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New rules mean people in England must show identification for the first time to vote in May’s local elections, but the Tories have been accused of rigging the rules

Blackpool South MP Scott Benton was secretly filmed by reporters boasting of his access to ministers in a meeting with fake gambling investors

Derek Bullock was re-selected by the Conservatives to stand for a seat on Bolton Council at local elections next month despite previously being suspended by the party

The Home Office has confirmed its plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm vessel docked at Portland Port in Dorset - but Tory MP Richard Drax says he is considering a legal challenge

Donald Trump has officially been brought to justice, but what will the forthcoming impact of today's prosecution be on US politics? An international politics expert provides an immediate analysis of the latest developments for The Mirror

Alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg used the closing preference of a two-day summit at coalition headquarters to highlight broken spending pledges by NATO members

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell has been arrested as part of a police investigation into the SNP's finances, shortly after Ms Sturgeon stepped down as Scotland's First Minister

The Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Phillips also detailed the the toll of the 2017 Westminster terrorist attack and the murder of two MPs

Peter Murrell, the SNP's former chief executive, 58, was arrested by Police Scotland 'in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party'

The horrific scale of destruction which the city of Bakhmut has suffered has been laid bare as fighting continues to rage in eastern Ukraine

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey wants to ban wet wipes containing plastic fibres amid concerns they are creating fatbergs in Britain's sewers

Peter Murrell was held by officers while raids are carried out at a series of addresses in connection with the investigation

The recommendation comes from crossbench peer Baroness Kishwer Falkner, who chairs the Equality and Human Rights Commission and was asked to carry out a review

Donald Trump today appeared at the Criminal Court in Manhattan, New York, marking a historic first for a serving or former President - he defiantly waved to supporters and the gathered media upon arrival

Labour has unveiled plans to set up 'clean up squads' to ensure that those who make mess have to clean it up as alarming figures show there are 125 instances of fly-tipping an hour

Charity Age UK found 2.5 million people aged 50 and over do not get the care they deserve, and there is also a desperate shortage of care workers, with vacancies at a record 165,000

Sean Hogg, 21, was 17-years-old when he forced himself on a girl aged 13 but walked free from court yesterday despite being convicted

The report comes in a study by analysts from London-based Tech Against Terrorism and follows the gun horror when Audrey Hale, who identified as transgender, rampaged through a school

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick was clocked driving at 68mph on the M1, despite a temporary 40mph limit being in place, and was given a driving ban due to 'repeat offending'

Helsinki has formally joined the nuclear-armed alliance - meaning it enjoys the protection of the coalition's Article V 'one for all and all for one' defensive pledge

Channel Nine TV US correspondent Alison Piotrowski was reporting on Donald Trump's indictment charges outside Trump Tower when a supporter labelled Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg 'a criminal'

Tory MP Richard Drax said legal action is being looked at as he called on Suella Braverman to scrap the plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on a barge in Dorset

James Cleverly welcomed Helsinki's entry into the 74-year-old, 30-member organsation - and vowed to press ahead with allowing Sweden into the nuclear-armed coalition

The Department of Health and Social Care quietly announced a move to halve promised cash for the social care workforce to £250 million which critics said would leave planned reforms to the struggling sector 'in tatters'

Suella Braverman claimed £700 expenses for rental flat - and she STILL hasn't paid it back ... is that right?