All news by author: John Stevens

Following King Charles' diagnosis, the Prime Minister was challenged on how ministers have not met their target on how quickly cancer patients get treatment for almost a decade

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested he was open to the idea after Tory MP Mike Freer announced he will stand down at the next election after a series of death threats

Government offices in Canary Wharf were emptied overnight as officials treated workspaces, while sniffer dogs have been drafted in to find bed bugs in the building

The donation, which was uncovered by DeSmog, was made by hedge fund boss Crispin Odey last August just weeks after 13 women accused him of sexual harassment or abuse

Under a deal to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland, ministers also will be given training on how to talk about the Good Friday Agreement after they displayed ignorance

More than three-quarters of the 120,000 responses to the public consultation on changes to vaping and smoking rules were fraudulent as bots were used in attempt to rig results

Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill will make history as Northern Ireland’s first Irish republican First Minister after the DUP agreed to return to power-sharing at Stormont

Northern Ireland will get a new government after the DUP agreed to return to power-sharing at Stormont in a late night deal with the UK on post-Brexit trade checks

Ministers are looking at introducing an import ban to prevent youngsters being able to get around a clampdown by stocking up on disposable e-cigarettes from foreign websites

The Conservative Party accepted £350,000 from Sandeep Singh Chadha who is the boss of a company that sells vapes with names such as Blue Razz Lemonade and Strawberry Mousse

The Government has announced the date when a ban on disposable vapes will be introduced in most of the UK over concerns that too many kids are taking up the habit

The 32-year-old was convicted last week of stabbing to death 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, last June

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan accused Transport Secretary Mark Harper of making the long-running pay dispute worse as the union starts industrial action today

The Black Equity Organisation will have its legal challenge against the Government's decision to ditch three of 30 recommendations heard in the High Court in April

New vaping rules that are set to come into force by the end of this year will herald the end of throwaway Lost Marys and Elf Bars and mean fewer flavours are available

The Holocaust Educational Trust had condemned Labour MP Kate Osamor's 'disgusting post' on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day that it said was a 'painful insult to survivors'

The Mirror is demanding urgent action to tackle the epidemic of shoplifting that is sweeping Britain's high streets as figures show there are record numbers of thefts

Figures show £933,086 was handed out in a year as the changes in PM from Boris Johnson to Liz Truss and then Rishi Sunak led to an unprecedented turnover in ministers

Ex-Tory MP Nadine Dorries received the generous severance payment when she stepped down as Culture Secretary even though she was not entitled to the cash as she was over 65

Rishi Sunak faced ridicule in the Commons as Keir Starmer accused the bickering Conservatives of taking part in the 'longest episode of EastEnders ever put to film'

The former Tory Cabinet minister insisted her weekly programme had been a success, but it will not be returning to screens and her future at Talk TV now looks uncertain

The Labour leader will work with experts to extend the types of weapons that are banned, as well as taking action to stop kids getting their hands on knives online

Baroness Stedman-Scott and Sir David Evennett got generous severance packages when they left Government, even though they were both ineligible as they were both over 65

David Wilkes and Archer Williams, who sit on Sandwell Council, said the Conservatives were 'unfit to govern' as they announced they were crossing the floor to Labour

The Cabinet Office handed Peter Bone £5,593 in severance pay after he spent 82 days as Deputy Commons Leader even though he was not entitled to anything as he's over 65