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Jeremy Hunt announced an "ambition" for all primary schools to provide childcare between 8am and 6pm in last week’s Budget speech - but when the 'startup cash' runs out, parents will be on the hook

The demand came in a letter signed by Tory Former Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Labour former Defence Minister Kevan Jones, a member of the Intelligence and Security

Taxpayers footed the bill for top-flight journeys made by 115 MPs, with Tory Anne Marie Morris claiming the most back with £2,842 for 11 trips from her constituency to London

The Toronto Maple Leafs are used to being spoken about in the sporting world, but not by US President Joe Biden, who fired a dig their way during a parliamentary meeting

NON-LEAGUE DAY: Walthamstow FC have enjoyed a jump in their attendances - despite the cost-of-living crisis - by offering affordable football and connecting with the community

'The shortage of NHS dentists has left patients with a choice of expensive private treatment, suffering in silence or DIY agony'

The former Health Secretary has been claiming £3,300 a month for a property in London since September, shortly before he earned £320,000 for appearing on TV reality show, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here

Liz Truss - who lasted just 49 days as PM after she tanked the economy - has nominated at least four new lifelong members of the House of Lords.

The Government intends to use Personal Independence Payments, a benefit designed to help us cover extra living costs as Disabled people, as the passport for additional Universal Credit money

The revelation comes as the BanktheFood charity launches a fresh appeal for people to donate goods via its app to help ease the plight of hard-up households

Brian Reade lambasts the two former leaders who are refusing to accept they are now redundant

The Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill received an unopposed third reading in the Commons. It will now be scrutinised in the House of Lords before it becomes law.

The disgraced ex-Premier should be denied another chance at leading Britain, according to a Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll for the Mirror. It comes as MPs are investigating whether he deliberately misled Parliament

The UK Statistics Authority has written to the government after three ministers including Mr Sunak claimed in December that the current backlog is half what it was when Labour was in office - whereas official figures show it is 150,000 higher

Donald Trump took to his Truth Social media platform to write his most incendiary and unhinged message yet as he faces being arrested over his payment to porn star Stormy Daniels

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the European Commission's Maros Sefcovic agreed to adopt the new Windsor Framework which is aimed at undoing some of Boris Johnson's botched deal

Latest figures show the North East is housing a larger proportion of people fleeing persecution than any other region of the UK, with a rate ten times higher than the South East and South West

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