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It has emerged rail firms consulted with ministers before pressing ahead with the cull, but the Government has tried to claim it was not involved when it could have halted it

How has the region that was the ­backbone of the industrial revolution sunk from being one of the world’s richest to one of Europe’s poorest?

Georgie Henley, who plays fictional No10 special adviser Grace Greenwood, hopes seeing Tory lies re-enacted in the show will encourage public to show their outrage at ballot box

The PM will unveil plans for a roads spending bonanza at Conservative Party conference as he faces accusations he's doing the dirty on the North by cancelling HS2 to Manchester

A Mirror survey revealed people are increasingly concerned about crime in their local area. The majority (55%) would support tougher penalties for those convicted of shoplifting

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The House of Commons Library calculated that £90.3billion more cash would have been injected into the armed forces if the Conservatives stuck with spending 2.5% of GDP on defence

The Government insisted it was not going to axe the lifeline following reports Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was drawing up plans that would have meant only the very poorest OAPs would still be eligible

Unless a divided house can unite by Sunday, the US government will shutdown. This could leave millions not receiving their paychecks and millions more unable to access bassociaic services

Labour criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for trying to portray himself as a friend of drivers as he prepares to block English councils from imposing 20mph speed limits

Dianne Feinstein was the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman mayor of San Francisco, and one of two of the first women elected to the US Senate from California

Security staff were pictured checking over crates of plonk as Tory faithful, MPs and ministers prepare to descend on Manchester for the annual Conservative Party Conference

Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found the Conservative Government has presided over the biggest set of tax rises in a single parliament since the Second World War

Earlier this year, Republican legislators in Kentucky brought in a bill dubbed by Democrat oppenents as 'most extreme anti-LGBTQ bill in America.' In this environment LGBT+ people are chosing to move out of the state

Rishi Sunak told the Westminster Correspondents Dinner that Liz Truss had been 'quietly reflecting' on what went wrong - and quipped that he was tightening online safety rules to protect the public from Matt Hancock's TikTok antics

A new report by UK 2040 Options and The Resolution Foundation found that the richest 1% earn 13% of the UK’s total income, with huge differences according to where people live and their ethnicity

Melania Trump has reportedly renegotiated her prenup with Donald Trump ahead of his potential second term in the White House with aims to ensure that she and their son Barron, 17, are provided for

New figures reveal 911,000 over-55s withdrew £13billion using their "pensions freedoms" last year, sparking fears that future retirees face financial misery

Questioned yesterday, he refused to endorse her claim about multiculturalism - if he disagrees so profoundly with her views he should not have her in his Cabinet

As Republican lawmakers in the Sunshine State restrict rights in a desperate attempt to 'erase' LGBTQ people many are choosing to flee the state for more enlightened parts but many others are choosing to stay and fight

In a clear sign of a split with the under-fire Home Secretary, the Prime Minister described the UK as a 'fantastic multicultural democracy' during interviews on Thursday

The number of serious criminal cases waiting to get to court has reached a record high with the Crown Court backlog hitting 64,709 at the end of June this year

Labour leader Keir Starmer said the challenges around the world 'are too great' and that the 'important, special relationship' between the UK and the US must be maintained

Leyburn Primary School in Rishi Sunak's Richmond, North Yorks, constituency doesn't have enough cash to pay for new computers. The PM donated a £10 bottle of wine to help

The former Prime Minister has secured a victory with local planners after newts threatened to derail his bid for an outdoor pool at the luxury manor house in Oxfordshire