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Industry leaders highlighted the figures to show how the sector could continue to ease pressure on the NHS and carry out other routine work, freeing up other staff

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said plans would end the 'cycle of criminality' triggered by a 'merry-go-round of short sentences' as ministers battle to solve overcrowding in prisons

The Tory candidate in the Mid-Bedfordshire by-election Festus Akinbusoye didn’t mention that the Conservative-controlled local council had signed off an erosion of green belt land

The Commission launched by the 49-day Prime Minister will unveil an alternative agenda on 14 November - a week before the Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers the Autumn Statement

The SNP leader Humza Yousaf said his in-laws Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla were out on the street in war-torn Gaza after being evacuated from a house in 'false alarm'

One survey this weekend shows the party's lead over the Conservatives has increased to 16 points - up from 14 last week - while Keir Starmer's personal ratings are also on the rise

Research shows Labour’s plan for a publicly-owned energy transmission company could upgrade the UK’s creaking network much more cheaply than the current privatised firm

It comes after party leader Keir Starmer was targeted with a 'deepfake' audio of his voice apparently berating an aide

Keir Mudie says is he terrified by the Israeli president Isaac Herzog who is putting the blame for the ­inhumanity of Hamas on to all Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

Brendan Cox said he was worried for Keir Starmer and wife Victoria in that moment - "not knowing if it was just a random protester or somebody with the worst intent"

Greenhouse gases have already warmed the atmosphere enough to lock in between 17.5mm-52.4mm of global sea level rise by 2100 and any further warming will only increase that, MPs have warned

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey, who lost both his cancers to cancer when he was young, said it is 'a scandal' that so many patients are waiting months to start treatment

Nearly 60 per cent of Australians have today voted to reject The Voice referendum, which would have given more political power to the nation's Aboriginal and Torres Strait population

The Metropolitan Police re-opened its investigation into the 'Jingle and Mingle' bash after requesting the damning video of aides dancing, drinking and laughing at Covid rules

As many as 1,500,000 British homes could face more regular flooding, experts warned as they sounded another alarm over climate change concerns to MPs on Friday

As the fight between Labour and the Conservatives gets even more intense after their conferences, the question over which party has the interests of younger voters at heart is more important than ever

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage said that he had been 'refused banking facilities' by 10 other banks before finding a new home with Lloyds

Ministers have failed to insist that UK-produced steel is used to build a £1.6billion fleet of naval supply vessels which will restock frigates and destroyers on operations

WhatsApps shown to the Covid Inquiry reveal Cabinet Secretary Simon Case complained about Carrie Johnson's influence and warned the Government risked appearing a 'terrible, tragic joke' over lockdown flip-flopping

An audience member was applauded when he told Conservative Minister Victoria Atkins: 'I truly struggle to understand how the Tories believe that they are helping young people with housing'

Protester Yaz Ashmawi apologised for grabbing Labour leader Keir Starmer as he glitter bombed him at the start of his keynote speech to the party's annual conference in Liverpool

Our support for Israel should also be ­accompanied by a greater diplomatic effort to secure humanitarian aid to Gaza as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been left homeless

Conference-goers and the general public were able to visit 35 portraits at the Museum of Liverpool from our People Move Instagram project to celebrate 100 extraordinary people

Toriano Reid said he has been threatened he faces three months in jail if he fails to pay his £14,300 fine for attending his niece's small birthday gathering in his garden in 2020

Keir Starmer pledged to cut the number of people waiting for treatment in England with a £1.1billion overtime fund designed to create an extra 2million appointments and scans a year