All news by author: Lizzy Buchan

Martin Lewis led calls for urgent action on dire poverty levels gripping the UK, which have barely changed in two decades, after a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Tata Steel UK confirmed plans to axe up to 2,800 British jobs last week in a devastating blow to the industry - with most losses at the Port Talbot plant in South Wales

The Government had announced that all two-year-olds would be eligible for 15 hours a week of free childcare from this April, but in a 'disastrous failure' parents could miss out

David Cameron, who famously left his daughter at a pub, leads the Foreign Office where thousands of pounds of taxpayer cash is being spent on the Clever Nelly memory app

Details buried in the Finance Bill show that the luxury flight-loving Prime Minister will raise Air Passenger Duty (APD) on flights within the UK - except for private jets and helicopters

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak echoed Theresa May's Brexit warnings to urge the House of Lords 'not to frustrate the will of the people' by opposing the Safety of Rwanda Bill

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson, who quit as Tory Deputy Chairman over Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan, regularly courted controversy with his outbursts during his 11 months in the job

Rochdale MP Sir Tony Lloyd died peacefully at home after leaving hospital last week to spend time with his family when doctors said his illness had become untreatable

Michael Tomlinson admitted he hadn't watched ITV's Mr Bates vs the Post Office as he's too busy for box sets and he prefers sport - but he was caught out by Sky News' Kay Burley

Former Post Office chief Paula Vennells is facing calls to hand back £2.2million in bonuses as her successor admits some money taken from victims may have gone to executives

Dubbing themselves the 'five families', in a nod to the US mafia, Tory factions joined forces to turn the screws on Rishi Sunak over the Government's Rwanda legislation

Post Office scandal victims Alan Bates and Jo Hamilton were among those who gave evidence to the Commons Business and Trade Committee today on their fight for justice

The Commons Business and Trade Committee was told victims of the Post Office scandal were 'suffering' and 'dying' while waiting for compensation. Here's what we learned from today's evidence

As Rishi Sunak faces a bitter battle between warring Conservative factions, Boris Johnson said he supported amendments from right-wingers aimed at hardening the Rwanda plan

New analysis shows Labour would need a historic 12.7 percentage point swing from the Tories to get the keys to No10 - larger than the 10.2 point swing Tony Blair won in 1997

The Aslef union said stoppages would run between Tuesday, 30 January and Monday, 5 February - affecting different operators each day - in fresh disruption for passengers

A “long list” of people should face justice in court for trying to cover up the Post Office scandal, a former minister has said as sub-postmasters’ champion Alan Bates said “don’t let them off the hook” as he called for compensation as well

Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Angela Rayner accused the Government of 'letting communities down' after repeated Tory commitments to 'level up' the country since the 2019 election

Ex-Post Office Chief Executive Paula Vennells was put forward for a CBE in the 2019 New Year Honours list by the Department for Business amid growing alarm over the Horizon IT scandal

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held an emergency call with his Cabinet tonight to brief ministers on the situation after attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea in recent days

A public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, which saw more than 900 Post Office staff convicted due to software failures, will hear from investigator Stephen Bradshaw

In evidence to the Post Office Inquiry, Stephen Bradshaw was confronted with claims of bullying and forced to deny his team acted like 'Mafia gangsters' towards innocent postmasters

Rishi Sunak made the long-awaited announcement at Prime Minister's Questions after a public outcry in the wake of the ITV drama 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office'

At least nine former Cabinet ministers, including Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, are seeking to amend the Rwanda Bill during crunch debates next week

Post Office Minister Kevin Hollinrake admitted it was a mistake to award Paula Vennells a CBE in 2019, despite hundreds of workers' lives being torn apart by the greatest miscarriage of justice in British history