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The ex-Health Secretary is facing a political storm after an incendiary tranche of his pandemic-era WhatsApps were published

Ministers considered a nationwide cull of pet cats during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic when it appeared they could be spreading the virus, a former minister has claimed

Teaching unions blasted the 'appalling lack of respect' shown in leaked WhatsApp messages between the then-Education Secretary Sir Gavin Williamson and Matt Hancock during the pandemic

Ministers are now facing calls to abandon the cap - around £1,666 per month for a couple per month outside London - which one expert said makes 'no logical sense'

The soap star qualified for free school dinners as a child but she said her single mum often worked three jobs so she and her sister could be spared the stigma that left her classmates 'humiliated'

Fareshare has written a letter, signed by 1,020 organisations, to Rishi Sunak telling the Conservative leader: “The UK has a hunger crisis and your Government is absent"

Bereaved relatives have told of their fury after Matt Hancock's bombshell texts on testing were leaked. Matt Forest, whose mum died of Covid, said the former Health Secretary 'betrayed' his mother

Those who lost loved ones to Covid will be reading these revelations with rage and disbelief. These messages must be examined in detail by the Covid Inquiry, which should report as soon as possible

Journalist Isabel Oakeshott said it was clear that Matt Hancock was not happy after she gave him no advance notice about leaking his private WhatsApp exchanges and added he sent her a 'menacing text'. Mr Hancock denied this claim

The messages raise further serious questions about why ministers during the Covid pandemic failed to protect care home residents and why the testing regime was dogged by failures

The divisive Tory deputy chairman claimed that receiving Universal Credit isn't an indication that families are in poverty - and said he'd contacted a local school to find out why they'd been offering free breakfasts

Tory Mark Fletcher has put forward a bill calling for the law to be changed, saying he'd been contacted by a constituent who was horrified to learn their abuser was trying to change their name

The Labour Deputy Leader told a room of around 300 business leaders to 'please' look at the results of a trial on a four-day working week. The landmark results revealed nearly all firms involved are continuing with the shorter hours

The under-fire Health Secretary will hold a face-to-face meeting with the British Medical Association (BMA) - the first of any NHS trade union after the government opened talks with the Royal College of Nurses (RCN)

Mirror columnist Eva Simpson hits out at Michael Gove's disgraceful idea to take away benefits from already struggling parents if their child plays truant from school

Teachers are striking over a long-running pay dispute, with one protester saying they had a student complaining the classroom was too cold during their mock exams

The PM criticised Nadine Dorries for failing to represent her constituents, but he has failed to discipline the ex-minister who has not spoken in the Commons since last July

A tranche of messages from the former Health Secretary and officials have been made public after he shared them with journalist Isabel Oakeshott who helped him write his pandemic memoir

The Labour leaders comments come after the ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock published his Pandemic Diaries in 2022 - before the Covid public inquiry kicked officially kicked off

Top chef Tom Kerridge called on the Tories to extend free school meals to all children whose households receive Universal Credit - and called for a long term overhaul of the system so every child gets a nutritious lunch

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock furiously disputed the suggestion that he ignored advice to test everyone entering care homes from Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty in April 2020

A poll for the Food Foundation found that 80% of people in England back calls for free school dinners for all children living in households that receive Universal Credit

Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Office for Value for Money will comb through spending decisions and have powers to investigate government contracts

Scapegoating parents and carers, often at the end of their tether when children are going off the rails, is not the answer - it would just make life worse for the households affected

Boris Johnson's biggest cheerleader Nadine Dorries has been accused of spending too much time trying to become a TV star rather than representing her constituents