All news by author: Lizzy Buchan

Buses Minister Richard Holden was hauled before MPs after days of uncertainty over whether Rishi Sunak plans to axe the northern leg of the high speed rail line

The UK Commission on Covid Commemoration has recommended holding a national day of reflection each year and building a string of new Covid memorials across the UK

Rishi Sunak's official spokesman said it was clear 'there should never be any space for harassment, regardless of where it is found' following questions about complaints against Russell Brand

The controversial scheme has fallen into turmoil yet again after No10 failed to quash speculation the Rishi Sunak is to axe the stretch from Birmingham to Manchester

Some Chinese action 'crosses the line from influence to interference', ministers have conceded, as pressure mounts over allegations a Westminster aide was spying for Beijing

Downing Street refused to guarantee the beleaguered HS2 high-speed railway line would run to Manchester as originally promised amid spiralling costs and delays

France's Emmanuel Macon is expected to host the Labour leader at the Elysee Palace - in a blow to Rishi Sunak's efforts to build a bromance with the French President

Voters head to the polls on October 19 to replace Boris Johnson loyalist Nadine Dorries and disgraced ex-whip Chris Pincher in a potential headache for the Tories

Labour leader Keir Starmer attacked the Prime Minister for constantly 'protesting that nothing is his fault and trying to tell anyone who is still listening that everything is great'

GMB General Secretary Gary Smith said Keir Starmer had 'got it wrong' with a pledge to ban new North Sea oil and gas licences but Labour could level up the country after Tory failings

GMB General Secretary Gary Smith said the state of public buildings was 'a metaphor for what this government, for what the Tories have done for this country'

Labour's Angela Rayner made a 'cast iron commitment' to an Employment Rights Bill and to repealing anti-union legislation within the first 100 days in Government

In her first speech as Shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Angela Rayner will warn that 'false promises' and 'sound bites' from the Tories have left the British public feeling 'levelled down'

Unions backed a motion urging 'non-compliance and non cooperation' with the Tory Strikes Act, creating a policy of defiance against the legislation passed in July

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said Labour mustn't be 'too timid to talk of hope, too Conservative to make change' in a fiery speech to the Trades Union Congress

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that “under the Tories, too many criminals are getting off' and victims are being left facing lengthy waits for justice

Thousands of kids had their return to class disrupted after the Government ordered dozens of schools to shut or partially close over safety fears from collapse-prone concrete

TUC leader Paul Nowak said the crackdown was a product of a 'desperate Conservative Government spoiling for a fight with unions to distract from their dire economic record'

Unions warned that hospitals, libraries, community centres and other public buildings could also be at risk from collapse-prone RAAC concrete plaguing England's schools

Shamed former top Tory Chris Pincher lost his appeal against an eight-week suspension from Parliament, which would have triggered a recall petition in his Tamworth seat

The UK was locked out of participation in the EU's Horizon scheme - which was agreed in the post-Brexit trade deal - amid a fractious dispute over trading rules governing Northern Ireland

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said the Tories had allowed the rich to feather their nests while families struggle with bills and cash-strapped public services buckle

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said the mega-rich PM had lost sight of people's priorities because he isn't forced to send his kids to crumbling schools or use the rail network

Newly appointed defence chief Grant Shapps admitted he didn't know 'off the top of my head' how many ranks there are in the Army during a tetchy appearance on Sky News

Fears over crumbling concrete forced the Government to order more than 100 schools to shut or close off parts of their buildings last week - only days before the start of term