Politics

Hardline Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-mogg suggested a 'mucky compromise' would have been made with the Kremlin if the UK had still been tied to Brussels when Russia invaded Ukraine

A study by the Centre for Progressive Policy think tank has calculated the potential impact of reviving heavy industry across swathes of Britain

Millions of EU nationals could be given the right to vote in UK general elections under Labour, along with 1.4 million 16 and 17-year-olds in a major boost to the size of the electorate

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members will begin voting on May 23 for further strike action up to Christmas after the union's six-month mandate expired at the beginning of the month

Last year, 4,231 left the NHS because of the demands of their job – with Royal College of Nursing chief Pat Cullen saying plugging the gaps is taking a heavy personal toll

The former Prime Minister recently splashed out £3.8million in cash on a plush country manor, just months after leaving Downing Street in disgrace and hurling the country into months of chaos

The former Prime Minister is said to have complained about his £164,080 salary while in power – but has managed to find a way to splash £3.8m in cash on a grand new manor house for Carrie and the family

Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft controlled Medacs Healthcare when it was handed 10 NHS deals worth up to £53million between September 2021 and December 2022, contract notices have revealed

Wrightbus, owned by Jo Bamford, son of JCB mogul Lord Bamford and Lady Bamford, will get £6.4m of taxpayers cash as part of the deal

Disgruntled right-wing Conservatives, frustrated at the direction the party is taking, descended on Bournemouth for the first conference of the Boris Johnson-backing Conservative Democratic Organisation

A report by the National Pharmacy Association predicts 3,000, almost one in four, could shut by next year following years of funding cuts

The Conservative Democratic Organisation, branded a "party within a party" and compared to a Tory version of Jeremy Corbyn-supporting pressure group Momentum, is holding its first conference this weekend in Bournemouth

The Labour leader will say he doesn't care if standing up for stability, order and security 'sounds conservative' - and say Rishi Sunak's Tories preserve 'nothing we value'

'That spirit of togetherness is more important than ever at a time when conflict has once again darkened the continent’s doors'

Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock branded it unacceptable that three Tory frontbenchers - including the Prime Minister - have failed to correct misleading claims

The chronic state of the Tories should have an emboldened Labour Party smelling blood - but instead, the noise from the top is of potential coalition

The PM has become notorious for chucking promises made to voters as he has whacked up taxes, failed to cut record hospital waiting lists and ditched a Brexit pledge to scrap EU laws

Often when disabled people are asked about their conditions we’re asked “what’s wrong?” This insinuates as is often the case, that being disabled is a bad thing

University College London's Professor Sir Michael Marmot said the UK is 'on track to make child poverty worse' - and said the Government could spend more on children in their early year but refused to do so, blaming high taxes

The TV star leads a host of celebrities and animal welfare campaigners calling on the Government to deliver on its pledges about protecting animals and cracking down on abuse

The Prime Minister's spokesman said Rishi Sunak believed it would be 'fitting for President Zelensky to address' the grand final of the Eurovision song contest on Saturday

The Prime Minister's spokesman said it was not up to Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride to dictate tax policy after he claimed getting people back into work will boost the economy enough to reduce income tax by 2p

A Government minister was savaged by fellow Question Time panel members over 'morally indefensible' proposals to lock up refugees who reach the UK by small boats in military bases and 'prison' barges

Passengers face major disruption today with ASLEF members walking out and on Saturday as the RMT union's members also strike in their long-running dispute

It is charged with bringing down inflation and hiking interest rates is the only tool it has in its armoury