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Despite some projects allegedly being 'shovel ready' the National Audit Office says delivery across three government funds worth up to £9.5billion is behind schedule

Labour leader Keir Starmer said managing his party is 'secondary to the international situation' as he considers replacements for eight shadow ministers who quit over the Gaza vote

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the changes with tougher penalties for those subject to benefit sanctions for more than six months ahead of next week's Autumn Statement

Almost 60 Labour MPs defied the party whip while eight Shadow Ministers were including Jess Phillips, Naz Shah and Afzal Khan resigned from Keir Starmer's frontbench

The former Tory minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns said rebels could end up looking 'very stupid toppling another leader' but said the party has to 'bite the bullet now'

Labour shadow ministers who vote for the ceasefire if the SNP amendment is picked on Wednesday could be sacked. But one frontbencher told The Mirror they were prepared to accept the consequences.

The ex-Home Secretary accused the Prime Minister of 'lacking in the qualities of leadership this country needs' after he removed her from the Cabinet

All four of the Great Offices of State - PM, Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary - are now filled by men who went to private schools which now charge tens of thousands per year

Dame Andrea Jenkyns argued 'it's time for Rishi Sunak to go' as she became the first Conservative MP to publicly send a letter to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady

Since leaving No10 David Cameron has been at the centre of a lobbying scandal, criticised Rishi Sunak's decision to scrap the northern leg of HS2, and faced an interrogation by the Covid Inquiry over his austerity measures

The former Natwest chief executive Dame Alison Rose resigned in July amid intense political pressure after talking to a BBC journalist about the ex-Ukip leader Nigel Farage's bank account

Under-fire Suella Braverman is facing a fight for her survival after No10 said an article she wrote hitting out at the police had not been cleared. One senior Tory MP called her position 'untenable'.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handwritten note to colleagues was shown as the former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel faced a grilling from the Covid Inquiry

The Home Secretary faces a growing backlash over her cruel plan to fine charities if they give tents to homeless people, but Rishi Sunak is refusing to sack her

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 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 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

The Tories attempted to sweep out the bad news before the King's Speech, which will set our Rishi Sunak's priorities in the build-up to next year's likely general election

The Labour leader met around a dozen of the party's Muslim MPs in Parliament in a bid to defuse tensions after a string of councillors quit the party in protest

MPs will vote today on whether Peter Bone should be suspended for six weeks over the claims of bullying and inappropriate behaviour. It could pave the way for another by-election

The Labour leader is expected to meet with Muslim Labour MPs on Wednesday in an attempt to defuse growing anger in the party over its position on the Middle East conflict

The Scottish Labour leader said his party should be 'brave' and act to reform the upper chamber when it has 'maximum political capital' in the early years of winning power

The brutal polling shows Rishi Sunak's personal ratings have also taken a tumble a year after he was picked by Tory MPs to replace 49-day PM Liz Truss as party leader

The benefit for 12 million pensioners across the country is due to rise by 8.5% in April under the triple lock pledge - unless the Tories go ahead with a tweak to the system

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union announced a massive majority of its members had approved the action - for the fourth time in a row since the summer of 2022