Politics

Spending wisely saves lives, says Fleet Street Fox. Wasting billions on PPE deals with your mates does not.

Lord Deben, who was Tory chairman while Margaret Thatcher was PM, said the Iron Lady wouldn't have approved of the current Government saying it's 'not conservative'

Tory Party Chairman Richard Holden oversaw devastating defeats in the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections where Labour overturned massive Tory majorities

As latest YouGov data reveals a huge confidence gap between girls and boys in science and maths, Labour MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diversity, Chi Onwurah, argues that we must address the barriers to young women in STEM

Labour leader Keir Starmer was being interviewed after wins in the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections when he was asked about Rishi Sunak's jibe about trans people at PMQs

The Question Time audience ridiculed Tory minister Graham Stuart as he struggled to say whether Rishi Sunak had grown the economy as the UK slipped into a recession

In a stonking victory Labour overturned an 18,000 majority in Wellingborough on a 28.5% swing - the second biggest from the Tories at a by-election since the Second World War

The crucial vote in Wellingborough was triggered after the disgraced ex-Tory MP Peter Bone was ousted from the Commons by his own constituents

Keir Starmer hailed the result in the former Tory stronghold of Kingswood and said it was evidence the public are 'ready to put their trust in a Labour government'

A quarter (25%) of women on maternity leave say they have gone without eating – sometimes all day – so they can afford to feed their families, according to a grim survey

One tonight's BBC Question Time MPs were peppered with questions, as the country entered into a recession and the fallout from the anti-Semitic comments of a prospective Labour MP continued

For the Tories to claim this is a 'mild' recession is an insult to people trying to balance their budgets and to small business owners trying to keep their heads above water

There are concerns there will be yet more savage cuts to decimated public services - the Office for National Statistics, on Thursday, said the economy shrank by a worse-than-feared 0.3% in the final three months of last year

On tonight's episode of BBC Question Time, as politicians of all colours bickered and pointed the finger at one another, one student told a heartbreaking story about poverty at her university

Housing campaigner and guest columnist Kwajo Tweneboa sets the record straight on what could be one of the most decisive issues in the next General Election

The Prime Minister is pushing plans to merge A-levels and T-levels into a new 'Advanced British Standard', which would include a requirement to study maths and English to 18

Six in 10 UK renters feel depressed about paying their rent or that rent payments negatively impact their ability to meet basic expenses, according to the London Renters Union

Paul Routledge rightly addresses the 'phoney war in the Pennine foothills' over the dumping of Rochdale's Labour candidate Azhar Ali, saying it's clouding the party's judgement to fight proper battles

More than half of those responding to the YouGov poll, commissioned by the think tank Common Wealth, said they thought Labour's plan would have a positive impact on household bills

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Rishi Sunak was 'taking the country backwards' after Britain sunk into recession at the end of last year - despite his vow to grow the economy

Atiqul Hoque, mayor of Salisbury in Wiltshire, was expelled from the Conservative Party after an investigation into claims of anti-Semitism, but has vowed to clear his name

Rishi Sunak promised to stop the boats, grow the economy, cut NHS waiting lists, reduce debt and halve inflation - but he's had a tough time delivering on his pledges

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk's campaign team delivered election leaflets in Cheltenham claiming there's 'good news' for the economy as Britain slipped into recession

Tory Health Minister Andrea Leadsom went to a private practice to boast about the Tories plans to unlock more dentist appointments in their Dental Recovery Plan

Critics have lashed out over the 'Rishi recession' announced this morning - just hours after a mega-poll showed the Tories could be left with just 80 MPs after the election