Politics

The Institute for Government warned that a repeated failure to tackle the obesity epidemic will result in higher taxes and spending - with the problem already costing the NHS £6.5billion every year

A new report by the National Housing Federation lays bare the extent of the chronic social housing shortage, with families forced to share beds, parents sleeping in kitchens or hallways, and children left without space to do their homework

Four previous Tory Home Secretaries – Theresa May in 2016, Amber Rudd in 2017, Sajid Javid in 2018 and Priti Patel in 2021 – also boasted of getting tough

Ex-Cabinet ministers Priti Patel and Robert Buckland warned that efforts to get people back into work "risk being held back” by tight-fisted rules on Statutory Sick Pay

PM says being bad at maths is embarrassing, rather like his handling of his latest half-baked education idea, says Polly Hudson

Western officials admitted Kyiv would come under pressure over the timing of its long-awaited offensive - but insisted the regime must be left in charge of deciding when the time is right

The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne has promised to scrap zero-hour contracts if Sir Keir Starmer enters Downing Street - but what do YOU think? Vote in our poll

Stuart Peach is standing for the Conservatives in Ashfield where party deputy chairman Lee Anderson is the MP. It is too late to remove him from the ballot paper where he will be listed as a Tory candidate

Police Scotland said: 'A 71-year-old man has today, Tuesday, 18 April 2023, been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party'

Labour leader Keir Starmer distanced himself from his predecessor in a recent interview, where he denied he'd ever been friends with Jeremy Corbyn during their time working together

MPs said they are 'concerned' ministers and NHS leaders have 'underestimated' the extent racism plays in the inequalities

Figures obtained by Labour revealed it took 65 hours for paramedics to get to one person in the North West in December - 32 times the two-hour target for a category 3 call

The Commons inquiry into whether the Tory leader should have flagged his wife’s stake in a childcare business before the Budget once again illustrates this point

Darren Lewis says in light of the Essex pub row over displaying racist dolls, some people need a history lesson to be reminded of the generations enslaved and violated on the basis of their skin colour WARNING: STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE SOME READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE

Peter Stanyon, who is chief executive of the association of electoral administrators, admitted the upcoming local elections are unlikely to be delivered to the standard 'that everybody would want to achieve'

Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen said the PM faces punishment at the ballot box as she urged Tory ministers to enter talks to avert fresh hospital strikes

In an article for the Mirror, Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen warned the PM he faces a backlash from voters if he fails to avert fresh hospital strikes

Ministers are currently collecting evidence to see how teen vaping can be stamped out. Some 7% of 11 to 17-year-olds were 'current users' of vapes in 2022 - up from 3.3% the year before

The Prime Minister’s heiress wife Akshata Murty took a hit to her vast fortune as shares in the Indian IT giant Infosys, which was co-founded by her billionaire dad, dropped in value

The Company Chemists’ Association urged the Government to stump up more cash so pharmacies can become 'the first port of call for cardiovascular care' by delivering more blood pressure checks

The Conservative Party is refusing to say whether it will take any disciplinary action against Stuart Peach. He is standing to become a councillor in Ashfield where Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson is the MP

The Prime Minster is very rich but seems incapable of basic sums, says Fleet Street Fox. If he wants maths lessons for all, let's start with him

The Prime Minister is being investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Daniel Greenberg over allegations he failed to declare an interest

The Prime Minister wants all children to study maths in 'some form' until adulthood but critics said his sums on how to deliver the vague plans failed to add up

The first nationwide test takes place at 3pm on Sunday, with the system designed to be used to warn of floods, wildfires and storm surges - but it could also be used for other emergencies