Politics

Writing for The Mirror, Labour MP Kim Leadbeater says not enough is being done to engage young people in politics especially now Voter ID presents another barrier to voting

Kim Leadbeater criticised the Government for not doing enough to engage youngsters in politics ahead of tomorrow's local elections and said the introduction of Voter ID was 'extremely worrying' as it risked being an extra barrier

A charity warned being clean is becoming 'an unattainable luxury' as the cost-of-living crisis forces families to choose between feeding their kids and buying hygiene products

Lord Patrick Cormack accused Home Secretary Suella Braverman of ignoring locals' views over what should happen to RAF Scampton and ploughing on with a plan to house asylum seekers

The Prime Minister was also grilled on the staggering amounts of Covid fraud on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show... as he launches the Government's own fraud strategy

In a further embarrassing turn of events, official fact-checking website Full Fact instantly debunked two more incorrect claims Rishi Sunak has made at PMQs sessions

Floundering Rishi Sunak came under fire over the impact of Kwasi Kwarteng's disastrous economic meddling last year, with 850,000 paying higher mortgage rates and a further 930,000 facing the same fate by the end of the year

The Tory austerity architect said 'anti-nanny state Conservatives' are 'not worth listening to' as he took aim at Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak for delaying a ban on junk food advertising

Writing for the Mirror, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said it is a "national scandal" the country is failing to build council housing for a new generation

Sadiq Khan is demanding ministers raise their ambitions as it emerged construction started on 10,000 council homes in the capital last year, compared to just 4,325 across the rest of England in the previous year

A study by Sheffield University and Carers UK lays bare the contribution of families in easing the pressure on the vital service, amid growing calls for extra cash

Two thirds of the Conservative ministers who sit around the Cabinet table backed an attempt to rip up Westminster sleaze rules in a bid to save Owen Paterson

Oonagh Preece first went to a polling station in 1950 and has voted in every local and general election since. But the requirement for photo ID at polling stations now excludes her from democracy

Polly Hudson wonders what might have been if Diana was still with King Charles this weekend...

Shadow trade secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said Tory ministers are failing to grasp trading opportunities after Brexit as he urged them to take advantage of the Coronation

A Labour backbencher's Bill to enforce rules around carers being paid for travel time has passed its first Commons hurdle - and is due to back in front of MPs in six months

The Electoral Commission has admitted it will 'not be possible to accurately quantify' the impact of the new rules by counting who does or doesn’t have ID at the ballot box

Care Minister Helen Whately faced a tough 90 minutes of questioning from MPs on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee over wage rates and chronic levels of vacancies

The NHS Staff Council meeting of NHS Employers and 14 unions representing all staff except doctors and dentists took place from 1.30pm and saw a landmark vote on the 5% pay rise for 2023/24

Senior Conservatives had feared up to 1,000 of their local councillors would be ousted in the Prime Minister's first big electoral test on Thursday

Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of attempting to stoke a row about his decision to hire the former government ethics chief as he has nothing to say about the cost of living crisis

Education Minister Jeremy Miles unveiled new statutory guidance to make uniforms more affordable by ensuring families aren't made to buy branded items or specific styles which can drive up bills

The Labour leader also urged ministers to ban colourful packaging and attractive flavours for kids such as unicorn crush or cotton candy amid 9% of 11 to 15 year old children having used e-cigarettes in 2021

Sky News presenter Kay Burley grilled Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on whether he was a 'Nimby' (Not in my back yard) after his local council tried to block plans to house asylum seekers on a disused airbase

The Labour leader said the party was preparing to 'move on' from its commitment to free tuition, which was written into the last two manifestos under Jeremy Corbyn leadership