Politics

Brian Reade lambasts the two former leaders who are refusing to accept they are now redundant

The UK Statistics Authority has written to the government after three ministers including Mr Sunak claimed in December that the current backlog is half what it was when Labour was in office - whereas official figures show it is 150,000 higher

The disgraced ex-Premier should be denied another chance at leading Britain, according to a Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll for the Mirror. It comes as MPs are investigating whether he deliberately misled Parliament

His comments follow a surprise increase in inflation earlier this week and the Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates - the 11th rise in a row - from 4% to 4.25%.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the European Commission's Maros Sefcovic agreed to adopt the new Windsor Framework which is aimed at undoing some of Boris Johnson's botched deal

Latest figures show the North East is housing a larger proportion of people fleeing persecution than any other region of the UK, with a rate ten times higher than the South East and South West

The Tories are telling you to tighten your belts, while stripping the state of its assets. Fleet Street Fox has the receipts

BBC presenter Fiona Bruce made clear on the programme on Thursday evening that a majority of the audience had voted for the Tories at the 2019 general election.

Households in England will see their bills rise on April 1 as most cash-strapped local authorities announce plans to hike council tax to the maximum level to plug black holes in their finances

The guardian of taxpayers’ money set up a scheme that was open to large-scale fraud, with some applicants even using the money to fund their drug habits

People are sick of the 'great leader' style of politics and are crying out for competence over showmanship, says Paul Routledge, meaning it's finally Keir Starmer's time

Prime Minister has not published his tax returns, he published a summary of his tax returns instead - and that really was not good enough

The spending watchdog found that 'no contingency plans existed between central and local government for supporting firms during a national emergency' when the pandemic hit and it meant mistakes were made

Polling by YouGov found 66% of voters believe the shamed former Prime Minister knowingly misled the House of Commons, with just 15% thinking he did not. This is despite his pleas of innocence to the cross-party Privileges Committee

In Mr Starmer's role as leader of the Labour Party and MP he earned £126,154 in 2021/22 alongside capital gains of £85,466, a summary document showed. In total his tax bill was £67,033.

Commons leader Penny Mordaunt hit out at Andrew Bridgen, who she accused of sharing "falsehoods" originating in Russia and China about Covid

Due to capital gains being charged at a lower rate than income tax, the Tory leader paid an effective tax rate of just 22% on all his income - almost equivalent to a nurse on £36k

Labour MP John Spellar has put forward a Private Member's Bill calling for the law to be changed to ensure cricket test matches and Six Nations matches are permanently available to watch for free on TV

Edi Rama, who is the UK ahead of a meeting with Rishi Sunak, voiced his anger at the way Albanians have been singled out by the Home Secretary

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford announced the go-ahead for two freeports in Wales, including a development based at Port Talbot and Milford Haven

It comes after the union accused the Health Secretary Steve Barclay of failing to present any "credible offer" to striking junior doctors in the dispute over pay and working conditions.

The former Prime Minister is joining the lucrative after-dinner speaking circuit - but is unlikely to command the fees paid to her fellow ex-PM, Boris Johnson

Rishi Sunak was quizzed about his commitment to the UK steel sector amid rising fears over job cuts and the support needed to switch to "green steel"

The shameless former PM claimed he was only at leaving dos because it was his job to boost morale and staff deserved drinks as it was 'difficult times'

His claim that it was important for morale that he attended leaving parties was deeply offensive to key workers who toiled through equally long hours in far more gruelling circumstances