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Home Office figures reveal that just 5.9% of crimes in England and Wales resulted in a suspect being charged or summoned - including just 2.4% of rape allegations

Official Government figures show there were 48,716 knife crime cases recorded across 41 of England and Wales' 43 police forces - up 5% compared to the previous year

Will Dry has added to Rishi Sunak's woes after saying the Tories face "the most almighty of defeats" because the Government "won't provide the leadership we need"

The Home Office is weighing up new rules that could allow facial recognition and age-estimation software to be used in pubs, bars and shops where alcohol is sold

Labour leader Keir Starmer said if he becomes PM young people caught with knives will "feel the full force of the law"

Rishi Sunak ruled out conscription and insisted military service will remain voluntary after the head of the Army warned the armed forces will not be big enough if there is a war

Tory MP Lee Anderson quit as party deputy chairman in protest over Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill - but now says he should have voted for it

General Sir Patrick Sanders, head of the British Army, is expected to warn there aren't enough troops in a major speech today - and the public will need to 'shift' mindset

Rishi Sunak has woken up to fresh Tory psychodrama as his ill-disciplined rabble of MPs spent the night trading insults after Sir Simon Clarke's call for him to go

Former Post Office investigator Robert Daily, who was involved in the prosecutions of sub-postmasters Peter Holmes and William Quarm, recovered over £68,000 from suspects in a year

Transport Minister Huw Merriman caused bafflement when he lashed out at Art Attack host Neil Buchanan while whining about coverage of Universal Credit on Sky News

Conservatives at University College London and King's College London were accused of reaching a 'disgraceful new low' by advertising a debate on sinking boats and invading Yemen

At least 1,300 unaccompanied children - some as young as 14 - were wrongly put in unsupervised adult accommodation and detention in 18 months after their age

Labour leader Keir Starmer said community groups will be vital during a 'decade of national change' as he accused the Conservative Party of alienating good causes

Rishi Sunak has been accused of overseeing an 'unforgivable' drop in GP funding after analysis by the Lib Dems found that real-terms spending has dropped by £12 per patient

A report by the Centre for Cities found that on average people have missed out on £10,200 because of low economic growth under the Tories - with five places missing over £20,000

In a speech to community group leaders, Keir Starmer will accuse Tories of sabotaging good causes like the RNLI and the National Trust in a 'desperate' and 'divisive' culture war

Paul Patterson admitted it was 'shameful' and 'appalling' that witness statements from Fujitsu staff used in Post Office prosecutions left out references to known bugs and defects

Just two members of the BBC Question Time audience in Tory-held Peterborough put up their hands when presenter Fiona Bruce asked who supports the Rwanda plan

Tory immigration ministers Tom Pursglove and Michael Tomlinson admitted they don't know where nearly a third of people whose asylum applications were withdrawn are

Tory MP Lee Anderson was mocked after revealing that he planned to vote against Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan - but walked out as Labour rivals were "giggling" and "taking the mick"

Rishi Sunak was spared a catastrophic rebellion as right-wing Tory MPs backed down despite threatening to torpedo his controversial Safety of Rwanda Bill

Rishi Sunak was survived a humiliating Tory rebellion as MPs backed his Safety of Rwanda Bill - even though many hardliners don't think it's going to work

Paul Kagame has offered floundering Rishi Sunak a way out as he battles to get his Rwanda deportation deal off the ground - sayign there are "limits to how long this can drag on"

Colin McFarlane, who starred in the Dark Knight trilogy and TV show Outlander, is heading a campaign alongside Annie Lennox to put pressure on Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer