All news by author: Dave Burke

It's one year since Kwasi Kwarteng stood up in the Commons and unleashed an economic wrecking ball that's still causing misery for millions - we look at what happened

Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry criticised ministers after being told the Ministry of Justice doesn't have figures on the number of cases where people serving the public are assaulted

The ex-PM sparked anger when he gave Parliament's anti-corruption watchdog just half an hour's notice that he'd started writing a weekly column for the Daily Mail

The Prime Minister claimed that he was getting rid of "heavy handed" measures as he rolled back on green policies - but one of his own MPs said "nobody serious" was talking about them

David Meller was chair of sex pest scandal charity the Presidents Club. The businessman, who has donated nearly £70,000 to the Tories, has been appointed to the Board of Trade

Rishi Sunak was branded "desperate and directionless" after tearing up green policies in a move which has opened up a fresh Conservative Party civil war

The flip-flopping Prime Minister is tipped to announce that a ban on new petrol and diesel cars will be pushed back five years to 2035 - just a day after Liz Truss called for a delay

Michael Gove has announced that Government-appointed Commissioners will take over the management of Birmingham City Council after it declared itself effectively bankrupt

Senior Tory MP Caroline Nokes called on the Home Office to listen to concerns rather than 'bunker down and defend policies and practices that are found to be inadequate'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT An inquiry found workers repeatedly said 'if he dies, he dies' to taunt detainees, with staff 'too quick to employ force' at Brook House immigration removal centre (IRC) close to Gatwick Airport

Veteran Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh accused the Government of 'misapplying' public money over its plans to move 2,000 asylum seekers to RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire

The disaster Prime Minister came out swinging in a brazen speech in which she hit out at civil servants, the Bank of England, Joe Biden, her Tory colleagues, the media and called for the pension age to rise

Dehenna Davison has told Rishi Sunak she is "stepping back fully" due to chronic migraines which mean she can't continue as Levelling Up Minister

Almost a year on from the disastrous mini-budget, the 49-day PM claimed interest rates would have risen even without her intervention and sidestepped questions over her honours' list

The 49-day disaster PM will warn the UK is in a "precarious position" at risk of a "downward spiral" as she demands extreme measures from No10 and defends her policies which unleashed chaos

Clive Lewis, who has been vocal in his support for payments, said he was optimistic that a "forward-thinking" administration could address historic wrongs

Ian Russell, whose daughter Molly died in 2017 aged just 14, said it's important the bosses of social media platforms face the risk of jail as he branded the Online Safety Bill a "start"

The Labour leader said the Government has "run out of energy" when asked about Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt likening him to Ryan Gosling's character and saying he had "no balls"

The Labour leader says if he becomes PM he will recruit 1,000 Home Office caseworkers and a similar number to staff a fast-track returns unit to deal with the asylum backlog

Mirror Politics’ resident dog lover casts his expert eye over the entrants in the much-anticipated Westminster Dog of the Year Award, which saw MPs show off their four-legged friends

MPs from across the political spectrum showed off their four-legged friends while competing for the coveted Westminster Dog of the Year Award

The Labour leader is meeting police and prosecutors at Europol - the EU's law enforcement agency - where he wants to reach agreement on ways to stop small boats "before they get in the water"

The former Home Secretary said she and her constituents are "flabbergasted" at the proposed closure of 974 ticket offices, while minister Huw Merriman hinted at future climbdowns

Former Tory Chancellor George Osborne said this morning he would be "very tempted" not to give the bumper state pension rise - expected to be 8.5% - if he was still in post

Ministers are understood to be scrambling to work out ways to pay less after bonuses paid to NHS staff and civil servants drove average wage increases up to 8.5%