Politics

Rishi Sunak has been rocked after two Tory deputy chairmen - Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith - both said they were backing rebels on his Rwanda bill

David Campbell Bannerman, chairman of the Conservative Democracy Organisation, said the party's MPs will be responsible for 'Harakiri' if they fail to remove Rishi Sunak

Labour MP Barry Sheerman told the House of Commons that he'd done a DNA test and found out he has roots in Ireland and Sweden, and called on all other MPs to do the same

Lies, spin and failure have combined to make the Tory government's last year of power foul in every way, says Fleet Street Fox. But does Labour have what it takes to clean up the stinking mess they've made of Britain?

Lee Anderson, the Conservative Deputy Chairman, is expected to back rebel amendments seeking to toughen up legislation aimed at getting the deportation flights off the ground

The Aslef union said stoppages would run between Tuesday, 30 January and Monday, 5 February - affecting different operators each day - in fresh disruption for passengers

The YouGov survey of 14,000 people indicates Cabinet big beasts such as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps could lose their seats at the general election

The call to speed up the Windrush scandal compensation scheme comes in an open letter signed by singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, actor Colin McFarlane, and rapper AJ Tracey

A “long list” of people should face justice in court for trying to cover up the Post Office scandal, a former minister has said as sub-postmasters’ champion Alan Bates said “don’t let them off the hook” as he called for compensation as well

Labour would, for starters, introduce unfair dismissal rights from day one instead of two years into a job, outlaw exploitative zero-hours contracts and put a stop to fire-and-rehire dirty tricks

Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Angela Rayner accused the Government of 'letting communities down' after repeated Tory commitments to 'level up' the country since the 2019 election

Ex-Post Office Chief Executive Paula Vennells was put forward for a CBE in the 2019 New Year Honours list by the Department for Business amid growing alarm over the Horizon IT scandal

Home Office documents reveal deep concerns about Rwanda's treatment of protesters, the killing of 12 refugees by police and discrimination toward LGBT people were dismissed

Labour leader Keir Starmer said he would carry out a 'review' of all British arms sales - but refused to repeat a promise to stop sales to Saudi Arabia

The ex-PM and Foreign Secretary David Cameron rejects reports he earned £10million for work at failed firm Greensill Capital - but refuses to disclose earnings

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron said the UK Government will work with its allies and warned: 'We will be prepared to back words with actions'

Alicia Kearns MP, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, says if the UK and US had not acted, the Houthis would eventually have caused a maritime disaster

Lord Dannat, the former Chief of General Staff, says "Of course there is a danger of escalation - though the calculation will have been that the risks of inaction outweighed those of action"

It’s more than double the figure the department spent on outside advisors the previous year. It comes as the department’s spending on temporary agency staff also reached a record high of nearly £40 million

Tory minister Alex Burghart admitted he uses an experimental “AI Red Box”, developed by the Cabinet Office, to sift through the stack of papers he’s given to read every day.

Mrs Murty donated her stake in Koru Kids to charity after her involvement became an "unfair distraction" for the charity, it was announced this week

Pat Cullen, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, warned the Prime Minister that 'every option – including strike action – is on the table'

There should really be more noble reasons for unleashing airstrikes on a country than oil, writes Mirror columnist Keir Mudie, but that's exactly what Rishi Sunak did at the end of the week

We believe that Alan Bates, who led the fight for justice in the Post Office scandal, should be honoured with a CBE or a knighthood - and 130,000 people have signed our petition

Junior doctors often hold our lives in their hands and work awful hours to have that responsibility, so why aren't they being paid their fair share, asks guest columnist Antony Cotton