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A year on from the former PM’s ‘mini budget’, Pat McFadden, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, warned Rishi Sunak “might want to forget all about it - but voters never will.”

A new report by the Commons Defence Committee warned the fleet was “alarmingly” low in number, and would struggle to defend the UK in an “all-out war”.

Police confirmed a man in his twenties - reported to be a Commons passholder - and a second in his thirties had been arrested on suspicion of espionage offences

Analysis by the Scotch Whisky Association found whisky drinkers would pay £200 more a year in tax compared to people who order pints of cider

Mr Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy handed pots of cash to Claremont McKenna College, the liberal arts college in Los Angeles where Mrs Murthy studied.

Calls grow for an nationwide audit of social housing as the crisis grows - as ministers scramble to get a grip of how many government buildings contain RAAC

As part of the “biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”, Deputy Leader Angela Rayner is set announce outdated regulations would be updated to cover new, underhanded tactics from rogue bosses

Bridget Philipson, the Shadow Education Secretary, said Labour would “at a stroke” change rules to limit to three the number of items of branded uniform and PE kit parents are forced to buy

An army of structural engineers are set to be dispatched on Monday to inspect HUNDREDS of schools which may have used reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their construction - as experts' concerns grow that the substance may have been used in prisons and even housing

The former minister didn't mention her Mid-Bedfordshire constituency at all in the Commons since 2019 - and she continued to employ her daughter on a taxpayer-funded salary of up to £49,000 despite her living hours away from either the seat or Parliament

The True and Fair Party leader dared the pro-Brexit publican to debate her on rejoining the EU in a letter.

Officials are said to be close to a deal with the Indian firm to secure the future of the Port Talbot steelworks

The vice-chair of the Defence Select Committee branded Grant Shapps a "PR man". Meanwhile Labour's Keir Starmer is expected to shake up his top team this week

Steve Reed, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary said: “No one will take any lessons from this soft-on-crime Tory government."

The zone will grow to include all London boroughs from Tuesday, which the London Mayor said would “ensure every Londoner breathes cleaner air.”

The party’s analysis of official survey results found around 8,679 businesses expected to shut down premises in the next three months

Heinz Tomato Ketchup and Sabra Houmous have seen their costs soar by 95% and 67% respectively

Among the courses open to attendees at Claremont McKenna is 'Ghosts and the Machines’, taught at nearby Harvey Mudd College, which is advertised as an “exploration of the interrelations between occult mediumship, modern media, and technology”

The Prime Minister he still faces a further probe into an alleged breach of the confidentiality rules surrounding the probe into his failure to properly declare his wife's shareholdings

The firm, registered in Panama, has worked with the family of the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and Morgan Tsvangirai, the late Zimbabwean opposition leader

Experts say Britain continuing to pump millions of pounds into 'white elephant' carbon capture projects is "likely the result of significant lobbying by the gas industry"

In a scathing letter, Nadine Dorries, MP for Mid-Bedfordshire, has accused Rishi Sunak of putting her personal safety at risk by "whipping a public frenzy against her"

Analysis by the Liberal Democrats found almost 65,000 schoolchildren would be impacted by the field selloffs

The party’s analysis of this year’s A-level data found pupils in private schools were more than twice as likely as those in comprehensives, sixth form colleges and academies to get A or A* grades.

In a personal letter to the squad, Labour leader Keir Starmer wrote of the pride he felt after taking his daughter to watch the team in the Euros semi-final last year, saying she had been “immediately absorbed.”