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It’s more than double the figure the department spent on outside advisors the previous year. It comes as the department’s spending on temporary agency staff also reached a record high of nearly £40 million

Tory minister Alex Burghart admitted he uses an experimental “AI Red Box”, developed by the Cabinet Office, to sift through the stack of papers he’s given to read every day.

Pat Cullen, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, warned the Prime Minister that 'every option – including strike action – is on the table'

William Lai has won the Taiwanese presidential election in a third straight victory for Democratic Progressive Party despite warnings from China which wants to retake the breakaway island

There should really be more noble reasons for unleashing airstrikes on a country than oil, writes Mirror columnist Keir Mudie, but that's exactly what Rishi Sunak did at the end of the week

Tenants of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing say their complaints about infestations of mould causing misery and health problems are falling on deaf ears three years after two-year-old Awaab Ishak died from prolonged exposure

Junior doctors often hold our lives in their hands and work awful hours to have that responsibility, so why aren't they being paid their fair share, asks guest columnist Antony Cotton

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's dog Dilyn killed a gosling in the gardens of Buckingham Palace and he did not tell Queen Elizabeth - but she later made a comment when they met

People around the country are told to brace for "life-threatening" conditions, including heavy rainfall, blinding snow, plummeting temperatures and floods as an Artic storm hits the US

From laughing at the way Rishi Sunak used a hammer to relentlessly mocking Gillian Keegan over RAAC, Labour has been ramping up its attacks on the Tories ahead of an election year

While he's retired from government now, John Becrow was once a political powerhouse and mastermind. He's now taking his skills in a new direction as he enters reality television

If the opinion polls stay roughly the way they are, the Tory vote will be decimated and the big beasts with the small majorities will face televised shaming, says Brian Reade

Labour MP Nadia Whittome says that the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, should be closed - warning a suspected suicide onboard last month might not be the last

Labour leader Keir Starmer said it is now 'impossible' to go ahead with the HS2 line to Manchester, which Rishi Sunak scrapped in his Tory Party Conference speech in October

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that UK backing in the war against Russia won't falter amid alarm over slowing support from allies

The Labour leader Keir Starmer will order health bosses to prioritise children caught up in record NHS waiting lists and will 'personally monitor' progress if he wins power

Labour leader Keir Starmer today promises to end the NHS scandal which has left 180,937 children waiting more than 18 weeks for hospital treatment - despite Rishi Sunak pledging to cut waiting lists

Campaign group The Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign reports that more than 260,000 women affected by state pension age changes have died since their fight for justice began

Public rage was triggered by a TV drama about the PO injustices, but this mood has been bubbling under for quite a while

Campaigners say the Government is overlooking the "urgent need" to provide safe and legal routes for people fleeing war and persecution to claim asylum in the UK

Tory moderates have set up a bruising clash with right-wingers by calling for Rishi Sunak's Safety of Rwanda Bill to be toned down ahead of a crunch vote next week

Fellow Labour MPs expressed sympathies as Sir Tony Lloyd said he will be 'leaving hospital to spend the time I have left with my family'

The Tory peer Zac Goldsmith, who quit Rishi Sunak's cabinet in June last year after being named and shamed for attempting to undermine a Partygate probe, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court

Offers of compensation and exoneration to Post Office victims are not enough, says Fleet Street Fox. True justice comes when they close the scandal factory

An estimated 100 people have been injured on the cycle lane since it was installed in 2022 - including fractures, lost teeth, and significant bruising