Politics

A senior Labour backbencher warned the Government that different systems in operation at polling stations across the country may confuse figures about the real number of people denied a vote

It’s great that Mattel has taken such care to represent a Disabled person as true to life. But it’s still presenting non-Disabled people with an unachievable ideal of beauty in traditional Barbie

Han Zheng, who was recently appointed as president Xi Jinping's deputy, will represent China at King Charles's Coronation on May 6 - provoking anger from top Tories over his role in a crackdown of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong

Health Secretary Steve Barclay took the Royal College of Nursing to court after warning the union does not have a mandate to stage the walkout beginning this weekend

The Aslef union announced three new strikes, including on Saturday, June 3

The former Labour leader accused the Conservatives of failing the UK's nations and regions in a report from the Centre think tank demanding more devolution

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told British nationals wanting to leave the war-torn country to "move now" as he admitted he could not guarantee the ceasefire would even hold until tonight

Members of the National Education Union (NEU) will take part in strike actions in schools across England today after rejecting the Government’s 'insulting' pay offer

School spending in England has been ravaged by Tory cuts and is now 3% lower than it was in 2010. Over the same period the backlog for repairs to school buildings has doubled to £11billion

Richard Drax - who said opponents are considering legal action against the Home Office plans - claims he wasn't consulted before Home Secretary Suella Braverman told him of the plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset

Critics accused the Government of not having 'a shred of integrity yet' after ex-Deputy PM Dominic Raab resigned on Friday after bullying claims were upheld against him

Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson told ex-Tory councillor Sebastian Leslie to 'come outside and we'll sort it out' in row about MP Andrew Bridgen being kicked out of the party for comparing Covid jabs to the Holocaust

Oil and gas firms paid £4.4billion in windfall tax payments in the past year, which is way below the £7.2billion the government had forecast

The anti-strikes bill, which could see public sector workers including nurses sacked for taking part in walkouts, could add 'stress' to the relationship between workers and employers, MPs were told

The ex-prime minister said the Home Secretary's Illegal Migration Bill will prevent traffickers being prosecuted and consign innocent people to misery

Tamworth MP Chris Pincher resigned as Deputy Chief Whip last summer after allegations he had drunkenly groped two men in a private members' club in London - in a scandal that set in motion the end of Boris Johnson's premiership

Labour's Rachel Reeves accused the government of destroying many people’s hopes of getting on the housing ladder as mortgage costs have soared since Rishi Sunak became chancellor

In a bruising encounter in the Commons, 'Tory Gandalf' Sir Geoffrey Cox demanded to know why ignoring orders from the European Court of Human Rights was needed amid concerns over the power it would give Suella Braverman

Keir Starmer urged the "out of touch" PM to scrap his "beloved non-dom status" as he took aim at the tax loophole Rishi Sunak's mega-rich wife has benefited from

Rishi Sunak rejected a call from Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy to offer a meaningful apology for Britain's role in colonialism and the slave trade and to make reparations following mounting calls

In a fiery exchange, Keir Starmer attacked Rishi Sunak for being 'so removed from the country that he boasted that he didn't know a single working class person' and demanded the PM scrap the non-dom status that his wife has benefited from

The Tories’ 'flawed' payment contract for dentists has been blamed on increasing numbers cutting their NHS work and going private - and some patients resorting to ripping their own teeth out

Hundreds of campaign leaflets including the incorrect advice were sent in "error" to residents ahead of next week's local elections. New Voter ID rules have been introduced

Hundreds of Britons have been airlifted from Sudan, with more evacuation flights taking off today as the UK scrambles to rescue its citizens from the war-ravaged nation

Campaigners are furious after the Ministry of Defence confirmed not every veteran who took part in Cold War nuclear tests will get a medal