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Bereaved families said they have been 'traumatised by the cavalier, callous, cruel decisions' made by Boris Johnson throughout the Covid pandemic. The Mirror heard their stories

Under the Tories, the UK has seen an almost 20% increase in its child income poverty rate, ranking last place in Unicef’s league table of the world's richest countries

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said people must be prepared for the risk of digital or power blackouts, which he warned was a growing possibility due to increasing natural disasters and cyber-attacks

Under the Online Safety Act, sites and apps that display or publish pornographic content must ensure that children are not normally able to encounter pornography on their service

Lib Dem Layla Moran said the means for holding the new Foreign Secretary David Cameron to account are 'woefully lacking' because MPs can't scrutinise him in the Commons

As voting opens on ITV's I'm A Celebrity, MPs have warned viewers that the former Ukip leader is not an 'affable clown' but an attention-seeking 'failed politician'

The council has issued a Section 114 notice, which is a formal declaration it cannot balance its books. We'll be bringing you the latest updates on this Breaking Politics News story

A former Tory minister confronted Rishi Sunak at Prime Minister's Questions to tell him 'enough is enough' and more needs to be done to tackle anti-Muslim hatred

Rishi Sunak's radical plan to phase out smoking by banning young people born after January 1, 2009, from ever buying tobacco is opposed by just 14% of adults, new polling shows

Thérèse Coffey resigned from Rishi Sunak's Cabinet as Environment Secretary a fortnight ago, saying she 'nearly died' from the stress of being a Government minister

Economic abuse is rife across the UK, with one in five women having domestic abusers control their cash, bank accounts and belongings, according to a damning new survey

Former lingerie tycoon Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman came under scrutiny after concerns were raised about her alleged failure to declare financial interests in PPE Medpro

The heated exchange between Reform UK's Richard Tice and Unison's Christina McAnea included the bizarre suggestion that a President Nigel Farage - who is currently on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here - would be a good idea

Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson made the claims in a leaked recording but Reform UK said while it held talks with disaffected Tories, 'no cash or money has in any way been offered'

Multi-millionaire Prime Minister Rishi Sunak used the hammer on its side as he tried to help make a piece of jewellery on a visit to a studio in West Yorkshire

The Prime Minister was pressed about whether his plans to create a smoke-free generation were still in gear after New Zealand - which spearheaded the idea - rolled back

In a desperate attempt to improve polling ratings, Rishi Sunak could hold an early Spring Budget in February so tax cuts have enough time to improve people's finances

James Cleverly - who this week allegedly called Stockton a 'sh**thole' - is not the only Tory MP to have been accused of dissing or smearing areas across the UK

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was accused of taking the public for fools after he announced tax cuts that will still leave millions of people worse off in his Autumn Statement

At the Covid Inquiry, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch said there was a fear in some ethnic minority communities that the Government was trying to harm people through the vaccine

Brexit has once again returned to TV screens during Nigel Farage's stint on ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out - meanwhile a study suggests being clever is linked to voting habits

Home Secretary James Cleverly strongly denied the accusation, while Labour MP Alex Cunningham said he was 'assured' it was him and called on him to 'apologise without reservation'

Keir Starmer criticised the record number of people on an NHS waiting list for treatment, which had jumped up by half a million since Rishi Sunak pledged to cut waits

Fifty-five projects across the UK were awarded a share of nearly £1billion but Labour criticised ministers for failing to explain what will happen to unsuccessful areas

Joe Biden's deputy warned concerns about Artificial Intelligence must go beyond 'existential' fears about threats of cyber attacks or bioweapons as she laid out how the tech could harm