Politics

Health Secretary Steve Barclay is accused of not being 'up to the job' as NHS waiting lists hit the highest figure since records began as junior doctors prepare to strike again

Ex-Environment Minister Lord Zac Goldsmith quit the Government in June with a brutal attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak - and said he could support Keir Starmer's party

Those who are able to find a residential place can find themselves paying eye-watering fees for shoddy, substandard accommodation, with some charging more than a £1,000 a week

The Ministry of Defence spent the money with the controversial ferry firm after it faced widespread condemnation for firing 800 workers by video in March last year

Veteran MP Diane Abbott highlighted a recent migrant boat tragedy as she hit out at Tory Deputy Chair Lee Anderson who told asylum seekers they should 'f*** off back to France'

The Carlton Club and its political committee have lavished the cash on Conservative MPs and their local assocations, including Party Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson who got £15,000

Rishi Sunak will face accusations he is weak and unable to stand up to the hardliners in the Conservative Party if he withdraws the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights

Rishi Sunak has said he won't back an attempt to remove the ex-Cabinet minister who has not spoken in Parliament for longer than a year and has done nothing to discipline her

The Downing Street media grid has designated this "small boats week", with a series of crackdowns announced and re-announced as the first migrants board the Bibby Stockholm barge

Former spy chief Sir David Omand, who was the boss of GCHQ, suggested Moscow was behind the hack of the Electoral Commission that went undiscovered for 14 months

An asylum seeker has compared the 1970s-built, 10,659-ton Bibby Stockholm, moored on the Isle of Portland, to the notorious American jail on an island offshore from San Francisco

From queues in Dover to rising food prices, Brexit has been blamed for a number of things impacting families. But it has given us Rishi Sunak's 'Brexit pub guarantee' - here we look at the good, the bad and the ugly consequences

Homeowners who have variable rate mortgages and are borrowing £300,000 over a 25-year period have seen their monthly repayments jump by 50% from £1,200 to £1,800

The only subject he is qualified to lecture anyone about is how to be a hypocrite - Anderson collects £100,000 from a second job on top of his £87,000 salary as an MP

The Conservative Deputy Chairman said the Government had allowed the situation to get "out of control" as he defended telling asylum seekers they should "f*** off back to France"

YouGov poll shows just 46% of people think benefits claimants should have access to a phone, despite needing one to claim Universal Credit

Mayor of Portland Carralyn Parkes has accused the Home Secretary of failing to get the necessary planning permission for the Bibby Stockholm that will house up to 500 migrants

The Electoral Commission has issued an apology after it admitted hackers were able to access the names and addresses of anyone in the UK registered to vote between 2014 and 2022

The idea to send asylum seekers to the South Atlantic has been revived by desperate Tories as thousands of migrants continue to cross the Channel to Britain

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, who previously warned about 'ugly bigotry' in British politics, defended the Conservative Party Deputy Chairman by insisting he'd said 'nothing unreasonable'

Veteran politician Sir Chris Bryant, who chairs the Commons Standards Committee and has been in Parliament for 22 years, makes the allegations in his new book, Code of Conduct

Ministers are under pressure to act after 17 people were mauled to death in the past two years alone, but the Tories are refusing to commit to strengthening the law

Labour accused Suella Braverman of seeking headlines instead of sorting the mess caused by Tories. In March, 172,758 asylum seekers were waiting for an initial decision on their case

Labour warned that communities are being left stranded as it vowed to reverse the decline by allowing communities to take back control of local bus services

So far £140million has been spent without a single deportation to Rwanda - the Conservatives are using anti-asylum seeker rhetoric simply to win votes