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Kate Forbes has already sparked a backlash after saying she wouldn't have supported same-sex marriage, and followed that up by saying having children out of wedlock "would be wrong according to my faith"

Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Southwark Crown Court in May for groping a 15-year-old boy in 2008

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes sparked a backlash just hours after announcing her candidacy by telling an interviewer that her conscience wouldn't allow her to vote for same-sex marriages - propelling Humza Yousaf into the driving seat

Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson said the ex-PM should be made to carry around the £4,000 wooden monstrosity after the Mirror revealed it has been left abandoned in No10 as officials have failed to find it a new home

The Levelling Up Secretary was spotted grooving to Donna Summer's hit 'I Feel Love' at Club Tropicana in the early hours of the morning at the weekend on another solo night out in Aberdeen

Rishi Sunak is racing to get an agreement on a new Brexit deal, but loud-mouthed Eurosceptic Tory MPs have warned the Prime Minister that they will revolt if he fails to deliver on their demands

Vladimir Putin's armoured vehicle was flanked by a police escort at around 1am local time on Tuesday morning as he made his way to Moscow ahead of a speech to country's federal assembly

The grim revelation came from the Citizens Advice charity, which called on the Government to widen new legislation to include private rental properties in its crackdown on substandard homes

Campaigners hailed the 'breakthrough moment' for the radical policy after a study tracked over 60 companies - from a chippy in Norfolk to a consultancy in Lancashire - in a six-month pilot

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ensure all primary pupils in England get a proper hot meal, as an estimated 800,000 children living in poverty miss out due to eligibility rules

We know uncaring Tories won’t do anything, but why isn’t Labour promising to make universal free school meals a ­manifesto commitment to clinch a General Election and give Britain a fresh start?

Workers at Porton Down are being balloted for strike action with the result set to be announced on Monday. The lab was used to analyse the novichok that poisoned Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia

The former Prime Minister made her first address to the Commons from the backbenches in more than a decade after she was forced to quit No10 in October following her disastrous 49-day reign

Guto Harri, who was Boris Johnson's director of communications in Downing Street, urged the former PM and his allies to 'let the people in charge try and nail' a deal on Brexit arrangements in Northern Ireland

Henry Dimbleby, who authored the National Food Strategy for Boris Johnson, said the game-changing decision by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to offer free school meals to all primary pupils in the capital would prove the benefit of the scheme

Jonathan Gullis is accused of highlighting the impact of 13 years of Tory government after sharing a rant about anti-social behaviour as he pleaded for more police and CCTV

The UK formally severed its ties with the EU in 2020 after years of bitter Brexit wrangling but the future relationship with Brussels is very much not resolved - no matter what Boris Johnson says

SNP MP Kate Forbes is in prime position to take over from Nicola Sturgeon after launching her leadership campaign less than an hour after Angus Robertson said he wouldn't be standing

Susanna Reid was presenting the Good Morning Britain show from Ukraine, to mark one year since Russia invaded the country

He is inciting revolt against Rishi Sunak because he dreams of returning triumphant to No10. The people of the UK are pawns in Johnson’s game, pieces to be sacrificed for his insatiable ego and crazed goal

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper accused the Tories of allowing criminal gangs to deal drugs “on the streets, in town centres and even outside schools” as she promised to tackle hotspots

The Labour politician revealed youngsters across the city will enjoy the 'lifeline' from September, with 270,000 children benefiting - saving families an estimated £440 a year

In an article for the Mirror, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan revealed that all primary school children in the capital are to get free school meals from September saving struggling families hundreds of pounds

Determined to march in lockstep with Rishi Sunak to flee the Jeremy Corbyn era, Labour leader Keir Starmer elevates Nato to holy grail status

Officials had hoped the costly wooden monstrosity would be used by another Whitehall department or an embassy abroad, but the lectern is still languishing in Downing Street