Politics

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson vowed to crack down on long term absence after the number of children repeatedly missing class shot up following the pandemic

Touring flooded homes in Loughborough afflicted by Storm Henk Labour leader Keir Starmer slammed the Government's response to the disaster which he says wasn't fast enough

The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, has threatened further industrial action if Health Secretary Victoria Atkins does not return to the negotiating table

Defence minister Andrew Murrison was accused of a "disgraceful response" on whether the government holds records of blood and urine tests on its own troops

Rishi Sunak has been criticised for getting a plane from RAF Northolt to Warton Aerodrome near Preston just minutes after top Tory Sir Alok Sharma launched a scathing attack on his environmental record

Paul Scully, who was Post Office Minister, said the Treasury demanded a value for money exercise was done before agreeing to giving further money to victims including Alan Bates

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers made the perilous voyage across the English Channel in 2023, despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledging to 'stop the boats' more than a year ago. As such, almost 2,000 Mirror readers say the PM has failed to deliver on his promise

It comes as a petition calling for ex-Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE attracted more than one million signatures

Former Cop President Sir Alok Sharma warned Rishi Sunak was 'not being serious' about tackling the climate crisis as he condemned a law to allow more oil and gas drilling licences

Records of blood testing of nuclear servicemen have been locked away for decades as a state secret, the Mirror can reveal

The petition has quickly gained signatures after ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office shone a light on the Horizon IT scandal that led to hundreds of lives being ruined

Peter Bone's constituents voted to kick him out of the seat last month after he was suspended from the Commons - paving the way for a by-election in Wellingborough

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson promised to take action to bring down the cost of buying school uniforms as a 'matter of urgency' if Labour gets into power

Dame Louise Casey, the former government adviser, said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was pushing out 'dangerous' spin in his interview on the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg show

Jemma Joy, who is standing for the Liberal Democrats in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, apologised for the 2010 post, which was intended to be 'sarcastic'

Letters between Sir Ed Davey, then-Minister for Postal Affairs, and Alan Bates, a former sub-postmaster and campaigner, reveal Sir Ed's willingness to believe the Post Office

The Prime Minister tried to dodge our feathered friend as he arrived at the BBC for an interview with Laura Kuenssberg just days after he chickened out of a general election

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed the Government is looking at how to exonerate hundreds of sub-postmasters unjustly convicted during the Horizon IT scandal

Keir Starmer said he wanted a general election 'to be as soon as possible' and that the 'country is ready for it' after the PM suggested he would call one in the second half of the year

The Prime Minister hinted that pre-election tax cut giveaways will be made on the back of 'difficult decisions to control welfare' which could mean benefit cuts for families

Pensions minister Paul Maynard has been referred by the Parliamentary expenses watchdog over claims he used his taxpayer-funded office to campaign for the Conservatives

The papers reportedly suggest Rishi Sunak was not convinced by the Rwanda plan when it was being drawn up. Now Labour has called on the PM to publish the papers

It’s great that Keir Starmer and Labour want the highest growth in the G7, writes Mirror columnist Keir Mudie, but what does that mean for food prices, for the NHS, for mortgages?

Owners of the Hargreaves Cafe, near one of Mr Sunak's campaign stops in Buxton, Derbyshire, advertised an extra 5% off for customers who say "go home Rishi"

It comes amid warnings that the Tories doubling the spending limits ahead of elections risked damaging the transparency of political donations and public confidence in elections