Politics

A housing benefit freeze means the proportion of privately rented properties those on the lowest incomes can afford has plummeted as rents for new lets have increased by more than a fifth on average

MP for Bassetlaw, Brendan Clarke-Smith, launched a bizarre attack on political commentator Tan Smith aka Supertanskiii after she thanked a Samaritans volunteer who helped her at Glastonbury

The Prime Minister - who is worth £529m - hinted he might offer less than the amount recommended by Government-appointed pay review bodies

A long-awaited economic assessment of the Illegal Migration Bill revealed it would cost £63,000 more to hand asylum seekers a one-way ticket to the African country than to keep them in the UK

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) infection control lead Rosemary Gallagher told the Inquiry: 'We know that we went into the pandemic with a significant shortage, about 50,000 nurses short'

Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders used a speech at the Royal United Services Institute’s Land Warfare Conference to highlight the threat from Moscow

The under-fire Home Secretary had previously claimed that the Bibby Stockholm would be in place in Portland Port, Dorset, by now - but the barge is still 120 miles away undergoing checks

Rishi Sunak wants Britain to hold its nerve, says Fleet Street Fox. Bit difficult when he's the one who seems to have most of it

The chart-topping DJ and producer joined more than 30 MPs and nightlife chiefs saying that testing at music festivals "undoubtedly saves lives" and "significantly reduces the risk of overdoses"

Labour has hit out at the "Tory mortgage penalty" and lashed out at the Government for failing to provide support for families struggling to keep their homes

Patients will have their risk of cancer assessed based on their smoking history and other factors - and those considered high risk will be invited for specialist scans every two years

'Invading Ukraine is deservedly backfiring badly on humiliated Putin, who relied on former ally Prigozhin’s hired dogs of war to do much of the fighting in occupied territory'

When the PM’s own five goals unveiled in January have become five own goals scored in the Tory net, a healthy Labour majority or even landslide are suddenly possibilities

Tobias Ellwood says there's been a seismic shift in Russia's power dynamics, and President Vladimir Putin has been left badly wounded by Wagner's attempted coup

Despite Putin accusing his former ally of treason and a “stab in the back”, Wagner's chief was allowed to go into exile in Belarus under a secret deal brokered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko

The Government is expected to announce a doubling of medical school places for doctors, with a pledge to train tens of thousands of new nurses and midwives, more trainee GPs and dentists

Analysis also found that 800,000 children were deemed to be living in households with 'very low food security', meaning their family were forced to resort to skipping meals or reduced portion sizes

The ex-Health Secretary could face questions on NHS resources after Dame Sally Davies, the former Chief Medical Officer, told the Inquiry the Government 'disinvested' in public health, leaving the country lacking 'resilience'

Sunny-Jo Veasey, who was slapped with the eye-watering fine for inviting friends over to a shared home in Sheffield in 2021, said it was 'completely unfair' that those who partied in Tory HQ were getting honours

From Tuesday the NHS will stop automatically contacting immunosuppressed patients who test positive for Covid - a move alarmed MPs say will cost more lives.

The Prime Minister claimed there was 'no alternative' but to hike interest rates in order to tackle inflation, but he was branded 'out-of-touch' and 'not up to the job' after an awkward TV interview

Moz Hussain, who is in the running to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, has faced pressure to cast out the team members filmed at a 'jingle and mingle' Christmas party

The Blackadder writer and stand-up comedian said he was "depressed" and accused Mr Sunak of being "dripping with vanity" after the PM gave a disappointing "word salad" interview

The salaries of the top 10% has outstripped the rest of the workforce - but the Bank of England has sparked anger by appearing to blame wage demands from low and mid earners and the Government may overrule public service pay bodies

The Mirror is campaigning to get defibrillators installed in schools, sports clubs, designated shops and other public buildings