Politics

The New Economics Foundation (NEF) found that Sadiq Khan's plan to let councils buy homes and turn them into affordable housing could save taxpayers a massive £2.2billion

More than 100,000 households, including more than 140,000 children, are living in temporary accommodation due to a dire shortage of social housing across the country

Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho said Britain needed a back-up for when the weather 'doesn’t power up our renewables', but Labour accused the Tories of failing to cut bills

Burglars and shoplifters are among prisoners who will be released two months early as the country runs out of spare jail cells, the Justice Secretary has announced

Millionaire businessman Frank Hester, who has donated £10million to the Tories in the last year, is claimed to have said former Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott 'should be shot'

As Lee Anderson walked out on stage to be unveiled as Reform UK’s first ever MP, the Conservative Party's ex-Deputy Chairman looked as if he was having second thoughts

Former Prime Minister Sir John Major criticised Tory MPs trying to oust Rishi Sunak and install the fourth PM since the election as he spoke alongside Gordon Brown at an event

Ex-Tory Armed Forces minister Mark Francois savaged the Government after Jeremy Hunt failed to commit more funds to defence in the Budget despite the growing threat of war

David Neal, who was sacked as Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, said he was "appalled" by the conditions he saw at a children's holding facility in Kent

In 2020 Lee Anderson, who has now joined Reform UK, supported a Bill saying MPs who switch parties should face a recall petition, as he blasted Tory failure to run the country

Former Tory MP Lee Anderson confirmed that he had defected to right-wing Reform UK despite repeatedly criticising the party and calling boss Richard Tice a 'pound shop Farage'

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has joined Reform UK after losing the Tory whip over a slur he made against London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Here are just some of his long string of controversies

Former Conservative vice chairman Lee Anderson lost the whip after he suggested the London Mayor is controlled by 'Islamists' and had 'given our capital city away to his mates'

Security Minister Tom Tugendhat suggested it was important images were not misleading after a picture of the Princess of Wales and her children was pulled by agencies

David Neal was sacked as the UK's top immigration inspector after he warned that 'high risk' private jet flights were landing in the UK without proper checks

Labour leader Keir Starmer will reiterate his call for every child to have the chance to play a musical instrument as he visits a school in the East of England on Monday

Wallowing at the bottom of most polls the Tories are resorting to divisive culture war issues to drum up support, but bread and butter issues will decide the next election

The British public have warned that it would be unacceptable for Rishi Sunak to put off a general election until January, amid speculation he could set the date within days

A shipping container was set aside for children with diptheria in Kent - a move described as 'truly shocking' by England's children's commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza

Rebecca Rigby, whose soldier husband was murdered in a terror attack in Woolwich in 2013, has signed a joint letter calling for an end to hatred towards Muslims

TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall said ministers have done 'next to nothing' to help 'ailing, struggling citizens' in an on-air clash with Health Secretary Victoria Atkins

Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she's 'under no illusions' about the state of public finances, telling the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg cuts may have to happen

The group of six women, who have published a Mothers Manifesto, want to draw attention to parents across the country who are skipping meals to feed their children

Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves was interviewed by Sir Trevor Phillips, but repeated technical issues meant viewers were unable to hear what she was saying

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has faced criticism after saying he wants to abolish National Insurance Contributions for good - even though it raises £46billion a year