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Rishi Sunak and David Cameron have been accused of 'sending the wrong signals' to the rest of the world by travelling separately to the United Arab Emirates for the COP28 summit

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

The unfortunate moment prompted laughter from MPs as Rishi Sunak attempted to deliver his final response to Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions

Michael Gove, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the pandemic, is giving evidence at the Covid Inquiry. He chaired key meetings of ministers during the pandemic

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clashed at Prime Minister's Questions, where the PM accused his Greek counterpart of grandstanding over the Elgin Marbles

The Tories promised to build 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s. But the target has never been met and there have been warnings the number could plummet next year

The Children’s Commissioner is demanding the Home Office stop accommodating unaccompanied children in hotels as it's warned some are victims of rape, torture or organ harvesting

US nuclear weapons are expected to return to the UK after 15 years following a visit to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk by American Deputy Defence Secretary Kathleen Hicks

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has announced the search for a 16th National Park will begin early next year, but with plenty of areas in the running, where could it be created?

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

The Government has confirmed how working parents with two-year-old children can register for 15 hours of free childcare a week, with more set to become eligible later next year

Senior Tory Michael Gove apologised to families who lost loved ones for the mistakes made during the Covid pandemic as messages from Dominic Cummings were shown to the Covid Inquiry

More than 100 documents about blood and urine tests of troops which the MoD previously denied existed will be reviewed, Parliament has been told

Unions accused the Government of being 'disingenuous and cynical' after calling time on weeks of talks over draconian minimum service levels in schools without warning

Immigration Robert Jenrick told MPs that he would have put forward a plan to tackle migration a year ago if he could after facing the anger of Tory MPs including Jonathan Gullis and Lee Anderson

Some of the country's most powerful mayors will kick off a bombshell week of evidence at the Covid Inquiry - which also see Dominic Raab, Michael Gove and Matt Hancock interrogated

Grey squirrels were likened to Hamas in a Westminster debate on how to control numbers of the invasive species - including through contraceptive pills - to protect red squirrels

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal the UK's net migration level was 745,000 in 2022 - the highest level on record as Rishi Sunak admits it needs to come down

British PM Rishi Sunak was due to host his Greek counterpart in Downing Street today, but No10 cancelled the talks in the latest diplomatic spat over the Elgin Marbles

The Community and GMB unions have thrown their weight behind a plan drawn-up by experts they drafted in, which could help save "virgin" steelmaking at Port Talbot

A new report by Unison uncovered chilling cases of racism, threats and financial abuse by unscrupulous employers. The union called on Robert Jenrick to abandon plans to cap the number of overseas care workers

Overseas firms only invest in the UK for one of three reasons - we either have lower wages than elsewhere, lower rents, or offer bigger tax incentives, Richard Murphy writes

Home Secretary James Cleverly said he will consider a call from Labour MP Judith Cummins, who urged ministers to lower the limit on how loud fireworks are allowed to be. The RSPCA has led calls for the move

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