All news by author: Lizzy Buchan

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who has been on a charm offensive with business, said she had no intention of reinstating curbs on bonuses for wealthy bankers

Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Angela Rayner said helping cash-strapped town halls was a priority and said she would stop forcing councils to bid against each other for cash

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been dropping hints that he would like to slash taxes in the Budget in March - but he has now issued a warning to top Tories clamouring for tax cuts

Labour's Angela Rayner vowed to fix a loophole in Government plans, compelling landlords in the private rented sector to eradicate mould and household hazards in a strict timeframe

Local authority leaders in England are expected to make the maximum 4.99% hike to council tax in April, in a move that would slap around £100 on the average bills

The RMT union announced a strike by London Overground workers in a dispute over pay, as train driver members of Aslef took part in an overtime ban and walkouts across England

Legendary former Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd had planned to give a farewell speech in the Lords criticising PM's for doling out peerages before her death last year

Iceland executive chairman Richard Walker, a former Tory donor who had considered becoming an MP, quit the party in disgust last year with a warning it had 'lost its way'

MPs demand an Ofsted shake-up after a inquest in December said a school inspection 'likely contributed' to the death of Caversham Primary School headteacher Ruth Perry

Top Tory Kemi Badenoch insisted she is not plotting to topple Rishi Sunak - but her former colleague Nadine Dorries accused her of harbouring leadership ambitions

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond was forced to defend itself with Sea Viper missiles on Saturday after the latest attack from Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea

Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis took to social media to address speculation he had his eye on entering Downing Street after voters said they'd like him to be PM

Rosena Allin-Khan could be seen shaking her head at former Tory MP Nadine Dorries as they appeared on a panel together on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show

Bungling officials awarded Nadine Dorries a severance payment when she stepped down as Culture Secretary - despite the fact she was not actually entitled to the cash

Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch is being talked up in Westminster as a possible successor to flailing Rishi Sunak as panicking Tories discuss installing a new leader

The Tories were accused of 'pathetic attempts to hide the truth' with claim to have cut NHS waits when numbers were higher than when Rishi Sunak vowed to slash the backlog

Suzanne Winter told the Post Office Inquiry that investigators were ranked one to five on their ability to recover cash from postmasters accused of false accounting and theft

The families of the victims of knifeman Valdo Calocane say there were 'missed opportunities' to prevent the deaths Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates

The row with Canada marks the first time the UK Government has pulled out of trade talks since Brexit as tensions erupted over terms of the deal over cheese and beef

Alex Burghart pleaded with BBC Question Time viewers to 'hear me out' as he desperately tried to defend Rishi Sunak from a savage Tory attack on his leadership

MPs were told that tourists heading to Europe could be forced to join mammoth queues around the Port of Dover when the new EU Entry-Exit System launches in October

NHS consultants from the British Medical Association in England voted 51.1% against a pay deal aimed at ending the long dispute over their wages

The ever-changing line-up of ministers as the Conservatives keep swapping Prime Minister has led to more than £933,000 being handed out in severance pay, Labour has discovered

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford said whoever takes over the leadership from him in March must be 'bold' - and can't rely on being rewarded by voters for being in power

Sir Simon Clarke triggered a fierce bout of Tory infighting when he claimed the party should oust Rishi Sunak if MPs want to avoid electoral wipeout. But who could succeed him?