Politics

A House of Lords committee has raised fears about 'digital exclusion' as families try to cut bills with household budgets hammered by inflation and rising mortgage costs

The Commons Education Committee found that teaching children about the world of work at an early age would help raise aspirations - and stop them deciding against jobs based on gender or background

Under a deeply flawed system, they were allowed to load their companies with debt to pay their shareholders billions in dividends

Labour's Sir Chris Bryant, who mounted a ferocious attack on Rishi Sunak at PMQs, writes that 'it really turns my stomach when I hear Sunak lecturing my constituents about holding their nerve'

The competition watchdog will publish a report next week exposing how forecourts have increased their profit margins on petrol and diesel in the past four years

Youngsters from Monksdown Primary School, in Liverpool, put pen to paper to urge the Prime Minister to change strict eligibility rules that mean kids living in poverty miss out

The alliance Secretary-General has summoned Turkish officials to NATO headquarters in Brussels for a showdown next week

In a statement today, Tory mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski said: 'I have decided, with a heavy heart, to withdraw from the Conservative mayoral contest. I categorically deny the allegation against me.'

Headteachers are reporting that as many as a quarter of students are vaping as concerns are raised that addiction levels are higher than they were with tobacco

Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"

In a fraught PMQs, Keir Starmer claimed the PM's body language and answers showed he had 'given up' and asked how many will lose their homes as interest rates soar before the Government helps them

Senior NHS doctors have downed tools today in a 48-hour strike following a bitter dispute over pay, as the British Medical Association reveals consultants have had a 35 percent real-terms loss of income since 2008/09

TV producer Daisy Goodwin said she has submitted a formal complaint about Daniel Korski, who is shortlisted to become Tory mayoral candidate in London. Mr Korski said the claim is "categorically" untrue and said he told the party about the claim during the interview process

The PM has been pictured holding a Pilot V fountain pen on several occasions, including during a Cabinet meeting sparking concerns about secrecy as the ink can be erased

The overwhelming majority (94%) of respondents from the School and Public Health Nurses Association, and the British Dental Association, backed extending free school meals to all primary kids so they don't go hungry

More than a third (24,000) of English school buildings are past their estimated initial design life - meaning they can continue to be used but are more expensive to maintain and run up higher energy costs

A major report said well-advised wealthy people needed to be prevented from using the tax system to reduce their bills as it said 'failing to do this has put more pressure on wages'

The Trussell Trust released the grim findings, which found 14% of the population struggled to put meals on the table last year, meaning more than 11 million people went hungry due to lack of cash

As more people are facing hunger and the threat of a recession looms, the Tories cannot keep trying to blame this crisis on the pandemic and war in Ukraine

The former Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock did not take any personal blame as some victims who lost loves ones to Covid shouted "killer" as he left the Covid Inquiry

Over three hours of questioning, ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock admitted there were insufficient PPE stockpiles and testing capacity but refused to accept blame - instead tearing into emergency planning

It is the first time Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, who is new to the role after taking over from bully Dominic Raab, has addressed the issue

The Winchester-educated PM has previously spoken of his love for the sport, which has come under scrutiny since former Yorkshire spin bowler Azeem Rafiq’s allegations of racism in 2020

Unite union and the National Pensioners Convention will join forces to demand the Tories rule out 'an attack on the state pension' after the Tories pushed back a decision to after the election

The former cabinet member, who lost his job after breaching his own rules by snogging his aide, is being grilled on how prepared the NHS was for the pandemic