Politics

At the best, his shot at becoming leader again is blown - the gloss has come off him and the circus that is the Tory party has moved on, leaving behind a sad and angry clown.

In a recent survey, 96% of parents said they would vote for the party with the best offer on childcare, and it’s no surprise why - a quarter of parents are cutting back on necessities to pay for it

Millions of us were angered and disgusted by a dreadful whining noise coming from Westminster this week – the sound of Boris Johnson passing the buck for Partygate.

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock said agreed to a daily rate of £10,000 to further the interests of the bogus firm - the experiment was set up by campaign group Led By Donkeys

Here's what is likely to happen next after Boris Johnson's tetchy evidence session before the Privileges Committee

Jeremy Hunt announced an "ambition" for all primary schools to provide childcare between 8am and 6pm in last week’s Budget speech - but when the 'startup cash' runs out, parents will be on the hook

Taxpayers footed the bill for top-flight journeys made by 115 MPs, with Tory Anne Marie Morris claiming the most back with £2,842 for 11 trips from her constituency to London

Only 22% of 1,500 voters quizzed online think the controversial policy will be a deterrent

'The shortage of NHS dentists has left patients with a choice of expensive private treatment, suffering in silence or DIY agony'

The former Health Secretary has been claiming £3,300 a month for a property in London since September, shortly before he earned £320,000 for appearing on TV reality show, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here

Liz Truss - who lasted just 49 days as PM after she tanked the economy - has nominated at least four new lifelong members of the House of Lords.

The Government intends to use Personal Independence Payments, a benefit designed to help us cover extra living costs as Disabled people, as the passport for additional Universal Credit money

The revelation comes as the BanktheFood charity launches a fresh appeal for people to donate goods via its app to help ease the plight of hard-up households

As ever, Disabled people are invisible from the headlines, but not from the story - because around a third of us live in poverty

Brian Reade lambasts the two former leaders who are refusing to accept they are now redundant

The UK Statistics Authority has written to the government after three ministers including Mr Sunak claimed in December that the current backlog is half what it was when Labour was in office - whereas official figures show it is 150,000 higher

The disgraced ex-Premier should be denied another chance at leading Britain, according to a Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll for the Mirror. It comes as MPs are investigating whether he deliberately misled Parliament

His comments follow a surprise increase in inflation earlier this week and the Bank of England's decision to raise interest rates - the 11th rise in a row - from 4% to 4.25%.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the European Commission's Maros Sefcovic agreed to adopt the new Windsor Framework which is aimed at undoing some of Boris Johnson's botched deal

Latest figures show the North East is housing a larger proportion of people fleeing persecution than any other region of the UK, with a rate ten times higher than the South East and South West

The Tories are telling you to tighten your belts, while stripping the state of its assets. Fleet Street Fox has the receipts

BBC presenter Fiona Bruce made clear on the programme on Thursday evening that a majority of the audience had voted for the Tories at the 2019 general election.

Households in England will see their bills rise on April 1 as most cash-strapped local authorities announce plans to hike council tax to the maximum level to plug black holes in their finances

The guardian of taxpayers’ money set up a scheme that was open to large-scale fraud, with some applicants even using the money to fund their drug habits

People are sick of the 'great leader' style of politics and are crying out for competence over showmanship, says Paul Routledge, meaning it's finally Keir Starmer's time