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NHS figures show more than one community pharmacy closes its doors every day - with 394 closing last year - as owners struggle with underfunding and rising costs

Londoner James Hamblin said he was “absolutely thrilled” to be picked as a candidate in the Cardiff West constituency when he was selected by local Tories on Thursday

The beer topped the list of beverages served in House of Lords pubs and cafes - but lattes and teas were

Ms Truss, who was the least popular British Prime Minister since records began, will launch a group named “Popular Conservatism” this week

The plane - an RAF Voyager jet - blew a landing gear tyre while hurtling along a Nevada runway at around 160mph when it was laden with 80 tonnes of fuel

John Dwyer, Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, offered a “full and unreserved apology” after being reported to the local Police and Crime Panel for ‘misogynistic remarks’ made in a council meeting

Across all ages, genders, ethnicities, religions and income levels, a change in government is the most popular option in a huge new poll by the campaign group Best For Britain

Losses in Wellingborough and Kingswood - especially if accompanied by a surge in support for the Reform Party - would spell further misery for the beleaguered PM

The former minister, who has entertained Westminster with lurid tales of plots and schemes by shadowy figures to overthrow her old boss, Boris Johnson, announced she would quit as an MP “with immediate effect” on June 9 last year. But it took until 23 August for her to actually put in her letter and vacate her Mid-Beds seat.

The independent Electoral Commission slammed the plans, comparing the proposals to a cricket team “telling the umpire how to enforce the rules of the game”

Wales' economy minister previously served in the health ministry for seven years - but his first experience of the country was one of rejection and racism.

The PM was asked by Labour MP Sarah Champion in the Commons to back an alternative plan for the town’s steelworks that would save all 8,000 at the plant while still transitioning to low carbon steelmaking

A new round of MPs expenses has been published - and along with ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier's top laptop deal, more MPs have put in claims for wellies and a trip to a flag conference

The UK Health Security Agency declared a “national incident” warning too few youngsters were protected against the potentially deadly virus - Now Labour have called on the government to let health visitors administer vaccines during home visits

Local Labour leaders have been working to revive the scuppered Doncaster Sheffield Airport, providing transport in the north a much-needed boost after Rishi Sunak’s scrapping of HS2

A 2021 inquiry heard the children of wrongly convicted subpostmasters were “bullied” and “spat at” in the wake of the scandal. Now Ian Lavery says Fujitsu bosses should set up a 'substantial trust fund' to compensate families of the victims

MPs are banned from claiming expenses for campaign leaflets - and are only allowed to charge taxpayers for non-political informational publications

Labour MP Emma Lewell-Buck's bill comes after licensees and councils faced an “admin nightmare” when England reached the Women’s World Cup final this summer

The announcement by Tata Steel has been branded a "crushing blow" for UK manufacturing after it announced it was closing its blast furnaces at Port Talbot in Wales

Tata Steel is understood to have rejected plans drawn up by trade unions aimed at saving thousands of jobs, instead pressing ahead with closing blast furnaces in Port Talbot

A Conservative Party report said the cash spent on Royal Docks 'beach party', enjoyed by tens of thousands of locals, was 'wasted' and branded it a 'pointless scheme'

It’s more than double the figure the department spent on outside advisors the previous year. It comes as the department’s spending on temporary agency staff also reached a record high of nearly £40 million

Tory minister Alex Burghart admitted he uses an experimental “AI Red Box”, developed by the Cabinet Office, to sift through the stack of papers he’s given to read every day.

Mrs Murty donated her stake in Koru Kids to charity after her involvement became an "unfair distraction" for the charity, it was announced this week

Pat Cullen, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, warned the Prime Minister that 'every option – including strike action – is on the table'