Politics

Parliament has become a ghost town as MPs abandon the House of Commons for the conference recess. But how much annual leave do they get?

The family of the former Labour mayor nicknamed 'Red Ken' said the 78-year-old had withdrawn from public life as they announced he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease

As buildings go to RAAC and ruin under the Tories, Gillian Keegan tried to put a spin on the situation by saying pupils prefer temporary portacabins to permanent classrooms

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 'terrorists have no right to hold nuclear weapons' as he warned of the danger posed by Russia in a speech to the UN General Assembly

The flip-flopping Prime Minister is tipped to announce that a ban on new petrol and diesel cars will be pushed back five years to 2035 - just a day after Liz Truss called for a delay

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey said that Britain should be 'ready to work through' challenges posed if Donald Trump wins the presidential election and returns to the White House

Figures released by the Cabinet Office show she claimed back £23,310 from her post-Prime Ministerial allowance between October 2022 and March 2023

Ranting about how she's done a 'f***ing good job' on crumbling schools has landed scandal-hit Education Secretary Gillian Keegan in hot water - and not for the first time

Michael Gove has announced that Government-appointed Commissioners will take over the management of Birmingham City Council after it declared itself effectively bankrupt

The gaffe-prone Education Secretary insisted pupils like learning in temporary classrooms rather than proper school buildings as the Government admitted 174 schools in England contain collapse-prone RAAC concrete

Labour leader Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron swapped gifts at the Elysee Palace in Paris, with Mr Starmer describing talks as 'positive' and 'very political'

The Commons Culture Committee had written to TikTok to question if Russell Brand is making money from a video in which he denies rape and sexual assault allegations

Senior Tory MP Caroline Nokes called on the Home Office to listen to concerns rather than 'bunker down and defend policies and practices that are found to be inadequate'

Ministers accused of 'rewarding abject failure' as Avanti and CrossCountry were given fresh taxpayer-backed deals despite coming bottom for punctuality over the summer

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT An inquiry found workers repeatedly said 'if he dies, he dies' to taunt detainees, with staff 'too quick to employ force' at Brook House immigration removal centre (IRC) close to Gatwick Airport

The Mirror understands executives have flown in from India for crunch talks with unions at the plant, where thousands of workers are expected to lose their jobs

Dangerous RAAC concrete has now been found in 174 schools across England, up from 147 a fortnight ago as hundreds of pupils have their learning disrupted

A grim survey of teachers, school governors, teaching assistants and catering staff found 89% said child poverty in their school has soared over the past two years

As NHS junior doctors and consultants prepare for mass walkouts, the Tories ramped up tensions with plans to consult on extending so-called minimum service levels to hospitals

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey will outline plans for the Democratic Resilience Centre when he addresses a Washington think tank during a week-long trip to the States

Veterans who have been victims of state crimes over their medical records are still unable to show the PM their evidence, while a much-wanted medal ceremony with the King has not been arranged

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

Veteran Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh accused the Government of 'misapplying' public money over its plans to move 2,000 asylum seekers to RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire

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

The disaster Prime Minister came out swinging in a brazen speech in which she hit out at civil servants, the Bank of England, Joe Biden, her Tory colleagues, the media and called for the pension age to rise