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The Labour leader said future generations 'will never forgive us' for failing to modernise as he sought to smooth tensions with the GMB union, which has criticised his plans to block new North Sea oil and gas developments

Keir Starmer will pledge to put jobs at the heart of Labour's energy policy after setting himself at odds with the GMB union with a plan to block new North Sea oil and gas developments

Elkan Abrahamson, a lawyer representing bereaved families, said the 'existential struggle' could leave Inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett with no choice but to step down if the Government wins its legal battle over disclosure of evidence

The Prime Minister and his entourage were flown to the Scottish and Welsh Conservative conferences by private plane on April 28, according to the latest parliamentary records

Rishi Sunak is expected to discuss the economy and support for Ukraine with Joe Biden on a visit to Washington next week - but a transatlantic trade deal is not likely to be on the table

Sharon Hodgson, who was the Labour leader’s Commons aide until only a few months ago, threw her weight behind the Mirror’s campaign for universal free school meals in primary schools

Tony Blair's former spin chief said children should be given a political education at a young age - and said state school pupils needed to learn to 'fight their corner' against their wealthier peers

The Bank of England has hiked interest rates repeatedly to tackle inflation - in a hit to mortgage payers - and experts have warned they could raise them higher than the current 4.5% next month

Tory minister Laura Trott tried to heap blame onto Labour when grilled on Question Time about her own Government's broken promises on slashing net migration figures

On the final day of Parliament before recess - dubbed ‘Take Out the Trash Day’ - the Government rushed out a flurry of announcements. Here's what you might have missed...

Health Secretary Steve Barclay admitted that some of the original facilities will not be completed by the end of the decade as focus is shifting to five hospitals deemed 'not safe to operate beyond 2030'

Footage shows the car veering across the middle of Whitehall, past the Cenotaph war memorial, before ramming into the gates of Downing Street shortly after 4pm

The Prime Minister, who has two daughters, Krishna, 12, and Anoushka, 10, said that the Government was looking at cracking down on the vaping industry amid fears children are getting hooked on colourful nicotine-filled products like Elf Bars

Figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal a surge in net migration - the difference between the number of people moving to the UK and the number leaving the country - in the year to December

The former Brexit Party leader pulled candidates from the 317 seats the Conservatives won at the 2017 election to give the Tories a clear run to power - but he now regrets the move

Only 48.1% of young children who qualified for free school meals were assessed as having a ‘good level of development’ in England last year, compared to 68.8% of more affluent kids

Rishi Sunak decided not to order an ethics probe into the row as he didn't believe Suella Braverman had broken the ministerial code by asking officials to arrange a private speed awareness course for her

The PM dithered for days over whether Suella Braverman should be investigated over claims she asked officials to help her avoid attending a public speed awareness course

Boris Johnson is facing a fresh police investigation after the Cabinet Office handed over evidence to cops regarding events at Downing Street and his Chequers country retreat during the pandemic

Spiralling bills have forced one in six of parents to go without so their children have enough to eat in the last year, while one in four said they had skipped meals, according to a new survey

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves tweeted a picture of her plane ticket as she flew to New York to promote Labour's economic plans - but drew criticism when observers spotted it was in business class

A leaked government report last year warned that some school buildings in England were in such disrepair that they posed a 'risk to life' to children and staff

The Home Secretary is battling to save her job following claims she asked officials to see if she could do a private speed awareness course after being caught speeding last summer

In a speech in Essex, the Labour leader said the NHS had been ground down by years of Conservative mismanagement, leaving patients facing a 'cruel lottery of who lives and who dies'

Rishi Sunak will consult his ethics advisor Sir Laurie Magnus today over claims Suella Braverman tried to get civil servants to enlist her on private speed awareness course last year