All news by author: Ben Glaze

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

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

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

Senior Conservative backbench MP Caroline Nokes, who chairs the Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee, lashed out at backbench party colleagues who present on the channel

The Prime Minister was repeatedly tackled about fears he plans to axe the high-speed line to Manchester, as he carried out a series of local radio interviews from his No10 bunker

Grim research shows how 39% of people earning less than the Real Living Wage of £10.90 an hour turned to foodbanks in the past month amid the cost-of-living crisis

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said it was 'concerning' if Rishi Sunak was shocked at the scale of spending when he was responsible for overseeing HS2 as Chancellor

Lord Harris of Peckham, who was close to Margaret Thatcher, hit out at the party, saying: "You can't think of many good things that the Conservatives have done and stuck to"

The former President of the COP26 climate summit announced he was quitting Parliament, just days after blasting Rishi Sunak's watering down of net-zero policies

Greenpeace blasted the Rosebank oilfield decision by the North Sea Transition Authority, but supporters said it will create jobs and boost the UK's energy security amid the war in Ukraine

The gold medal-winning rower has been selected at the Conservatives' candidate to fight the constituency of Colchester, Essex, where the party's majority is less than 10,000

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has flown to the US to give a speech on rewriting international human rights rules as thousands of desperate people make dangerous Channel crossings

Community union’s general secretary Roy Rickhuss will hold crisis talks with staff at the South Wales factory over the deal between Tata and the Tories for electric arc production

The Prime Minister could block the chance of early release for rapists when the Government unveils it agenda in the King's Speech in November, according to reports

The former Prime Minister and ex-Labour leader made the intervention for a windfall levy as preparations intensify for this year's COP28 climate conference in Dubai

The Prime Minister is reportedly planning to cut death duties and outline a path to axing it completely, as he battles to win back wealthy voters ahead of the general election

The Prime Minister backed a review ordered by Home Secretary Suella Braverman after an armed Metropolitan Police officer was charged with murder over a shooting last year

The Prime Minister was quizzed about plans for the high speed railway, which have already been scaled back and could face another overhaul in a bid to save cash

Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership has paved the way for tighter links with US Democrats ahead of next year’s crunch elections in Britain and America

Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy warned that Britain has been 'missing on the world stage' as he spoke to the Mirror in Washington DC where he will meet White House officials

Talks have taken place between company executives and unions involved at Britain's biggest steelworks, where 3,000 jobs are due to go under a switch to electric arc furnaces

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey spoke exclusively to the Mirror during a trip to Washington DC where he has held a series of meetings with senior White House and Pentagon figures

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey spoke to the Mirror on a week-long trip to Washington DC, where he is meeting senior figures from President Joe Biden's administration

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 'terrorists have no right to hold nuclear weapons' as he warned of the danger posed by Russia in a speech to the UN General Assembly

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey said that Britain should be 'ready to work through' challenges posed if Donald Trump wins the presidential election and returns to the White House