Politics

The Confederation of British Industry wants Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next month's Budget to make sure staff are not penalised if firms give them one-off payments

Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to offer a pay rise in line with inflation after unprecedented strikes which has seen tens of thousands of NHS staff, teachers and civil servants walk out

A joint statement from the RCN and the Department of Health says: 'The Government and Royal College of Nursing have agreed to enter a process of intensive talks'

The Government's controversial law is currently making its way through Parliament and comes amid a wave of industrial action among desperate NHS staff, civil servants and railway workers

The government is under pressure to tighten gun laws after the conclusion of an inquest into the killings in Keyham, Plymouth, by evil Jake Davison, as Labour MP Rachael Maskell said a woman in her constituency has been forced into hiding

Professor Sir Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer, voiced concerns to MPs about vapes that are 'clearly aimed at essentially encouraging people to vape who may well not be vaping at all'

A grassroots group of Conservative Party members is threatening to remove MPs who they blame for Boris Johnson and Liz Truss being removed from 10 Downing Street

Labour said rape victims are being 'systematically let down' by the Government as analysis revealed dire detection rates and a postcode lottery for complaints. See how police forces performed in your area

Kate Forbes has already sparked a backlash after saying she wouldn't have supported same-sex marriage, and followed that up by saying having children out of wedlock "would be wrong according to my faith"

Mirror reader Rachel Curtis says past years have seen a decline in every public service she's paid taxes into. She says healthcare is now more inaccessible than ever and has to grapple with escalating shopping, council and energy bills. Do YOU agree?

The trial has been hailed a “major breakthrough moment” as 56 companies continue the flexible working pattern.

Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Southwark Crown Court in May for groping a 15-year-old boy in 2008

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes sparked a backlash just hours after announcing her candidacy by telling an interviewer that her conscience wouldn't allow her to vote for same-sex marriages - propelling Humza Yousaf into the driving seat

Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson said the ex-PM should be made to carry around the £4,000 wooden monstrosity after the Mirror revealed it has been left abandoned in No10 as officials have failed to find it a new home

From April 1, women prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as part of menopause treatment will be able to access a new scheme to give them access to a year's worth of treatment for just under £20

The Levelling Up Secretary was spotted grooving to Donna Summer's hit 'I Feel Love' at Club Tropicana in the early hours of the morning at the weekend on another solo night out in Aberdeen

Rishi Sunak is racing to get an agreement on a new Brexit deal, but loud-mouthed Eurosceptic Tory MPs have warned the Prime Minister that they will revolt if he fails to deliver on their demands

Campaigners hailed the 'breakthrough moment' for the radical policy after a study tracked over 60 companies - from a chippy in Norfolk to a consultancy in Lancashire - in a six-month pilot

The grim revelation came from the Citizens Advice charity, which called on the Government to widen new legislation to include private rental properties in its crackdown on substandard homes

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said that fixing Ukraine's battered railway network will be vital in the battle against Vladimir Putin and said it would also help with grain supplies - which will keep food prices down

We know uncaring Tories won’t do anything, but why isn’t Labour promising to make universal free school meals a ­manifesto commitment to clinch a General Election and give Britain a fresh start?

The former Prime Minister made her first address to the Commons from the backbenches in more than a decade after she was forced to quit No10 in October following her disastrous 49-day reign

Guto Harri, who was Boris Johnson's director of communications in Downing Street, urged the former PM and his allies to 'let the people in charge try and nail' a deal on Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland

The Conservative website, in a section headed 'our achievements', features a photo of Rishi Sunak with patient Catherine Poole - who famously told him to 'try harder' over nurses' pay

Former PM says it would be a 'great mistake' to surrender legislation which allows the UK to scrap elements of the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill by itself