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The mega-rich PM who is worth more than half a billion pounds picked the cheapest wine from the House of Commons shop to donate to Leyburn Primary School in his constituency

In an extraordinary resignation letter, the Tory peer accused the Prime Minister of being "simply uninterested" in environmental issues and damaging the country's reputation on the world stage

The Tory peer said the Prime Minister's 'apathy' towards environmental and animal welfare issues meant his role as a government minister has become 'untenable' in a blistering letter

Tory peer Zac Goldsmith said he was 'horrified' the government had 'abandoned' its promises on animal welfare and the environment 'domestically and on the world stage'

The Conservative deputy chairman has begun hosting a weekly programme on GB News despite previously suggesting MPs with second jobs should quit Parliament

The competition watchdog will publish a report next week exposing how forecourts have increased their profit margins on petrol and diesel in the past four years

Baroness McDonagh, who was Labour’s first female general secretary, was hailed as the 'absolutely essential' figure to the party's 1997 and 2001 election wins as it was announced she had died aged 61

Rachel Reeves made five pledges, including requiring lenders to let borrowers switch to interest-only payments temporarily, or lengthen the term of their loan

Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse warned that the lying ex-PM is 'simply not fit to hold any form of public role for a minute longer' as she argued he should not be an adviser to the King

Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting urged Rishi Sunak to come clean after he wrongly claimed at Prime Minister's Questions that 'we are reducing waiting lists'

The lockdown-busting Christmas gathering was attended by failed London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and campaign aide Ben Mallet who were given a peerage and OBE by Boris Johnson

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said households across the country are paying the price for the government 'trashing the economy' as she highlighted how families have been hit by crippling mortgage hikes

Scotland Yard requested the damning video published by the Mirror that showed aides dancing, drinking and laughing at Covid rules at a bash in Conservative Party HQ

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said footage of a knees up at Tory HQ - published by the Mirror - told a much clearer story than a previously seen photograph

The Metropolitan Police has announced its officers are assessing the Mirror's bombshell video of a Christmas bash at Tory HQ that showed aides drinking, dancing and laughing at Covid rules

Scotland Yard is examining footage of the Christmas do in December 2020 when indoors socialising was banned after it was exposed by the Mirror. Here we look at some of those who were at the party

Latest figures show there were 3.7million working days lost in labour disputes in the UK in the 11 months to April, the highest number in an 11-month period since 1990 - and union leaders blame Tories

Rishi Sunak today faced calls from families bereaved in the pandemic to strip gongs from two of the party attendees who were recognised in Boris Johnson's resignation honours

Cabinet minister Michael Gove said Tories have 'exacerbated' the issue of soaring borrowing rates with Liz Truss's mini-Budget - and the squeeze on mortgage holders is set to tighten

Nicola Sturgeon was arrested last week as police carried out an inquiry into the SNP's finances but was released without charge pending further investigation - and added she will be back in Parliament

The revellers who twirled around Conservative HQ at a lockdown-busting Christmas party are former Boris Johnson campaign aide Malin Bogue and Jack Smith, who works in Parliament for a Tory minister

The Conservatives face the threat of a new police probe as an exclusive video shows officials joking about their rule-bending Christmas bash at the party's headquarters in London during lockdown

The former PM has been forced into a humiliating retreat as he tells his cheerleaders not to vote against the damning findings of the Privileges Committee

The lockdown-busting former PM committed a 'clear breach' of the rules by failing to get permission from the appointments watchdog, Acoba, for his new job as a newspaper columnist

Labour’s Dr Rosena Allin-Khan warned hard-working staff including doctors and nurses are facing extra pressures as hospitals struggle with record waiting lists