All news on the topic: Politics

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All you need to know about the Windrush scandal and who was impacted
Despite living in Britain for decades, some of the Windrush generation lost their jobs, were refused medical care or even faced deportation threats because they lacked the proper documentation
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Just one in five Brexit voters thinks it's going well as anniversary looms
A major study by the UK in a Changing Europe think tank and pollsters Public First lays bare 'bregrets' seven years after Britain voted to leave the EU
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Leave voters' optimism in politics has been 'squandered' since 2016 Brexit vote
UK in a Changing Europe director Anand Menon and researcher Sophie Stowers write exclusively for the Mirror as the seventh anniversary of the Brexit referendum looms on Friday
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Our five simple changes will ease mortgage pain for millions, Labour says
Rachel Reeves made five pledges, including requiring lenders to let borrowers switch to interest-only payments temporarily, or lengthen the term of their loan
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'Bank of England is fighting economic firestorm caused by Tory arsonists'
In the face of this growing disaster, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has acted like a rabbit transfixed by the headlights of a super truck
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Tories inflicting 'living nightmare' of inflation and soaring mortgages on UK
With another Bank of England rate hike predicted for today, the Government is accused of being out of ideas and clueless about people’s financial predicament
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Fury as Tory 'extremists' accused of blocking new laws outlawing puppy farming
Conservatives have been criticised after blocking efforts to ressurect their flagship Kept Animals Bill, which would have included tough new measures to clamp down on puppy farms, and banning exports of livestock for slaughter
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Brit kids getting smaller compared with those abroad - and it's Tories' fault
An expert has warned that poverty and bad dietary habits linked to Government policy has led to kids being smaller than those in other countries
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Kick shamed Boris Johnson off Privy Council over his Partygate lies, demands MP
Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse warned that the lying ex-PM is 'simply not fit to hold any form of public role for a minute longer' as she argued he should not be an adviser to the King
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Royal Navy aircraft carrier repair bill rises to £25m - and you're going to pay
MPs heard the cost of fixing the faulty propeller on HMS Prince of Wales had climbed to £25m - and it will come out of the Navy's budget because the Ministry of Defence did not take out a 'warranty'
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Slippery Rishi Sunak accused of misleading MPs over record NHS waiting lists
Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting urged Rishi Sunak to come clean after he wrongly claimed at Prime Minister's Questions that 'we are reducing waiting lists'
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Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey to be installed in House of Lords within weeks
His elevation to the Lords is under fresh scrutiny after the Mirror published bombshell footage of a 'jingle and mingle' Christmas gathering organised by his campaign in December 2020
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DWP's extra disabled cost of living payment barely scratches the surface
For too long when disabled people are given the bare minimum to allow us to survive we’re expected to thank our oppressors
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At least 39 people - including child - drown as migrant dinghy sinks
A rescue operation led by Moroccan authorities said the inflatable dinghy was originally carrying 59 people onboard - with a number still missing, believed drowned
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Ministers pledge new powers to stop families being denied care home visits
Since pandemic restrictions were eased relatives are still facing issues with visiting loved ones - an issue branded a 'dangerous hangover from Covid'
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POLL: Should the Government be doing more to help with Cost of Living crisis?
Nearly 40 per cent of people end the month with no money left, while 24 per cent run out of cash for must-have goods either most months or most days, according to research
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Union leaders urge shipyard welders to get checked for cancer over fumes risk
The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions and the Alex Ferry Foundation launch a campaign on Thursday
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PM confronted over policeman who could lose home after 'Tory mortgage penalty'
Like millions of people across the country James's mortgage is up for renewal in 2024 - and faces a £400-a-month hike in payments
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Husband of Labour MP Jo Cox says they spoke about remarrying before her death
Brendan Cox told Lorraine Kelly his late wife would want him to remarry and be happy, as dad-of-two shared how he told his children about his plans to remarry seven years on from their mum Jo Cox's murder
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'Tories clapped for us during the pandemic, now they're threatening to sack us'
Writing for the Daily Mirror Fire Brigades Union member Ben Curson, who works a firefighter in Nottingham, urged ministers to drop anti-strike legislation that will make it harder for key workers to demand better pay
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'Britain is a nation of animal lovers - it deserves a government that cares too'
Writing in the Mirror, Shadow Environment Secretary Jim McMahon accused Tory ministers of giving a green light to puppy smugglers, puppy farmers and pet thieves
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Tories 'giving green light to puppy smugglers' face demand to reverse 'betrayal'
Labour Shadow Environment Secretary Jim McMahon told Tory MPs they could end up making a conscious choice to allow animal suffering to continue if they don't re-introduce the Kept Animals Bill
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'George Osborne is either utterly deluded or a shameless knave'
Rejecting obvious evidence that his spending cuts weakened Britain’s health and social care services before Covid is the self-denial of an arrogant Conservative
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'Rishi Sunak chickened out, like a weasel - he fails to rise above low PM bar'
Rishi Sunak promised integrity, but in failing to show strong leadership over Monday's parliamentary vote he's demonstrated he is no better than Boris Johnson
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Martin Lewis says mortgage timebomb has 'exploded' and says Tories were warned
Moneysavingexpert.com founder Martin Lewis said he warned Jeremy Hunt about the threat from rising mortgage rates at a summit in December