All news by author: Lizzy Buchan

Labour says it is a sign of the "abject lack of integrity" at the heart of the Tory Party after Peter Bone was seen canvassing with DWP minister Tom Pursglove days after being banned from Parliament

DWP Minister Tom Pursglove went canvassing with Peter Bone in Northamptonshire after the veteran MP was given a six week suspension from Parliament over claims he bullied an aide

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken more short haul private flights around the UK than any of his predecessors including Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss

Burrswood Care Home was put into special measures by the Care Quality Commission last week after inspectors found a 'systemic failure of leadership and management across all areas'

Dangerous RAAC concrete has now been found in 214 schools across England, up from 174 a month ago as hundreds of pupils have their learning disrupted

National Infrastructure Commission boss Sir John Armitt said that it would be a 'mistake' to sell land earmarked for HS2 in a rush after Rishi Sunak scrapped plans to extend the high speed rail line to Manchester

The BBC's Naga Munchetty told MPs how she struggled to get help from the age of 15 for adenomyosis, which left her in such agony that at one point her husband called an ambulance for her

The Home Office confirmed the ban on nitrous oxide would come into force from November 8 and serious repeat offenders could be jailed for up to two years

Benefits such as Universal Credit are usually increased in April in line with the inflation rate from the previous September, which was confirmed this morning as 6.7%

Conservative MP Peter Bone could be banned from Parliament for six weeks after a watchdog found he had engaged in a 'wilful pattern of bullying' including 'sexual misconduct'

A group of 30 charities warned Rishi Sunak that delay to progress of the Renters Reform Bill 'causes more avoidable hardship and suffering, and with it, greater cost to the taxpayer'

Estimates from the Migration Observatory at Oxford University and the London School of Economics (LSE) suggest around 250,000 to 350,000 more people will arrive than depart a year by 2030

Convicts including killers and rapists will be deported and banned from the streets in a new plan laid out today as ministers battle serious capacity issues in prisons

Teachers in 67% of the schools polled warned that children’s learning had been impacted as kids arrived in class tired, hungry and unable to concentrate on their studies

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said plans would end the 'cycle of criminality' triggered by a 'merry-go-round of short sentences' as ministers battle to solve overcrowding in prisons

WhatsApps shown to the Covid Inquiry reveal Cabinet Secretary Simon Case complained about Carrie Johnson's influence and warned the Government risked appearing a 'terrible, tragic joke' over lockdown flip-flopping

An audience member was applauded when he told Conservative Minister Victoria Atkins: 'I truly struggle to understand how the Tories believe that they are helping young people with housing'

Protester Yaz Ashmawi apologised for grabbing Labour leader Keir Starmer as he glitter bombed him at the start of his keynote speech to the party's annual conference in Liverpool

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson wants young kids to learn numeracy through 'real world' teaching to prepare them better for secondary school and adult life

The start of Keir Starmer's conference speech was disrupted by a protester who showered the Labour leader in glitter before being dragged off stage by security

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Labour will fight the election on the economy in what could be the last party conference before voters head to the pools

Bogus clips of the Labour leader were posted online on Sunday, sparking alarm over the impact of artificial intelligence in politics as the general election approaches

Some 64% of people living in constituencies in the North, Midlands and Wales think the UK’s domestic energy industry should be brought back into public ownership, a poll shows

Labour MP Sharon Hodgson urged activists to collar Keir Starmer, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and other top party figures to make the case during Labour's annual conference

Israel's ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely told Sky News that there was a British national there 'at the moment' amid a spate of kidnappings by Hamas in Israel