Politics

The Prime Minister hit back at anger over the delay to the flagship project following a massive backlash which saw the Tories accused of betraying voters in the North and Midlands

Speaking as he travelled to Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Tory leader insisted his packed diary was to blame for the delay lift the lid on his vast wealth.

The broadcaster should have stood up to this baying mob of right-wing MPs and defended free speech - and Lineker’s right to voice views which may be unpalatable to others

The Match of the Day host's comments led to criticism from Tory MPs and Cabinet ministers, including the Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.

The Mirror has launched a petition calling for Gary Lineker to be reinstated to Match of the Day by the BBC - we urge anyone who values liberty and free speech to join the 200,000 people who've already signed it

Shamed former premier Mr Johnson plans to give his father a knighthood in his delayed resignation honours list, according to reports, but Rishi Sunak says he has no intention of doing the same

Rishi Sunak hailed a breakthrough in the UK's relationship with France after the first summit between the two nations in five years - but was unable to secure the return agreement the government desperately wants

Brian Reade analyses the issues surrounding Tory outrage over Gary Lineker's recent tweet about the Government's immigration policy

The senior Labour MP - now Keir Starmer’s Shadow Foreign Secretary - said it 'wasn't easy' arriving in Parliament 'being young and black and from a working-class background' in 2000

There were 734,000 children referred to the NHS’s mental health services last year - an enormous 84% increase from 2018-19. Experts want social media companies, 'who contribute to the problem', to help fund services and tackle waiting times

The Conservative deputy chairman shared a screenshot of media coverage on Twitter while complaining about a lack of media coverage - prompting widespread derision

The Match of the Day host branded the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the '30s”

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly became the latest minister to hit out at the Match of the Day presenter, saying he needs to "study history books" after comparing language around the Government's asylum policy to 1930s Germany

The shamed former Prime Minister is reportedly sticking to his guns over Daily Mail boss Paul Dacre being on his resignation honours list - the second time he's been nominated for a peerage.

The Green New Deal Rising group has piled pressure on Keir Starmer over a wealth tax and policies to tackle climate change, as the countdown to the next ballot intensifies

The New Economics Foundation says those from the poorest households will be £330-a-year worse off with rents rising twice as fast between April 2020-2023 than pre-pandemic levels

The Prime Minister and French President will hold negotiations at the Elysee Palace on tackling the crisis of people boarding inflatables for the journey from Northern France to Kent

While Londoners enjoy the new £18billion Elizabeth Line, passengers in the North are lumbered with aged rolling stock, reduced services and shoddy performance

Section of controversial high speed train project is put on the back-burner as Government blames increased costs but Labour says the North is paying the price for Tory incompetence

The Ministry of Defence holds the results of Cold War blood tests, but won't share it with veterans

Paul Routledge on what we can expect from Jeremy Hunt's first Budget, with him set to put an end to the 'calamity' of soaring energy prices. But will this be enough to appease public opinion?

The former England goal scorer hit back at the Conservative MP after she mentioned him in a football analogy in the Commons. He is already in a Twitter row for comparing the government's new asylum policy to Nazi Germany

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said the Government will delay building the Birmingham to Crewe leg of HS2 by two years. Labour said: 'The North is yet again being asked to pay the price for staggering Conservative failure'

Officials are reportedly weighing up adding jobs such as bricklayers, plasterers and roofers to a "critical occupation list" after a recommendation by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) - making it easier for people in these trades to come to the UK to work

Trade body Maritime UK has published a document outlining how UK companies can capitalise on the huge expansion in offshore wind power planned for the coming decades