All news by author: Dave Burke

In a speech today the Shadow Home Secretary said stories of officers like Catherine Cawood are "very real" as she outlined plans to recruit 13,000 neighbourhood officers and PCSOs

The Shadow Home Secretary branded the decision to release personal information about the missing mum "unusual" and said she had "quite significant concerns" about a statement put out by Lancashire Police yesterday

Shadow Home Secretary is set to unveil plans to bolster neighbourhood policing teams and ramp up PCSO numbers, saying they "were once the eyes and ears on our streets"

Alex Salmond, who now heads the breakaway Alba Party, has repeatedly attacked Ms Sturgeon over gender reform laws, and today said her departure was an 'opportunity to reset the independence movement'

The Chancellor is said to be looking into ways of driving down the number of people signed off sick - but it has sparked concerns that people could be forced into work when they're not well enough

Love her or loathe her, Nicola Sturgeon has become one of the most-recognised figures in UK politics in decades, and has never been afraid to stand up to the government in Westminster

The First Minister has seen her popularity plummet, with a poll earlier this week finding four in ten voters wanted her to quit, and a source said she has "had enough"

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride conceded that creating "friction" with major trading partners will have an impact, after the head of the International Chamber of Commerce UK said Labour is now winning the argument on business

Pete Weatherby KC, representing the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice group, told a preliminary hearing today that he backs a call by the TUC for austerity to be looked at in the long-anticipated probe

A new report on the night time economy - which also looks at how music venues, theatres and cinemas are faring - found that most are in "survival" rather than "thrive" mode amid calls for VAT to be cut in the upcoming Budget

A traumatised refugee who fled persecution in his native Iran told The Mirror that if the government wants to tackle small boat crossings, it needs to create ways of applying for asylum from outside the UK

Union bosses have hailed an "important pay victory" after reaching a deal to break the deadlock with London-based bus firm Abellio.

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg will tell a crunch gathering in Brussels tomorrow that Russian president Vladimir Putin is prepared to take heavy losses in a new assault on Ukraine.

The Prime Minister refused to say whether any incidents had been reported in UK airspace, but said the UK is protected by a quick reaction alert force

RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said members were 'loud and clear' in rejecting an offer from Network Rail and operators aimed at ending the long-running dispute over pay and conditions

The Chancellor faces pressure to act over a rise in bills in April, with the money-saving expert warning of a 'national act of harm' which could plunge another 1.7million into fuel poverty

Parliament has gone into its half term recess and MPs aren't due to return to the Commons until February 20 - giving the Government an ideal moment to rush out some tricky announcements

Tory MP John Glen, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, admitted handing over the massive sum to settle a dispute which has rumbled on for 12 years

Tory Charles Walker gave a scathing verdict on the quality of MPs - warning that insecurity and lack of support means many of the "best and brightest" are being put off

The Commons heard that Erkin Tuniyaz, governor of Xinjiang in China, plans to travel to the UK on a diplomatic passport, and could meet Whitehall officials next week - despite being branded a "mastermind" of the genocide of Uyghur Muslims

Lee Anderson, who was promoted to the upper echelons of the Conservative Party on Tuesday, said in an interview that capital punishment has a "100% success rate" for preventing reoffending

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned that without sophisticated fighter jets and long-range missiles to defend the skies, the war risks entering a long period of "stagnation"

At an unusually non-confrontational PMQs, the Prime Minister was challenged over Liz Truss's remarks, when SNP Westminster Stephen Flynn asked him to apologise for the damage she caused

A friend, who said she was acting with the family's permission, said that the only CCTV camera that would show everything wasn't working, and said it was normal for Nicola's dog Willow to have her harness taken off

Superintendent Sally Riley, who is leading the search for missing Nicola, said no evidence has been found to prove she had fallen into the River Wyre - but added that criminal involvement is 'highly unlikely'