All news by author: Ben Glaze

Former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron has now become a peer, meaning he can sit in Rishi Sunak's Cabinet as Foreign Secretary without voters getting a say

The gulf between what French and German steel manufacturers pay compared with the costs faced by UK steel companies has been laid bare in a study by the industry's trade body

A poll for a Home Office-backed charity has revealed the extent to which youngsters are viewing violence on social media sites including TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube

Labour blamed the Home Secretary for sowing “hatred and mistrust” and called on her to quit after she was blamed for violence on Armistice Day

Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy called for a "full and immediate humanitarian pause" in Israel's war on Hamas - but stopped short of demanding a ceasefire

A study by the Silver Voices campaign group has laid bare the difficulties pensioners face in securing face-to-face appointments with their family doctors - forcing some to go private

A Conservative MP who is vice-chairwoman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Steel has raised fears of how Britain could be left relying on foreign firms for the metal it needs

Some cash meant to be targeted at the overhaul of crisis-hit social care has been spent elsewhere, according to the Whitehall spending watchdog, the National Audit Office

TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust warned train bosses and ministers they will face the 'force force' of the union if they try to resurrect plans to shut ticket offices

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

Apsana Begum used the King's Speech debate to reveal abuse she has suffered and how her fears for her safety have deepened following Hamas' terror attacks on Israel

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

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

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

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

The former Culture Secretary has penned tens of thousands of words about how her hero Prime Minister was ousted from No10 - and some of them are very weird indeed

The plant at Scunthorpe is the latest to come under the shadow of redundancies as the sector aims to slash carbon emissions by closing coal-fired blast furnaces

The Conservative Party vice-chairman issued an apology to Dr Tom Dolphin after sharing a news story about the medic last month - and has now paid £1,870 to the British Medical Association's strike fund

Former Conservative Party chairman Sir Jake Berry wrote to the police over fears the party was covering up a rape allegation against a sitting MP, according to Nadine Dorries' book

Keir Starmer continues to face down demands to back calls for a cessation of the violence in the Strip, as Israel retaliates for the October 7 attacks waged by Hamas

Ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, the Resolution Foundation said Whitehall departments are braced for cuts on the scale of those unleashed by George Osborne

Former party chairman Sir Jake Berry reportedly wrote to officers with concerns soon after leaving his role at Conservative Campaign Headquarters after Liz Truss quit