can be bolder in their offering to working people if they win power

Thousands of kids had their return to class disrupted after the Government ordered dozens of schools to shut or partially close over safety fears from collapse-prone concrete

Dame Vera Baird quit as Victims Commissioner nearly a year ago as she 'no longer believed that Conservative ministers had the interests of victims at heart' but since then 'the situation has got worse'

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that “under the Tories, too many criminals are getting off' and victims are being left facing lengthy waits for justice

TUC leader Paul Nowak said the crackdown was a product of a 'desperate Conservative Government spoiling for a fight with unions to distract from their dire economic record'

In a harrowing insight into the pressures MPs face, former international development secretary Rory Stewart said he was aware of cases where politicians had nearly died by suicide

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said around 40 prisoners were taken out of the Category B prison as a probe into how terror suspect Daniel Khalife got away is carried out

Former PM Liz Truss is penning a loftily-titled book called Ten Years To Save the West, in which she's expected to lash out at the 'global left' and the 'Greta Thunbergs of this world'