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The media regulator received 40 complaints objecting to former Tory Cabinet Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg acting as a newsreader during his State Of The Nation show on GB News on May 9

Dozens of MPs, activists and school children gathered outside the gates of No10 to hand over an open letter to the PM calling for free school meals for all primary school pupils to prevent kids from going hungry

The Commons Education Committee found that teaching children about the world of work at an early age would help raise aspirations - and stop them deciding against jobs based on gender or background

Youngsters from Monksdown Primary School, in Liverpool, put pen to paper to urge the Prime Minister to change strict eligibility rules that mean kids living in poverty miss out

In a statement today, Tory mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski said: 'I have decided, with a heavy heart, to withdraw from the Conservative mayoral contest. I categorically deny the allegation against me.'

The overwhelming majority (94%) of respondents from the School and Public Health Nurses Association, and the British Dental Association, backed extending free school meals to all primary kids so they don't go hungry

More than a third (24,000) of English school buildings are past their estimated initial design life - meaning they can continue to be used but are more expensive to maintain and run up higher energy costs

Most routine and elective services will be cancelled as hospital consultants down tools in a walkout over pay, the British Medical Association confirmed

A long-awaited economic assessment of the Illegal Migration Bill revealed it would cost £63,000 more to hand asylum seekers a one-way ticket to the African country than to keep them in the UK

Patients will have their risk of cancer assessed based on their smoking history and other factors - and those considered high risk will be invited for specialist scans every two years

Despite Putin accusing his former ally of treason and a “stab in the back”, Wagner's chief was allowed to go into exile in Belarus under a secret deal brokered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko

Analysis also found that 800,000 children were deemed to be living in households with 'very low food security', meaning their family were forced to resort to skipping meals or reduced portion sizes

The ex-Health Secretary could face questions on NHS resources after Dame Sally Davies, the former Chief Medical Officer, told the Inquiry the Government 'disinvested' in public health, leaving the country lacking 'resilience'

A YouGov poll for the National Education Union (NEU) of 1,017 Labour members found 89% support ensuring all primary pupils get a free school dinner to ensure kids don't go hungry

It comes after the Bank of England hiked interest rates to 5% - piling mortgage misery on cash-strapped families

Politicians, top scientists and medics have given evidence to the Covid Inquiry so far, as it kicked off its investigation with a focus on how well the UK was prepared for the arrival of the virus

The five-day walkout will take place between 0700 on July 13 and 0700 on July 18, the British Medical Association said

The first official analysis by the Electoral Commission found thousands of people were turned away from polling stations in England due to new Tory voter ID requirements which came into force last month

Despite living in Britain for decades, some of the Windrush generation lost their jobs, were refused medical care or even faced deportation threats because they lacked the proper documentation

His elevation to the Lords is under fresh scrutiny after the Mirror published bombshell footage of a 'jingle and mingle' Christmas gathering organised by his campaign in December 2020

The Bank of England is expected to raise the base rate - which influences interest rates lenders charge for mortgages, loans and other types of credit - again tomorrow in an effort to curb inflation

The once triumphant Prime Minister is now out in the cold, just three and a half years after he won a landslide election victory for the Tories

Labour leader Keir Starmer said the tradition of outgoing PM's handing out gongs was 'very hard to justify' and said he would follow Tony Blair's lead by swerving a list if he gets into Downing Street

Rishi Sunak has been branded 'weak' after Downing Street suggested he could dodge a Commons vote on the Boris Johnson report, which found he misled Parliament on multiple occasions

MPs said some of his denials and explanations for lockdown bashes were 'so disingenuous' that they were clearly deliberate attempts to mislead Parliament and the Committee in its inquiries