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Labour's first female general secretary Margaret McDonagh was hailed by Keir Starmer who said she 'changed the lives of so many' as mourners gathered for her funeral in London

Crispin Blunt spoke movingly about being gay in the armed forces, as MPs discussed the landmark Etherton Report into the historical treatment of gay people in the military

The former UKIP leader has lashed out at Coutts, which is owned by Natwest, and released 40 pages of documents which he says back up his claim that he was booted out because of his political views

Nuclear veterans whose blood records are mysteriously missing from records of Cold War radiation tests have been refused government help to find them

Reem Ibrahim has repeatedly attacked the health service, which she described as a “mistake”. The campaigner signed the nomination papers for the Tory candidate in Uxbridge and South Ruislip Steve Tuckwell

The race to be Tory mayoral candidate was rocked by Partygate rows, while mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski withdrew his challenge after he was accused of groping a woman in Downing Street

It is an insult to those who lost loved ones to go ahead with the ceremony while the Met Police continue to investigate a “jingle and mingle” party by Bailey’s team in Tory HQ during a lockdown

A long-awaited study of the future for UK defence notes escalating threats from Moscow while China also poses a long-term challenge along with North Korea and Iran

Appearing alongside Tony Blair at a conference in London, Keir Starmer said people only agreed with making difficult choices as an idea rather than in reality as he faced a backlash over his plan to keep the Tory two-child benefit cap

In a joint statement, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi hit out at the draconian Illegal Migration Bill, warning it breaches international law

Mish Rahman was seeking to stand as Labour's candidate in Wolverhampton West - a marginal constituency the Tories won from Labour in 2019 with a majority of just 1,661 votes

Members of the public have just one week left to have their say on the proposals put forward by train operators to shut ticket offices at 974 stations across England

Three by-elections will take place on Thursday in Conservative-held seats in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Somerton and Frome and Selby and Ainsty. Tory insiders expect to lose all of them - but could a surprise unfold in the capital?

Grant Shapps admitted he wishes 'we'd got on with it sooner' as the Tories came under fire over slow progress in growing nuclear power in the UK - with Labour branding delays a 'shambles'

Former US President Donald Trump said he received a letter from the US Justice Department saying he is the target of the long-running criminal investigation into the Capitol riots

BBC Director general Tim Davie faced questions in Parliament after Huw Edwards was accused of purchasing sexually explicit photographs from a young person

The former London Mayor hopeful appeared in the House of Lords for the first time after being nominated for a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours

Furious relatives explained how a lack of PPE and testing meant the virus ravaged through hospital wards and infected patients who they never saw again

Often when the news is dominated by big stories, it seems that governments and big corporations like to bury the bodies, so to speak

Passengers have got until September 1 - which is Friday - to give their feedback on devastating proposals to shut ticket offices at 974 train stations across England

Millions are set to hear a loud alarm from their mobile phones as officials advise the next trial of the emergency alert system should be held in two years' time

Green-fingered guru Alan Titchmarsh has taken aim at new gardening trend, arguing that 'misleading propaganda' could have 'catastrophic' results for wildlife

The former Labour leader refused to rule out a tilt for the top job in the capital, which voters will elect next May

The Bibby Stockholm docked on the Isle of Portland this morning and is expected to begin receiving asylum seekers within weeks

The private train companies and Tory Government will have to go back to the drawing board if the Labour mayors, marshalled by Greater Manchester’s Andy Burnham, win their legal attempt to derail a consultation process dismissed as “shambolic”