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Business Minister Nusrat Ghani was hauled to Parliament for a grilling over plans to shut blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, which comes weeks after Tata announced a similar move at Port Talbot

Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams has shared his thoughts over speculation that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were snubbed from King Charles' 75th birthday party next week

Lord Mark Sedwill, who was Cabinet Secretary at the start of the pandemic, admitted emergency planners "couldn't cope" with the crisis and warned of "stupid decisions" in a dispute over Mr Cummings' data

The Prime Minister held crisis talks with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley in Downing Street about the rally due to take place in London on Saturday

Imran Hussain quit as Shadow Minister for the New Deal for Working People in protest at the Labour leader's ongoing refusal to call for a ceasefire from Israel's Defence Forces

Britain’s biggest foodbank network, the Trussell Trust, has given out a record 1.5million emergency parcels in just six months, and warned winter will get even worse

Labour will highlight the stark figure during a debate on the King's Speech warning there could be a 'lost generation of school children' without major action from Government

The behaviour of Donald Trump's lawyers is "surprising" but not "shocking" as Alina Habba needs to portray her client as the "victim" to help mobilise support among his base, according to a professor

The King's Speech was full of holes with Charles surely deserving a better address at the first state opening of Parliament and it was an indication of Rishi Sunak's Government falling apart

The Tories are so out of touch after 13 years their hopes are vanishing. The glaring missed opportunities would see a footballer dropped, ordered to train with kids and told told to replace square boots.

Keir Starmer said the country wanted the PM to 'stop messing around' as he accused him of setting out a 'recipe for Britain’s decline' on a day described as a 'new low'

Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, likely won't be coming to her father's rescue as she is set to testify in court on Wednesday in his $250 million fraud suit

Donald Trump's defence in the historic Georgia indictment that saw him charged with 13 felony counts of racketeering and election interference could take 'a big hit' from testimony provided by defendants who accepted plea deals

The ex-PM's former chief-of-staff Edward Lister also told the Covid Inquiry he recalled Mr Johnson saying 'let the bodies pile high' in the summer of 2020 than impose another lockdown

The Labour leader warned the Conservatives offered 'only gimmicks, division, and more of the same' after the Government's plans for new laws were set out in the King's Speech

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, including in the King's Speech, will see the legal age for buying cigarettes rise by one year every year with new restrictions on vaping

The English football authorities are "firmly in added time" to strike a new deal on financial distribution, the chair of a key parliamentary committee warned on Thursday

Documents released alongside the King's Speech reveal the Government is considering a new duty on vape sales and a ban on disposable devices alongside a new cigarette ban

The government will set up independent regulator next year to the delight of campaigners who say it will protect clubs for bad owners but top flight sides are not sold on plans with doubts over how much power new body will really have

The exchange of pleasantries between the PM and Labour leader came ahead of the monarch's address to Parliament setting out the Government's agenda ahead of the next general election

Rishi Sunak has drawn up a list of 20 planned new laws, but the blueprint announced in the King's Speech doesn't include promised bans on trophy hunting and conversion therapy

King Charles outlined the government's proposed laws at the State Opening of Parliament today, which highlighted plans to ban smoking and grant judges extra powers

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi accused her party of having long 'failed' to respond to and support victims following claims that rape allegations against an MP were covered up

King Charles III will travel from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster tomorrow to formally open the last session of Parliament before next year's general election. Here we look at the pomp and circumstance of the ceremony

Plans to force criminals to attend sentencing hearings and changes to leasehold rules will be announced as the King reads out the laws Rishi Sunak wants to pass before the election