All news by author: Dave Burke

Frontbencher Nick Gibb, Rishi Sunak's schools minister, claimed he would have no qualms about his young relatives being taught in a school with beams used to reinforced crumbling concrete

A top Tory admitted not all schools have been informed that they may have to fully or partially close, despite term starting on Monday, as pressure mounts to name all affected schools

The Home Office has said it has no intention of setting up 'safe consumption facilities' where people can inject drugs under medical supervision - which MPs say will lower the risk of overdoses

Bombshell new research found many under-16s are forced to wait for years in limbo, constantly fearful of being detained and deported, as their asylum application is decided

Latest Home Office figures reveal 300 people made the dangerous journey across the Channel on Tuesday, bringing the number of people reaching the UK by small boat this year to 20,101

Demonstrators held placards outside the Department for Transport as they demanded Government-backed plans to close nearly 1,000 station ticket offices across England are scrapped

After months of bitter arguments and a surprising Conservative by-election victory in Boris Johnson's old seat, the controversial expansion comes into effect on Tuesday

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said it is 'unacceptable' that crimes like phone and car theft are viewed as 'less important' - but Labour has shot back, blaming 'abysmal Tory mismanagement'

The under-fire Home Secretary said the Government is 'considering a range of options' as it grapples with a huge asylum backlog but only limited accommodation space, with costs spiralling

Damning new figures reveal the scale of the asylum crisis, with over 175,000 living in limbo as they await a decision and fears Home Office failings are pushing people "underground"

Data from the Home Office shows a massive 175,457 people were waiting for an initial decision on an application at the end of June - a 44% rise from 122,213 a year earlier

Commons' standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg found the Prime Minister had "inadvertently" broken the MPs' code of conduct by not revealing Akshata Murty's stake in Koru Kids

Labour says it will 'end the licence to undercut pay' by employing staff from abroad and focus on training UK workers ahead of the latest immigration figures being published

Carralyn Parkes, mayor of Portland in Dorset, says she's confident the Home Office broke planning laws - and is ramping up her legal challenge against the barge project after raising £18,000 from disgruntled locals

Tory Cabinet minister Grant Shapps called on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to expand the £15 Congestion Charge in the capital in October 2020 when he was Transport Secretary

Analysis released by the Lib Dems found that a loaf of bread has gone up by 37p, while a pint of milk is 24p more expensive than it as in 2021 amid calls for more Government action

Activist group Green New Deal Rising has called on Labour to pledge a new 'National Nature Service' to get young and unemployed people doing paid conservation work

Home Office figures reveal well over 18,000 asylum seekers are known to have made the dangerous journey since the start of the year, with 661 arriving on 15 boats on Monday

Suella Braverman was asked how she would feel if one of her loved ones had their medicines taken off them as serious concerns were raised with the Home Office policy

Analysis of official data reveals that over 40 Rwandans have applied for asylum in the UK since 2020, while 37 people were granted asylum between 2011 and 2021 as the Government tries to convince judges the country is safe

Keir Starmer, who has been criticised for ditching a pledge to scrap tuition fees, warned it would be a 'deep betrayal of aspirational Britain' if young people can't go to university

A damning report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says there is 'little realistic prospect' that people who arrive by small boat will be removed to a third country in large enough numbers, even if the Rwanda plan ever comes in

The PM has repeatedly pledged to stop the boats - appearing several times at a podium bearing the ambitious slogan - but swerved questions on when he will deliver

The Prime Minister was criticised for not attending the World Cup final in Australia, where the Lionesses missed out on glory with a 1-0 defeat to Spain

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner hit out at Tory "mismanagement" after figures showed people are waiting a massive 49 weeks between receiving their employment tribunal claim and their first hearing - 18 weeks higher than in 2010