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O’Mara, 41 was convicted yesterday of six counts of fraud, after he and members of his staff attempted to submit fake expense claims worth £24,000 in the name of a fictitious disability support charity

The Commons heard that Erkin Tuniyaz, governor of Xinjiang in China, plans to travel to the UK on a diplomatic passport, and could meet Whitehall officials next week - despite being branded a "mastermind" of the genocide of Uyghur Muslims

The new deputy chairman repeatedly asked his interviewer on BBC Radio Nottingham if she had ever told a lie when she tried to ask him about a 2019 incident when he was caught persuading a pal to pretend to be an anti-Labour swing voter

The grim outlook for the Conervatives comes after 12 months of chaos in the party with the toppling of two Prime Ministers and resignations over sleaze allegations

As all eyes were on President Joe Biden and his wife after she swanned in to cheers from the Democrats, Jill and Doug Emhoff misjudged the distance between them and appeared to make the social slip up

Ministers have been accused of 'throwing in the towel' on tackling fuel poverty - as Greenpeace UK threatens legal action over the Government's failure to meet requirements to reduce fuel poverty

Just 33,570 people applied to a UK nurse undergraduate course by the January deadline, down from 41,220 in 2022 and 46,040 in 2021

Lee Anderson, who was promoted to the upper echelons of the Conservative Party on Tuesday, said in an interview that capital punishment has a "100% success rate" for preventing reoffending

Rishi Sunak, who had ruled out sending aircraft to help Ukrainians repel the Russians, immediately announced the Government was now reviewing this decision

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned that without sophisticated fighter jets and long-range missiles to defend the skies, the war risks entering a long period of "stagnation"

The under-fire Deputy Prime Minister fixed Mr Starmer with a hard, unblinking stare, shooting daggers at him for a solid seven seconds

Russian internet trolls are targeting social media posts - Western officials are monitoring other countries where the dangerous messages are gaining more interest

The judge said O'Mara had been accused of trying to fraudulently claim up to £30,000 in taxpayers' money to fund an "extravagant lifestyle - drink, cigarettes and, above all, cocaine"

Disgraced ex-prime minister Boris Johnson has earned a total of £4.8 million so far as he travels the world cashing in on his scandal-filled time in Downing Street

Singer-songwriter Lemar Obika appeared on Wednesday morning’s Good Morning Britain and described how he developed tinnitus

New Conservative chairman Greg Hands dodged questions on Lee Anderson's history of controversial remarks, including suggestions people using foodbanks cannot cook or budget 'properly'

The heroic war leader made a shock visit to the UK today where he met Rishi Sunak and delivered an address in Westminster Hall, the first foreign leader to do so since ex-US President Barack Obama gave a speech there in 2011

Serial rapist and former police officer David Carrick has been given 36 life sentences and will serve more than 30 years in prison, for crimes spanning almost two decades

A former Whitehall official alleges Dominic Raab's behaviour was 'nasty and difficult', and the top Tory used 'demeaning tactics to make himself the most powerful person in the room', according to a BBC Newsnight interview

An email aimed at introducing new Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands - who will take charge of the Tory election campaign - appears to have revealed when we'll be going to the polls

The Fire Brigades Union has warned if there is not a 'significant shift' at a last ditch meeting with employers today then they will announce the dates of strike action

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research issues its latest quarterly briefing - warning of misery for households across the UK and attacking Tory levelling-up claims

Researchers found work is often not a route out of hardship for families where both parents or a single parent is already working full-time, have long-term sickness or disability, or caring responsibilities

The case for a proper windfall tax on the corporate cash machine is overwhelming with BP's profits more than doubling, it tells us all we need to know about the Tories

The SurveyMonkey poll for the Silver Voices group revealed an overwhelming majority in favour of a ballot in 2023 amid growing anger at the Conservatives