Politics

Ali Ghaderi has told MPs that children should not be punished and put in "prison" for seeking safety, and warned of the psychological toll detaining youngsters indefinitely will have if the Government gets its way

The Institute for Fiscal Studies rejected Conservative Party warnings that removing tax perks would lead to large numbers of pupils moving into the state schools system

A report for the Centre for Progressive Change think tank outlines how reforming the system could deliver benefits for businesses, workers and the Treasury

Two-thirds of parents who have children under four-years-old have been forced to cut back on buying books, toys and other items so they can afford food and bills during the cost-of-living crisis

The Prime Minister announced the contract as he prepared to travel to Vilnius for a crunch summit of alliance leaders as war rages in Ukraine

Cabinet minister Mel Stride said it would be 'ill-advised' for MPs to use parliamentary privilege to name the suspended BBC presenter after a senior Tory suggested they could be unmasked on Thursday

A three-hour long debate on the Privileges Committee's report into MPs who tried to undermine an inquiry into Boris Johnson's Partygate lies saw the chair of the committee become tearful at one point

Ankara is refusing to allow Stockholm to join the Western military alliance - and has now urged NATO countries to back its bid to join the exclusive Brussels bloc

The Prime Minister will dodge a Commons debate on the findings of a special report that found seven MPs had tried to to undermine an investigation into Boris Johnson's Partygate lies

The Prime Minister was obliged under an international treaty to tell the US President the UK "discourages" the use of the controversial weapons

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has opened a sleaze probe into the deputy Tory chairman after the Mirror revealed he had recorded a plug for his GB News show on the Parliamentary Estate

The two leaders are set for crunch talks as the US President makes a fleeting visit to London before meeting the King in Windsor this afternoon

A coalition of rural organisations has demanded politicians stop ignoring the inequalities facing countryside communities, as it calls for more investment in digital networks and rural transport links

The TUC warns workers have suffered a “double whammy” of high inflation and “historically poor” wage growth, as it demanded ministers "stop scapegoating workers"

Haunted by ghosts of Neil Kinnock in 1992 and Ed Miliband in 2010, defeat snatched from the jaws of victory is the nightmare of increasingly optimistic Labour Shadow Cabinet Ministers

The party's education spokeswoman Munira Wilson told the Mirror that supporting the policy was a "no-brainer" which boost children's health and concentration in class

The analysis comes as the Prime Minister prepares for this week's NATO summit in Vilnius where the war in Ukraine is expected to top the agenda

Charities and organisations have formed a coalition to press for an overhaul of the 2004 Hunting Act, which was meant to ban fox hunting with packs of hounds

It comes amid claims one of the broadcaster’s presenters paid a teenager more than £35,000 for sexually explicit photos

The US President has arrived in Britain tonight ahead of talks with Rishi Sunak in Downing Street about the progress of the Ukrainian counter-offensive

As the Prime Minister prepares for the two-day NATO summit this week, he faces mounting criticism at home over the state of Britain’s armed forces and delays to a key Defence Command Paper

A huge scandal has erupted at the BBC after one of its presenters was accused of paying a 17-year-old more than £35,000 for sexually explicit photos

The Shadow Chancellor said Labour's housebuilding plan would put rocket boosters under the industry as the party focuses on stabilising the economy

Taxpayers paid £17million to subsidise food and drink across the Commons’ bars and eateries from 2018 to 2021 - and the special banquet marks 250 years of Commons grub

The Cabinet Office initially tried to keep secret the cost of painting the Titan Airways jet. But he was forced to reveal the price following a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office