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Ministers' refusal to engage in talks with unions will result in deaths, and proves they don't have our interests at heart, says Paul Routledge

Trials are being rescheduled due to a lack of prosecutors being available - as latest figures reveal outstanding cases in the Crown Courts are the highest on record

Jennie Shearan, a housewife who moved to South Tyneside with her young family in 1953, devoted incalculable hours campaigning for her local British Coal plant to stop polluting the area with emissions such as sulphur dioxide

Igor Levitin had been on a "secret" visit to Iran as Russia tries to speed up deliveries of missiles and military drones for use in Ukraine. He made an emergency landing due to 'security issues'

Maybe it was a mistake for women to turn up our noses at "girlboss" feminism just as a wave of misogyny threatens to wipe clean the slate of 50 years' worth of achievements, writes Sophie Bateman

Wearing a seat belt is a legal requirement for all drivers and passengers - a spokesman for the Prime Minister said it 'was a brief error of judgement'

The Prime Minister defied Tory calls to reduce the tax burden in the upcoming Budget as well as billionaire businessman Sir James Dyson who said the Government's economic policy was 'stupid'

The Prime Minister denied that the £2billion for more than 100 projects across the country was 'pork barrel politics' - as furious Tories branded it a 'f**k up of epic proportions'

Lee Anderson, who has previously claimed people can cook meals from scratch for 30p, posted a picture of one of his staff members, claiming she earns less than £30,000 but can afford to live in central London and go on foreign holidays

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, urging his allies to send more weapons to his army before new Russian offensives

The vacuum tycoon and knight of the realm lashed out at Rishi Sunak's Government over its approach to generating growth - and attacked ministers for hiking taxes on firms

The luxury RAF plane took a 41 minute flight from London to Blackpool, then on a 28 minute trip over to Darlington - as the PM visited key seats the Tories desperately need to hold onto in the next election

The former prime minister also urged his audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos to "stop worrying about Kremlinology" insisting Russia will "never" use nuclear weapons

A new poll found overall, 74% of Brits support legalising assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults

Today Simon Clarke, who served as a Cabinet Minister when Liz Truss was Prime Minister, had the gall to tell nurses relying on foodbanks they needed to 'budget better and take responsibility'

The Prime Minister announced the cash to regenerate the town centre in Catterick six months after footage emerged of him boasting about diverting levelling-up funds from deprived, urban areas

Tory Simon Clarke accused NHS workers of not managing their shrinking personal budgets properly. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who earns £84,000 a year as an MP, sparked fury with his comments

Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Bambos Charalambous gave just a snapshot of the estimated 18,000 arrested since the Mahsa Amini protests began last September

Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds has written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards calling for an urgent investigation into revelations of the arrangement between the then Prime Minister and a distant cousin

The food expert suggested creating a 'supportive environment' at work - No 10 gave out mini-cupcakes to reporters in Parliament to show Mr Sunak’s commitment to indulging in sweet treats at work

The RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch said the comments from Huw Merriman were evidence of the Government treating businesses in the pre-Christmas period as 'collateral damage'

The PM Rishi Sunak and the Business Secretary Grant Shapps have both highlighted the International Labour Organisation when defending proposals to impose 'minimum service levels' during industrial action

Lucy Tilley is desperate "to get out" of her flat in Salisbury after finding mould and damp growth in her bedroom. She claims her housing association Stonewater has offered money to paint over it

The Government sees itself as a nanny looking to protect people, writes disability rights campaigner Anna Morell, but today’s inconvenience is tomorrow’s justice won

The former Environment Secretary joins a growing number of Tories choosing to stand down amid fears Conservative MPs will lose their seats due to growing Labour support in the polls