Politics

Health minister Helen Whately appeared flustered after BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce asked if anyone supported the government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and no one put their hand up

A report by the National Audit Office concluded long-term waste management plans 'do not yet exist' despite ministers publishing a strategy four years ago

Dozens of MPs, activists and school children gathered outside the gates of No10 to hand over an open letter to the PM calling for free school meals for all primary school pupils to prevent kids from going hungry

The long-awaited NHS workforce plan is likely to come under scrutiny when it is published at midday on Friday, with the Tories having only committed funding for the first five years

No wonder the water industry is in trouble - the public is being fleeced by these companies who are simply treating the system as a means to extract profit from them

No child’s education should suffer because parents are unable to afford the cost of a meal

Both the Tories and Labour have suggested they will honour the state pension triple lock, despite the cost, says Paul Routledge

Instagram users rushed to point out the height difference after Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski, who is 6 foot 9 inches, posted a picture of him standing next to the Prime Minister

'When disabled people are physically unable to attend Pride events it gives the message that we don't belong in the LGBTQ+ community'

The Conservative deputy chairman has begun hosting a weekly programme on GB News despite previously suggesting MPs with second jobs should quit Parliament

The former Scottish First Minister was reminded she was "in a witness box not a soap box" when she appeared at the Covid Inquiry as she rallied against Brexit and the impact it had

The Cabinet Minister said war in Ukraine, runaway advances in technology and science, climate change and mass migration meant the planet was being reshaped - and called for an overhaul of international bodies

The landmark ruling comes after more than 14 months of deadlock since it was first unveiled by former Home Secretary Priti Patel last year

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries and Priti Patel are among the Tory MPs and peers who attempted to "undermine" the committee investigating the disgraced former PM's Partygate lies

Tan Smith, 38, was stunned after Brendan Clarke-Smith sarcastically said he was "playing the world's smallest violin" after she praised the Samaritans on Twitter

A House of Lords committee has raised fears about 'digital exclusion' as families try to cut bills with household budgets hammered by inflation and rising mortgage costs

The Commons Education Committee found that teaching children about the world of work at an early age would help raise aspirations - and stop them deciding against jobs based on gender or background

Under a deeply flawed system, they were allowed to load their companies with debt to pay their shareholders billions in dividends

Labour's Sir Chris Bryant, who mounted a ferocious attack on Rishi Sunak at PMQs, writes that 'it really turns my stomach when I hear Sunak lecturing my constituents about holding their nerve'

The competition watchdog will publish a report next week exposing how forecourts have increased their profit margins on petrol and diesel in the past four years

Youngsters from Monksdown Primary School, in Liverpool, put pen to paper to urge the Prime Minister to change strict eligibility rules that mean kids living in poverty miss out

The alliance Secretary-General has summoned Turkish officials to NATO headquarters in Brussels for a showdown next week

In a statement today, Tory mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski said: 'I have decided, with a heavy heart, to withdraw from the Conservative mayoral contest. I categorically deny the allegation against me.'

Headteachers are reporting that as many as a quarter of students are vaping as concerns are raised that addiction levels are higher than they were with tobacco

Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"