Politics

The weird anti-woke agenda the Tories want voters to buy into is a smokescreen to hide the misery, division, economic decline and decimation of social fabric they have inflicted writes Brian Reade

Figures show £933,086 was handed out in a year as the changes in PM from Boris Johnson to Liz Truss and then Rishi Sunak led to an unprecedented turnover in ministers

Suzanne Winter told the Post Office Inquiry that investigators were ranked one to five on their ability to recover cash from postmasters accused of false accounting and theft

Ex-Tory MP Nadine Dorries received the generous severance payment when she stepped down as Culture Secretary even though she was not entitled to the cash as she was over 65

The Northern Powerhouse Partnership said the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt must overhaul the 'actively regressive' and 'broken' council tax model based on 1991 valuations of homes

The row with Canada marks the first time the UK Government has pulled out of trade talks since Brexit as tensions erupted over terms of the deal over cheese and beef

Alex Burghart pleaded with BBC Question Time viewers to 'hear me out' as he desperately tried to defend Rishi Sunak from a savage Tory attack on his leadership

A top NATO commander says the UK's alliance with Ukraine - after Sunak increased military aid to £2.5billion a year - is preparing for a conflict with Russia “in the next 20 years”

MPs were told that tourists heading to Europe could be forced to join mammoth queues around the Port of Dover when the new EU Entry-Exit System launches in October

NHS consultants from the British Medical Association in England voted 51.1% against a pay deal aimed at ending the long dispute over their wages

The ever-changing line-up of ministers as the Conservatives keep swapping Prime Minister has led to more than £933,000 being handed out in severance pay, Labour has discovered

The chief executive of housing charity Shelter described the government proposal to give UK families higher priority for social housing as 'divisive and depressing'

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said whoever takes over the leadership from him in March must be 'bold' - and can't rely on being rewarded by voters for being in power

In messages uncovered by the official Covid Inquiry the Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said Boris Johnson's address to the country was 'f****** excruciating'

Research shows that nearly all parents think social media and the internet have a negative impact on the mental health of young people, yet most children in the UK still have their own smartphone by the time they turn 12

The British Medical Association announced the new vote after receiving no invite for negotiations from Government a fortnight after its most recent strike ended

Will Dry has added to Rishi Sunak's woes after saying the Tories face "the most almighty of defeats" because the Government "won't provide the leadership we need"

The Home Office is weighing up new rules that could allow facial recognition and age-estimation software to be used in pubs, bars and shops where alcohol is sold

Regulator Ofcom is now recommending that deliveries with Royal Mail could be reduced to three days a week after the service was privatised by the coalition Government

"When the country's top soldier General Sir Patrick Sanders says we should start the thinking about preparing for possible civilian mobilisation - we should be listening"

As Tory MPs demand an urgent review, the MoD refuses to bin the dodgy data and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak still won't talk to survivors

Rishi Sunak faced ridicule in the Commons as Keir Starmer accused the bickering Conservatives of taking part in the 'longest episode of EastEnders ever put to film'

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove announced £500million in emergency funding for local councils for social care, but critics dismissed it as a 'sticking plaster'

The former Tory Cabinet minister insisted her weekly programme had been a success, but it will not be returning to screens and her future at Talk TV now looks uncertain

Raymond Grant said he still believes postmaster William Quarm stole cash from his branch in North Uist, Scotland - despite his wrongful conviction being overturned