Politics

Research by the End Child Poverty Coalition revealed the total number of kids living in poverty soared to 4.2million in 2021-22 as the government axed the £20-a-week boost to UC

Keir Starmer has acknowledged that Britain needs nuclear power in the short term to keep our lights on, even though renewable energy sources are ultimately more desirable

The last Labour government approved 10 sites for new nuclear power stations in 2009, but construction has begun on only one plant that is not due to be ready until 2027

A TUC report today finds health and social care were in the 'danger zone' at the start of the pandemic as pay freezes had led to problems with recruitment and staff turnover

The Mirror's Kevin Maguire says sky-rocketing prices in shops are caused by the corporate greed of major firms - but neither the Tories or Labour are willing to tackle them

The co-chairmen of the British Medical Association's junior doctors' committee, Rob Laurenson and Vivek Trivedi, said they would stage walkouts until ministers back down

Robert Jenrick squirmed as he was challenged on Conservative promises, days after figures showed 606,000 more people came to the UK than left last year

The singer, who was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian parents, said Ms Braverman's "invasion" comment during a Commons debate was "hurtful" and called for more "empathy"

The former PM has caused a huge headache for Rishi Sunak by releasing documents to the Covid Inquiry despite the Government refusing to - and lawyers have reportedly written to him threatening to withdraw his legal support funding

Plan will see new jobs for plumbers, electricians, engineers and technicians to work on projects aiming to reduce the use of fossil fuels and tackle the climate emergency

For someone so passionate about education he’s willing to invest his cash in it, maybe Mr Sunak should sort out the schools budget in the UK and end teachers’ strikes

Rishi Sunak and his wife donated a huge sum for a computing lab at Claremont McKenna in California, where Akshata Murty studied. The college fees are $86,500 a year for tuition and board

Stage one of the public inquiry will examine the UK's "resilience and preparedness" for the crisis, with ex-PM David Cameron and his Chancellor George Osborne set to appear.

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said the policy ushered in by austerity Tory ex-Chancellor George Osborne is 'absolutely keeping children in poverty'

Some stats this week show just 14% of people polled said MPs had the public’s best interests at heart

The Cabinet Office launched a judicial review to block requests from the inquiry chairwoman to hand over unredacted WhatsApp messages between Boris Johnson and officials involved in the crisis

Ex-Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said the move to stop Jamie Driscoll standing to become the first Mayor for the North East region showed 'factionalism in the party is completely out of control'

'It is an outrage that Baroness Hallett is having to fight the Government tooth and nail to access the records of ministers and officials'

Friends of the former PM accused Rishi Sunak’s ministers of going to court to challenge the request because they do not want to hand over the contents of their phones

The Liberal Democrats are calling on the government to step in and provide extra funding for cash-strapped NHS trusts to ensure they can afford to provide decent meals

They believe pubs and workplaces are full of people disgusted with student demands to pull down statues of slave owners, who vomit into mixed-gender toilets

The flash-in-a-pan former Prime Minister supports a charge led by mega-rich Nadhim Zahawi, who said he's "haunted" by the prospect of his estate being taxed when he dies

Tory millionaire Nadhim Zahawi is leading the charge to get inheritance tax scrapped. Inheritance tax currently raises more than £7billion a year to help fund public services such as the NHS and schools.

An ugly legal spat has erupted between the Government and the official Covid-19 inquiry which it set up after officials were ordered to hand over tens of thousands of unedited messages. Here we explain what's happening after days of twists and turns

Dame Elan was appointed by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer to replace Richard Sharp, who stepped down after an investigation found he had breached rules around public appointments