All news by author: Lizzy Buchan

Greece has been disappointed once again after the Prime Minister refused a law change which would return the Elgin Marbles after they were taken from Athens' Parthenon Temple in the 19th century

Rishi Sunak has confirmed he will be inviting the US President to Northern Ireland to mark the landmark anniversary next month after the PM's new Brexit deal soothed the way for a visit

The PM Rishi Sunak is unveiling plans to increase the UK's defence budget by £5bn - but that's less than half what defence secretary Ben Wallace demanded

An unofficial staff boycott resulted in Match of the Day playing without pundits or commentary on Saturday - and left viewers with just 20 minutes of footage

Jeremy Hunt this morning said there is a 'serious risk' to UK tech firms following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank - but Labour's Rachel Reeves said she is concerned about the urgency shown by the government

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was time for a complete overhaul of the 'complex and confused' childcare system - and said 'bolting on' more hours would not fix it

Council tax will soar by up to 5% for the majority of people in England on April 1 - in a fresh squeeze on family finances. Use our calculator to see how your bills will be affected this year

A survey by childcare charity Coram found only half (50%) of areas in England have sufficient provision for kids under two as cost of living pressures push early years providers to the brink

The Home Secretary floundered on where she will detain asylum seekers, when she will begin deporting them and how much it will cost - and when the Government's controversial Rwanda flights will begin

Leaked WhatsApp show the ex-Health Secretary and a top aide spoke about warning Bury North MP James Daly a new disability hub would be 'off the table' if he rebelled over Covid rules

Despite Government help with energy bills, parents still reported skipping meals or eating their children's leftovers, limiting baths and keeping the heating turned off, according to the charity Barnardos

A discredited ex-PM making his discredited dad a Sir, could anything better sum up the establishment’s sense of entitlement... could anything better sum up Boris Johnson?

The shameless ex-Prime Minister has apparently included his dad Stanley in a 100-strong wish list for honourees, which is currently going through vetting

Britain's top civil servant Simon Case suggested the public needed to be told to isolate if they had Covid by 'trusted local figures, not nationally distrusted figures like the PM' in October 2020

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said he 'does not believe for one second' the shamed ex-PM knowingly misled Parliament over Partygate - and said Boris Johnson was 100% a man of integrity

Leaked messages allege that Mr Hancock said he'd kept concerns about the scheme 'out of the news' and on another occasion he joked to his aide: 'He [Sunak] hasn’t launched another eat out to help the virus get about has he?'

An unrepentant Boris Johnson insisted there was 'no evidence' to show he knew rules were being broken with lockdown bashes - despite the Commons Privileges Committee saying it should have been 'obvious' to him

A 24-page dossier by the Commons Privileges Committee lays out a string of questions Boris Johnson will have to answer when he is summoned to give evidence in a live showdown in the week of March 20

Neil Coyle, who lost the Labour whip after the complaints, faces the sanctions after a report from the Independent Expert Panel, which considers allegations of misconduct by MPs

Furious Tories have tried to claim Partygate inquisitor Sue Gray's move to work for Labour reveals a plot to oust Boris Johnson - but Today programme presenter Nick Robinson pointed out she 'didn't deliver the suitcases of alcohol' to No10

Teachers and unions have hit back after leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe

Leaked WhatsApps between Sir Gavin Williamson and the-then Health Secretary Matt Hancock show the pair criticising hard-working staff for wanting to ensure schools were safe during the pandemic

The ex-Health Secretary is facing a political storm after an incendiary tranche of his pandemic-era WhatsApps were published

The soap star qualified for free school dinners as a child but she said her single mum often worked three jobs so she and her sister could be spared the stigma that left her classmates 'humiliated'

A tranche of messages from the former Health Secretary and officials have been made public after he shared them with journalist Isabel Oakeshott who helped him write his pandemic memoir