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The Tories are telling you to tighten your belts, while stripping the state of its assets. Fleet Street Fox has the receipts

Rachel Dickinson's 'blood boils' amid Partygate after she followed lockdown rules and stayed away from her mum - who struggled to get a face-to-face GP appointment when she became unwell. A few months after her symptoms began, she died from cancer

BBC presenter Fiona Bruce made clear on the programme on Thursday evening that a majority of the audience had voted for the Tories at the 2019 general election.

Households in England will see their bills rise on April 1 as most cash-strapped local authorities announce plans to hike council tax to the maximum level to plug black holes in their finances

The guardian of taxpayers’ money set up a scheme that was open to large-scale fraud, with some applicants even using the money to fund their drug habits

People are sick of the 'great leader' style of politics and are crying out for competence over showmanship, says Paul Routledge, meaning it's finally Keir Starmer's time

Hope Carrasquilla was told to resign as principal of the Tallahassee Classical School in Florida after parents found Michelangelo’s "David" and other landmark pieces of art offensive

Polling by YouGov found 66% of voters believe the shamed former Prime Minister knowingly misled the House of Commons, with just 15% thinking he did not. This is despite his pleas of innocence to the cross-party Privileges Committee

Mina Smallman tragically lost her daughters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry after they went to a park in North London to celebrate the latter's birthday

In Mr Starmer's role as leader of the Labour Party and MP he earned £126,154 in 2021/22 alongside capital gains of £85,466, a summary document showed. In total his tax bill was £67,033.

Writing exclusively for The Mirror, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says that too few crimes are investigated or solved, while serious violence has gone up and confidence in police has fallen

Commons leader Penny Mordaunt hit out at Andrew Bridgen, who she accused of sharing "falsehoods" originating in Russia and China about Covid

The Labour leader made a speech unveiling the party's plans to tackle crime. Policing has come under intense scrutiny this week following a damning report that found homophobic, racist and sexist culture within the Metropolitan Police

Due to capital gains being charged at a lower rate than income tax, the Tory leader paid an effective tax rate of just 22% on all his income - almost equivalent to a nurse on £36k

Labour MP John Spellar has put forward a Private Member's Bill calling for the law to be changed to ensure cricket test matches and Six Nations matches are permanently available to watch for free on TV

Dr Hannah Barham-Brown had been in London to attend a Motability event at the House of Lords when she was stuck on the fourth floor of a hotel in the middle of a fire alarm

Edi Rama, who is the UK ahead of a meeting with Rishi Sunak, voiced his anger at the way Albanians have been singled out by the Home Secretary

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford announced the go-ahead for two freeports in Wales, including a development based at Port Talbot and Milford Haven

Former friends Donald Trump and Piers Morgan continue to launched verbal grenades and now the ex-US President has returned to social media to fire a ratings attack

The former Prime Minister is joining the lucrative after-dinner speaking circuit - but is unlikely to command the fees paid to her fellow ex-PM, Boris Johnson

Rishi Sunak was quizzed about his commitment to the UK steel sector amid rising fears over job cuts and the support needed to switch to "green steel"

Marnie Swindells received the sum to help her company through lockdown. It opened for business last month after being incorporated in 2019

Tiffany Jones’ world fell apart when her dad Colin died from Covid at 11.25pm on December 18 2020 - at that very moment, a Christmas party was in full swing at No 10 Downing Street

The shameless former PM claimed he was only at leaving dos because it was his job to boost morale and staff deserved drinks as it was 'difficult times'

His claim that it was important for morale that he attended leaving parties was deeply offensive to key workers who toiled through equally long hours in far more gruelling circumstances