Politics

One nurse took aim at the Prime Minister for still having his 'head in the clouds' after his California holiday as he promised more NHS hospital beds - without the staff to take care of them

The Prime Minister boasted of an eightfold increase in the manufacture of 155mm artillery shells, but now it has emerged it will take until 2025 to build up capacity

The Prime Minister returned from holiday in California to visit Milton Keynes University Hospital and announce the extra capacity - but Labour pointed out how many have been lost

The Prime Minister swerved a question on whether he'd been warned about health risks for asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge - where Legionella bacteria was found last week

Labour is seeking to overturn the SNP's 5,320 majority at the by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West - a seat that has repeatedly switched allegiances since 2010

Tory malcontents are accused of trying to 'wage a culture war' over the UK's Net Zero commitments as weak Rishi Sunak is urged not to cave in by environmental groups

A Health Minister has dismissed calls for the removal of packaging appealing to children on cereals and yoghurts graded as high or medium for sugars, salt or saturated fat

On the second anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy writes for the Mirror about the plight of women and girls in the war-torn country

The Prime Minister is desperate to reach a new deal after losing the right to return failed asylum seekers following Brexit - but leaked memos suggest the EU won't entertain new talks

The UK diplomat who was Britain's ambassador to Afghanistan when the Taliban surged back to power has spoken out on the second anniversary of Western troops' withdrawal

A vigil was held outside Downing Street in memory of six asylum seekers who died in Saturday's Channel tragedy while trying to reach the UK on a small boat

The former Home Secretary accused the Government of being "secretive about its intentions" over the use of the former RAF base in Wethersfield in Essex, in a fresh headache for Suella Braverman

Afghanistan, which fell to the Taliban two years ago today, is facing soaring poverty and starvation since the militant group regained control during the fall of Kabul

Health bosses accused ministers of failing to address staff shortages after the Department of Health announced a £250million package to boost capacity with more beds

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey has hit out at ministers over the treatment of heroes who helped UK forces during more than a decade of combat operations in the war-torn country

The Silver Voices campaign group hoped its petition would trigger a probe into alleged discrimination against older people, especially around accessing online services

An oncologist said 'failure is failure however you measure it' as it emerged the NHS is set to ditch a target for suspected cancer patients to see a specialist within two weeks

A college principal and leading regional business chief have raised fears about how youngsters are being equipped for industry, as A-level results day looms this week

No10 did not deny reports that Rishi Sunak attended a Swift concert in Los Angeles with his family and took part in a cycling class set to the Shake It Off singer's music

Campaigners have called on the Government to abandon the Bibby Stockholm project altogether after the discovery of Legionella bacteria led to it being evacuated

Rishi Sunak is desperate to woo the pub industry after being heckled earlier this month following an alcohol tax shake-up - but the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) said the Government must go further

Labour is still winning in the polls despite aggressive Tory spin, says Fleet Street Fox. Perhaps that's because the Tories are spinning themselves down the plughole

Steve Barclay claimed ministers took very swift action by removing asylum seekers from the Bibby Stockholm barge on Friday, despite Dorset Council claiming it notified a Home Office official on Tuesday last week

The move, which has already been introduced in Canada and Israel, would see inserts with messages highlighting the health benefits of quitting. The Government says it's been proven to work, and could save the NHS billions of pounds a year.

An estimated 3.9 million working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year - more than at any point since the 1980s, according to research by the Resolution Foundation think tank