All news by author: Dave Burke

Health Minister Will Quince confirmed that the Department of Health spent £15,300 on 14 lavish wash and dry devices at the height of the first Covid lockdown, with Labour branding it 'one rule for them and another for everyone else'

Sarah Champion told the House of Commons it was "truly chilling" that those who commit horrendous sex crimes can make a "nonsense" of systems to keep track of them

The senior civil servant, who authored a bombshell report into lockdown-busting parties in No10, became a household name during the scandal that rocked Boris Johnson's Government

The former Prime Minister said he would find it difficult to support Rishi Sunak's new Windsor Framework as the Prime Minister desperately tries to avoid more Tory pyschodrama over Brexit

The former Prime Minister said the insult hurled at him on his morning run in London demonstrated 'the freedom to say more or less you like to whomsoever you choose' - as he said it would never happen to Vladimir Putin

Teaching unions blasted the 'appalling lack of respect' shown in leaked WhatsApp messages between the then-Education Secretary Sir Gavin Williamson and Matt Hancock during the pandemic

The divisive Tory deputy chairman claimed that receiving Universal Credit isn't an indication that families are in poverty - and said he'd contacted a local school to find out why they'd been offering free breakfasts

Tory Mark Fletcher has put forward a bill calling for the law to be changed, saying he'd been contacted by a constituent who was horrified to learn their abuser was trying to change their name

The Labour leaders comments come after the ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock published his Pandemic Diaries in 2022 - before the Covid public inquiry kicked officially kicked off

Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that Labour will "put country before party" and support the so-called Windsor Framework, which undoes many of Mr Johnson's catastrophic failures

After months of intense negotiations aimed at undoing some of Boris Johnson's catastrophic Brexit failures, Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a new agreement over Northern Ireland had been reached - but will it be enough?

Shadow justice minister Ellie Reeves said a Labour government would bring in specialist rape courts, tougher sentencing for rapists and a domestic violence register

Tory MP Harriett Baldwin, chair of the Treasury Committee, said it is "disappointing to hear that clunky systems will prevent the delivery of six regular support payments next winter"

Joint research released today by the Trussell Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that the standard allowance is £35 too low for a single person and £66 for a couple

Officials representing 13 health unions have written to Steve Barclay saying there will be "potentially perilous consequences" over the Government's handling of the bitter pay dispute

The TUC has published a study by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), accusing the government of playing "smoke and mirrors" with its figures

The Prime Minister will meet with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen for 'final talk' on the Northern Ireland Protocol, but is likely to face pushback from Tory hardliners

The Labour leader will on Monday pledge to get Britain out of its current "doom loop" and achieve the highest growth in the G7

Campaigners within the Labour Party have urged Keir Starmer to remove a loophole which means the monarch isn't subject to equality laws which other employers must abide by

Chiefs from major supermarket chains are expected to meet with Food Minister Mark Spencer to discuss lessons learned from the crisis, and explain how it happened

Sir Chris Bryant could barely contain his anger after his bill aimed at seizing Russian cash frozen in UK bank accounts and using it to build Ukraine failed to proceed on the first anniversary of Vladimir Putin's invasion

Sir Bernard served as Mrs Thatcher's chief press secretary from 1979 to 1990, and was knighted in her resignation honour

Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi said she was "delighted" that MPs across the House backed her flexible working bill - which she said will make it easier for employees to stay in wor

The SNP has confirmed that Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan have all met the threshold for their leadership bids to go forward

Former Tory Party leader has described the government's response to TikTok security fears "pretty weak" after the European Commission banned staff from using it on work devices