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As latest YouGov data reveals a huge confidence gap between girls and boys in science and maths, Labour MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diversity, Chi Onwurah, argues that we must address the barriers to young women in STEM

Labour leader Keir Starmer was being interviewed after wins in the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections when he was asked about Rishi Sunak's jibe about trans people at PMQs

The Question Time audience ridiculed Tory minister Graham Stuart as he struggled to say whether Rishi Sunak had grown the economy as the UK slipped into a recession

In a stonking victory Labour overturned an 18,000 majority in Wellingborough on a 28.5% swing - the second biggest from the Tories at a by-election since the Second World War

The crucial vote in Wellingborough was triggered after the disgraced ex-Tory MP Peter Bone was ousted from the Commons by his own constituents

One tonight's BBC Question Time MPs were peppered with questions, as the country entered into a recession and the fallout from the anti-Semitic comments of a prospective Labour MP continued

'Steelworkers will march on Friday against plans that would cost 2,500 jobs - its time to fight for the future of Port Talbot - we need serious investment to decarbonise and rebuild after decades of under-investment'

There are concerns there will be yet more savage cuts to decimated public services - the Office for National Statistics, on Thursday, said the economy shrank by a worse-than-feared 0.3% in the final three months of last year

On tonight's episode of BBC Question Time, as politicians of all colours bickered and pointed the finger at one another, one student told a heartbreaking story about poverty at her university

Housing campaigner and guest columnist Kwajo Tweneboa sets the record straight on what could be one of the most decisive issues in the next General Election

Paul Routledge rightly addresses the 'phoney war in the Pennine foothills' over the dumping of Rochdale's Labour candidate Azhar Ali, saying it's clouding the party's judgement to fight proper battles

More than half of those responding to the YouGov poll, commissioned by the think tank Common Wealth, said they thought Labour's plan would have a positive impact on household bills

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Rishi Sunak was 'taking the country backwards' after Britain sunk into recession at the end of last year - despite his vow to grow the economy

Atiqul Hoque, mayor of Salisbury in Wiltshire, was expelled from the Conservative Party after an investigation into claims of anti-Semitism, but has vowed to clear his name

Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged space nuclear weapon plot could 'stymie' a more conventional war in Europe, according to a security and intelligence expert

A new strategy calls for a new contractual model which switches decision-making from Whitehall to operators

Critics have lashed out over the 'Rishi recession' announced this morning - just hours after a mega-poll showed the Tories could be left with just 80 MPs after the election

At least 23 people have come forward claiming they were conceived using the sperm of married doctor Burton Caldwell who told clients the sperm would come from an anonymous medical student

Esther Ghey said social media firms need to show more moral responsibility as she paid tribute to her daughter, who she said initially wanted to be known as Britney

Rachel Reeves says Rishi Sunak's economic policies are "in tatters" after ONS data showed the UK entered a recession at the end of last year in a hammer blow to the PM

Elon Musk has called for the US not to send Ukraine a $95 (£75,6) billion aid bill - as there is "no way in hell" that Vladimir Putin loses the war

A crisis in nursing recruitment could push the NHS to collapse, a union boss has warned, as new UCAS figures showed another sharp decrease in people applying for degree courses

David Cameron urged Congress to vote through a package of funding for countries including Ukraine and said: 'I do not want us show the weakness displayed against Hitler in the 1930s''

Under a new Conservative policy due to take hold in the UK in the Spring, thousands of overseas workers could be separated from their families, friends and loved ones

Think tank Labour Together, which plays a key role advising Keir Starmer, said the party's vote share could turn 'a razor-thin margin into a fairly comfortable Labour victory'