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The Children's Commissioner found around 20,000 pupils finishing their GCSEs last summer had missed half or more of their classes in one of their final two years of school

The Prime Minister shot down rumours he is plotting a surprise change in career as he welcomed world leaders and tech bosses for a summit on Artificial Intelligence

Helen MacNamara, who was Britain’s most senior female civil servant, said Boris Johnson let the country down by not tackling the 'toxic' culture in Downing Street

The then-PM questioned Government health experts on whether people could get rid of coronavirus with hot air after he watched a YouTube clip that suggested this

The actor and singer, whose mum Gloria passed away in lockdown, said she was 'deeply shocked and offended' by Boris Johnson's attitude towards older people during Covid

Boris Johnson claimed coronavirus was 'nature's way of dealing with old people' as he refused to introduce lockdown restrictions that could have saved lives during the pandemic

In explosive WhatsApp messages, Dominic Cummings demanded that Matt Hancock was sacked as Health Secretary as he was a 'proven liar' who should not be in charge of NHS

Government scientists told Rishi Sunak when he was Chancellor that he should provide money to make it financially viable for those on low incomes to quarantine at home

The Government has announced that it is scrapping the proposals drawn up by train firms to shut ticket counters at 974 railway stations across England

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case warned that Boris Johnson 'cannot lead' and made it 'impossible' to govern in shock WhatsApp messages revealed at the Covid Inquiry

Diary notes written by Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance suggest the PM wanted to divert attention after it was reported Dominic Cummings had broken lockdown rules

Martin Reynolds, who was Boris Johnson’s Principal Private Secretary, changed the settings of a WhatsApp group he was in with PM just before the Covid Inquiry was announced

Helen MacNamara, who was Deputy Cabinet Secretary, will tell the Covid Inquiry this week Boris Johnson 'never warmed' to emergency Cobra meetings when he was Prime Minister

The number of people hit by Universal Credit deductions rose by 54,200 to 2.3million in the three months to May. In total, £6.8million per month was withheld from payments

Rishi Sunak vowed to take action now to give 'peace of mind' as the he released papers showing there's a risk of cyber-attacks, fake kidnappings and an unemployment crisis

RIshi Sunak pledged to give the public 'peace of mind' as official papers raised the prospect of Artificial Intelligence helping terrorists and causing an 'unemployment crisis'

After his humiliating by-election losses, Rishi Sunak faces a battering from voters in a general election next year as there's a growing feeling the country is broken

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the number of children in extreme poverty has almost tripled to more than one million with many struggling to get the food they need

James Cleverly racked up a bill of almost a million pounds by using private jets for two overseas trips in his job as Foreign Secretary earlier this year

The Tory Party Chairman received the taxpayer-funded payout when he was sacked as a business minister in September 2022, before returning to Government four weeks later

The Commons Transport Committee said ministers must rethink plans to close ticket offices at 974 railway stations across England that will hit the disabled and elderly

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has agreed to delay ban in a bid to appease Tory rebels threatening to vote against the Renters Reform Bill as they are landlords themselves

A study by the TUC found BME women aged in their 30s were hardest hit as it demanded the Government introduce flexible childcare and fix the staffing crisis in social care

Pranksters released a tape of them calling the Prime Minister’s personal mobile and getting through to his answerphone message. Downing Street refused to comment on the gaffe

The PM was pictured by the Mirror getting on a private chopper at Wellington Barracks in Westminster at lunchtime. He flew to Clacton-on-Sea, which is less than 60 miles away