Politics

Teachers are striking over a long-running pay dispute, with one protester saying they had a student complaining the classroom was too cold during their mock exams

The PM criticised Nadine Dorries for failing to represent her constituents, but he has failed to discipline the ex-minister who has not spoken in the Commons since last July

A tranche of messages from the former Health Secretary and officials have been made public after he shared them with journalist Isabel Oakeshott who helped him write his pandemic memoir

The Labour leaders comments come after the ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock published his Pandemic Diaries in 2022 - before the Covid public inquiry kicked officially kicked off

Top chef Tom Kerridge called on the Tories to extend free school meals to all children whose households receive Universal Credit - and called for a long term overhaul of the system so every child gets a nutritious lunch

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock furiously disputed the suggestion that he ignored advice to test everyone entering care homes from Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty in April 2020

A poll for the Food Foundation found that 80% of people in England back calls for free school dinners for all children living in households that receive Universal Credit

Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Office for Value for Money will comb through spending decisions and have powers to investigate government contracts

Scapegoating parents and carers, often at the end of their tether when children are going off the rails, is not the answer - it would just make life worse for the households affected

Boris Johnson's biggest cheerleader Nadine Dorries has been accused of spending too much time trying to become a TV star rather than representing her constituents

A survey for the pro-EU European Movement UK revealed support for Kyiv joining the Brussels bloc - on the same day NATO's boss said Ukraine will join the alliance in the long-term

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg declared war-torn Ukraine will be admitted to the alliance in the long-term, as he began talks in Helsinki with Finnish leaders

Tory Cabinet minister Michael Gove warned the government could revive plans to penalise families, but teaching unions said targeting benefit payments would just end up hurting children

The grim estimates from 2022 published by the Government show a 74% increase since 2010 when the snapshot was introduced. It also shows the first increase since a peak in 2017

After years of Brexit wrangling, Rishi Sunak and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen struck a new deal yesterday aimed at ironing out trading issues in Northern Ireland

Alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Rishi Sunak unveiled his solution to the bitter trade impasse in Northern Ireland sparked by Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with Brussels

Nurses pleaded with Shadow Environment Secretary Jim McMahon to tell ministers how bad situation in the NHS really is as he battled with an infection during a two-week hospital stay

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the UK's finances were in slightly better shape - but tax hikes or spending cuts could be needed to meet union demands for pay rises in line with inflation

Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that Labour will "put country before party" and support the so-called Windsor Framework, which undoes many of Mr Johnson's catastrophic failures

Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen reveal the contents of their agreement after striking at deal at Windsor over the Northern Ireland Protocol

The Office for Statistics Regulation has written to the ministry's communications supremo after a controversial post by the Treasury showing small falls in the cost of living

After months of intense negotiations aimed at undoing some of Boris Johnson's catastrophic Brexit failures, Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a new agreement over Northern Ireland had been reached - but will it be enough?

Changes to state pension age mean millions of us are set to graft for longer - and most Mirror readers scoffed at the idea

The Prime Minister described the new Windsor Framework as a 'decisive breakthrough' alongside European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen. But he faces a showdown with MPs over the new terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol in Parliament.

Peace in Northern Ireland was welcomed by everybody but the Tories and the DUP, says Fleet Street Fox. They're happy to use their failed Brexit as a way to destroy it