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In a fiery PMQs exchange Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, and other MPs discussed a Tory donor's racist comments about Diane Abbott - but the veteran MP was not chosen to ask the PM a question

Communities Secretary Michael Gove has unveiled a long-awaited extremism definition aimed at ensuring certain groups are effectively blacklisted by public bodies

Artist Damien Hirst, who was a free school meals kid, will argue that culture should be 'not just for the rich by the rich' as he endorses Labour's plan to widen access

The US is between the Devil and the deep blue zzzzzeee as Joe BIden and Donald Trump lock aged horns once again - with unenthusiastic voters telling the Mirror 'what alternative do we have? Anyone but Trump'...

Both current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have a slew of issues they must overcome if either of them hope to win reelection and beat out the other in November

The Government has repeatedly refused to share its assessments on tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite saying it is a safe country

The former Shadow Cabinet Minister Andy McDonald had the Labour whip suspended in October over comments he made at a pro-Palestine rally. He has since sat as an independent MP

The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, but many other counts in the indictment remain

Lucy Alexander has secured another big break on daytime television after leaving behind Homes Under the Hammer. At the same time, she is also helping her famous children find property as they fly the nest

Pensioner Sandra fears for her life as she struggles to stay warm in her uninsulated home which is overrun with damp and mould. Here, she shares her terrifying situation with The Mirror

Rishi Sunak was challenged to explain how he'd find an estimated £46billion a year to scrap National Insurance Contributions (NICs), but didn't rule out NHS and pension cuts

Businessman Frank Hester allegedly said that seeing MP Diane Abbott on TV made him 'want to hate all Black women' and that she should be 'shot' in a meeting in 2019

US politicians will vote this week on a bill to ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok unless its owner, technology company ByteDance, sells it

Pollster Savanta said it was the lowest vote share it had recorded for the Tories since Liz Truss was forced to resign as Prime Minister in 2022 after trashing the economy

Conservative Minister Kevin Hollinrake made the extraordinary admission as the Government battles the move on from the row over Frank Hester's alleged comments about Diane Abbott

Businessman Frank Hester, who gifted the Tories £10million, allegedly said seeing Diane Abbott on TV made him 'want to hate all Black women' and that she should be 'shot'

Vladimir Putin's show of strength to the West has seen the dictator send up strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea - and has declared weapons "exist to use them"

Britain is gearing up for a general election this year after 14 years of Tory rule. Here are the latest polls and odds on Labour, the Conservatives, Reform UK, Lib Dems and more

New legislation to finally clear the names of hundreds of wrongly-convicted postmasters will at last be introduced today after they had their lives ruined by the Horizon scandal

The Labour leader Keir Starmer who spoke with Dame Esther Rantzen over the phone committed to holding a free vote in Parliament within five years if he wins the general election

The arrogance of the government spokesman trying to claim the remarks were not gender or race-based would be laughable if this wasn’t so serious, writes Darren Lewis

A video showing Donald Trump apparently accidentally ignoring his own grandson, Ivanka's son Joseph, as the likely future Republican candidate shook hands with audience members and other celebrities before snubbing his own grandson

The PM earlier declined to say whether millionaire Frank Hester’s alleged comments that Diane Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women' were racist - only that they were 'unacceptable'

Frank Hester, who is the Conservative Party's biggest donor, allegedly said looking at Diane Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women' and that she 'should be shot'

Ministers have announced emergency measures to let prisoners out early to free up jail space - but there are concerns the probation service will not be able to cope