Politics

The former London Mayor hopeful appeared in the House of Lords for the first time after being nominated for a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours

Furious relatives explained how a lack of PPE and testing meant the virus ravaged through hospital wards and infected patients who they never saw again

Often when the news is dominated by big stories, it seems that governments and big corporations like to bury the bodies, so to speak

Writing for the Daily Mirror, Ann Salter - who works with traumatised survivors as a Clinical Services Manager at charity Freedom from Torture, warns that being on the water will inevitably lead to re-traumatisation as the Bibby Stockholm barge is docked in Dorset

Passengers have got until September 1 - which is Friday - to give their feedback on devastating proposals to shut ticket offices at 974 train stations across England

The celebrity chef told the Tories to 'just fix it' and stop kids going hungry as he called for free school meals to be rolled out to all children living in Universal Credit households

Millions are set to hear a loud alarm from their mobile phones as officials advise the next trial of the emergency alert system should be held in two years' time

The former Labour leader refused to rule out a tilt for the top job in the capital, which voters will elect next May

The Bibby Stockholm docked on the Isle of Portland this morning and is expected to begin receiving asylum seekers within weeks

Ministers are set to consider plans to improve the lives of disabled people, which would include ensuring businesses have taken into account factors such as access for a Guide Dog

Ministers have consistently said large pay rises for public sector staff would make it more difficult to bring inflation down but a report now says they would not be inflationary

A place at a holiday club now costs an average of £157 per week, which is 2.3 times higher than what parents pay for an after-school club during term time, according to a major survey by Coram

In an article for the Mirror, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham reveals that he and four other Labour mayors are set to challenge plans to shut almost 1,000 railway ticket offices across England

The Labour mayors for Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region, South Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are preparing to go court unless train operators halt closures of 1,000 ticket offices across England

In a scathing assessment of Suella Braverman's callous Illegal Migration Bill, Dame Diana Johnson told MPs that the measures will empower criminal gangs who allow women to be raped 'multiple times a day'

The controversial austerity-era policy is set to be raised at a meeting of the party's top team on Tuesday with a Shadow Cabinet source saying: 'A lot of us are deeply troubled by it'

The PM faces more blue-on-blue anger after the Home Office confirmed that bricklayers, roofers, carpenters, joiners and plasterers are among those who will now benefit from relaxed visa rules

The Shadow Home Secretary has accused the Government of being "disjointed" and "disorganised" around national security as she pledged new laws to tackle extremism if Labour comes to power

North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll, who was blocked from standing for a new role as North East Mayor, said he had been left with 'no choice' but to quit the Labour Party and stand as an Independent

Unions branded the move 'petty Government tinkering' and said the delay to the implementation of the longer week had been caused by ministers 'dithering' over schools policy

The austerity dogma doesn't work, and the nation knows it says Fleet Street Fox. Keir Starmer needs to spend for Labour to gain full power

Labour candidate Danny Beales writes for The Mirror about why people should vote for him in Thursday's Uxbridge & South Ruislip by-election, which was triggered by Boris Johnson's resignation

The Prime Minister insisted the move had been on the cards for a while, as critics said it was further evidence the Conservatives are expecting to be thrown out of office at the next election

The Bibby Stockholm has left Falmouth where it was re-fitted and is being towed to Portland, Dorset where it is expected to host 500 migrants. It had been due to arrive a month ago

The Liberal Democrats said the figures revealed the 'stark postcode lottery' for NHS treatment, with waits of a year more far more common in some parts of England compared to other regions