Politics

An oncologist said 'failure is failure however you measure it' as it emerged the NHS is set to ditch a target for suspected cancer patients to see a specialist within two weeks

A college principal and leading regional business chief have raised fears about how youngsters are being equipped for industry, as A-level results day looms this week

No10 did not deny reports that Rishi Sunak attended a Swift concert in Los Angeles with his family and took part in a cycling class set to the Shake It Off singer's music

Campaigners have called on the Government to abandon the Bibby Stockholm project altogether after the discovery of Legionella bacteria led to it being evacuated

Rishi Sunak is desperate to woo the pub industry after being heckled earlier this month following an alcohol tax shake-up - but the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) said the Government must go further

Labour is still winning in the polls despite aggressive Tory spin, says Fleet Street Fox. Perhaps that's because the Tories are spinning themselves down the plughole

Steve Barclay claimed ministers took very swift action by removing asylum seekers from the Bibby Stockholm barge on Friday, despite Dorset Council claiming it notified a Home Office official on Tuesday last week

The move, which has already been introduced in Canada and Israel, would see inserts with messages highlighting the health benefits of quitting. The Government says it's been proven to work, and could save the NHS billions of pounds a year.

An estimated 3.9 million working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year - more than at any point since the 1980s, according to research by the Resolution Foundation think tank

The finding comes from study by the Co-op and children's charity Barnardo's and is published as teens get ready to receive their A-level, T-level and BTEC results this week

From the Bibby Stockholm farce to the staggering incompetence ministers showed during 'Stop the Small Boats' week, rising NHS waiting lists and yet more infighting, the PM will have a full inbox on his return

Supporters of the European Convention on Human Rights must seize the moment and confront right-wing propaganda demanding the UK leaves it now - or risk a Brexit-style disaster, argues Kevin Maguire

The Tories have once again showed themselves up to be hopelessly out of touch with the public with their insistence on shutting railway station ticket offices

Anna Morell and her friend Sue both have disabilities but are still regular users of the rail network - here Anna alights on the sheer number of ways shutting station ticket offices will impact on their lives

Rishi Sunak's government are reeling after a horrific seven days in which the Bibby Stockholm migrant barge policy fell apart and several migrants tragically died in the Channel

British naval vessels have been summoned to escort Kremlin ships through UK waters dozens of times since 2021, according to a written parliamentary answer

A Mirror poll, conducted by Redfield & Wilton, found only one in five people are in favour of plans by train companies to shut ticket counters at 974 railway stations in England

New Home Office figures reveal 1,600 people made the perilous journey in three days, including 509 on Saturday - the day six people died and at least 58 were rescued

Gillian Keegan ignored the findings of economists when she launched into a rant on Twitter, wrongly claiming that Labour's plan to bring in VAT charges on fees for schools like Eton could cost taxpayers money

David Lidington warned that most voters are "seriously repelled" by hardliners who want to see the UK join Russia and Belarus by withdrawing from human rights laws

The TV star and activist branded the Home Secretary the "worst of the worst, utterly undeserving of the position you hold". Ms Braverman sparked anger by saying her "thoughts and prayers" were with those affected by yesterday's tragedy

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson accused the Tories of creating a 'perfect storm' in the teaching workforce, saying 'teachers old and new are leaving and with too few replacing them'

Today's Channel tragedy, which claimed the lives of at least six people, comes just hours after the plan to house asylum seekers on a barge turned into a fiasco

Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child as part of the Kindertransport, said the comments from the Conservatives' Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson were 'unworthy' of a politician

Keir Mudie says he is worried as the Labour Party appears to be quiet after the latest comment made by Tory MP Lee Anderson as staffers think his views are too extreme to engage with