All news by author: Lizzy Buchan

Wellingborough MP Peter Bone was suspended from the Commons for six weeks in October after an inquiry found to have subjected a staff member to bullying and sexual misconduct

Top Tory Michael Gove confirmed he had cooperated with the National Crime Agency (NCA) probe into the scandal around PPE Medpro, which was awarded Government contracts for face masks and gowns worth more than £200million

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove said he was 'not yet persuaded' of the case for assisted dying - but said it was 'appropriate for the Commons to revisit this'

Analysis by Labour found 54% of dental surgeries in England aren't accepting any new patients - with 82% refusing to take on adults and 71% shutting their doors to new child patients

In a brutal interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, Baroness Michelle Mone finally admitted to not telling the truth over her links to the firm PPE Medpro but maintained she has 'no case to answer'

Boris Johnson's promise of a green bus revolution was plunged into fresh difficulty in April after ministers were forced to pause handing out cash for councils to revamp old diesel buses due to 'poor performance'

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) said it was 'deeply disappointed' ministers 'exhibit no ambition in this area' as it demanded wage hikes for low-paid care workers

Newcastle Upon Tyne East MP Nick Brown lost the Labour whip and was suspended from the party in September 2022 after a complaint was lodged against him

Rishi Sunak, who was branded 'Dr Death' by Government scientists, issued an apology to bereaved families at the start of his Covid Inquiry grilling

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who prides himself on his meticulous attention to detail, rejected criticism of his pandemic record but was unable to remember key details

Pandemic Prime Minister Boris Johnson was repeatedly confronted by shocking - and often sweary - WhatsApps between aides and ministers in a gruelling appearance at the Covid Inquiry

An extract from Sir Patrick Vallance's diary from September 2020 appears to show Boris Johnson callously joking about soaring cases of the virus in Wales

The Prime Minister twice refused to say if he plans to send the country to the polls as he pleaded with rebellious Tory MPs to back his plan to revive the Rwanda asylum scheme

Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson is giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry over two days after damning testimony from aides, politicians and scientists about his response

Labour's Keir Starmer tore into Rishi Sunak's attempts to make the Government's Rwanda deportation scheme lawful after the plan was torpedoed by the Supreme Court last month

Town halls will have to weigh up hiking council tax or inflicting further cuts if the Government doesn't act urgently to help cash-strapped councils on the verge of bankruptcy

The British Medical Association confirmed junior doctors will take part in a series of new strikes during the busy Christmas period after weeks of pay talks ended without resolution

As Rishi Sunak’s party continues to languish in the polls, Keir Starmer appealed to disaffected Conservatives, saying Labour would “extend the hand of friendship to you, no matter where you are or who you have voted for in the past”.

79-year-old Glenys Kinnock, who served as MEP for Wales from 1994 to 2009, passed away six years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, her family confirmed in a statement

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins apologised to a patient called Lynn, who challenged her on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme over NHS waiting lists

In comments that risk enraging parts of his party, Labour leader Keir Starmer hailed Tory ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for 'setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism'

Ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock was taken to task at the Covid Inquiry about his assertion in May 2020 that the virus-ravaged care sector had been protected at the start of the pandemic

Matt Hancock, who was Health Secretary during the pandemic, is being grilled at the Covid Inquiry. Several key witnesses have accused him of not telling the truth

Labour leader Keir Starmer led tributes former Chancellor Alistair Darling, who died after spending time in hospital in Edinburgh being treated for cancer

The Covid Inquiry has been shown extracts of the diary of Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance that show how Boris Johnson became frustrated with restrictions