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The comments from Nimco Ali came as the Government's Illegal Migration Bill passed the first parliamentary hurdle - but former PM Theresa May suggested victims of modern slavery would be treated as 'collateral damage'

The former Immigration Minister is the most high-profile Conservative MP to express concern over the proposals to "stop the boats" as MPs gear up for the first vote in the Commons on Monday

Over the weekend the Chancellor said there was a 'serious risk' to the UK's technology and life sciences sectors as a result of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

The Chancellor faced questions from the ex-Cabinet minister Esther McVey and Tory backbencher Philip Davies. Next week he will unveil the Budget to MPs in the Commons.

The Match of the Day host's comments led to criticism from Tory MPs and Cabinet ministers, including the Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.

The senior Labour MP - now Keir Starmer’s Shadow Foreign Secretary - said it 'wasn't easy' arriving in Parliament 'being young and black and from a working-class background' in 2000

The New Economics Foundation says those from the poorest households will be £330-a-year worse off with rents rising twice as fast between April 2020-2023 than pre-pandemic levels

Charlotte Nichols - the MP for Warrington North since 2019 - also claimed that separately she had been 'repeatedly sexually propositioned' by a Tory MP 'old enough to be my grandfather'

Union boss representing senior civil servants has written to Rishi Sunak and urged him to order the Home Secretary to withdraw and apologise for the comments to Tory supporters on Tuesday

Weeks after winning the keys to No10 after Liz Trus's short-lived Government collapsed, the PM said at in November he stood by the vow to lift the lid on his vast wealth

Cross-party MPs on the Public Accounts Committee claim HMRC's attempts to claw back some £2.3 billion incorrectly paid to employers claiming furlough has been 'woeful'

Stanley Johnson is an alleged wife-beater and sexist predator and one Boris Johnson's candidates for a knighthood - here are some previously reported claims about the discredited former Prime Minister's dad

The Labour leader is reportedly mulling hiring the top official who authored a report into lockdown-busting parties in No10 during Boris Johnson's Government as his chief-of-staff.

The party said the cash injection from wealthy individuals is the highest in a non-general election year since 2008. The biggest individual gift - of £2million - came from Lord Sainsbury, figures show.

Ministers are now facing calls to abandon the cap - around £1,666 per month for a couple per month outside London - which one expert said makes 'no logical sense'

The grim estimates from 2022 published by the Government show a 74% increase since 2010 when the snapshot was introduced. It also shows the first increase since a peak in 2017

The Prime Minister described the new Windsor Framework as a 'decisive breakthrough' alongside European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen. But he faces a showdown with MPs over the new terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol in Parliament.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the current speaker of the House of Commons, said: 'Not only was Betty Boothroyd an inspiring woman, but she was also an inspirational politician, and someone I was proud to call my friend'

The ex-Prime Minister's 'jocular conversation' with an ex-Cabinet minister came as his successor in No10 battled to get a new agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol over the line.

The Deputy Prime Minister is currently facing a probe into allegations made by dozens of officials about his behaviour - but dismissed calls to stand aside while probe is carried out

Ms Berger's annoucement to return to her 'political home' after four years also came as Labour's general election war chest was boosted with a £2million donation from former donor Lord David Sainsbury

There could be fireworks in the Commons next week after ex-PM Boris Johnson refused to say whether Rishi Sunak could count on his support over changes to the Nothern Ireland Protocol

The survey comes as a fresh blow to the Prime Minister whose party is trailing Labour in the national polls. One expert said it 'should ring some alarm bells in No10'

Labour leader Keir Starmer set out his plans for a better Britain in a major speech in Manchester. Here's what his 'five missions' for the future of the country are and whether they can be achieved

The former Tory Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis - who backed the report - said that since the 1970s 'we have consistently failed to deliver enough new housing'