Politics

Ministers face calls to outlaw the controversial LD50 test which sees animals fed chemicals until half die, and also bring in a blanket ban on experiments on dogs

Henry Staunton, who was chair of the Post Office, claimed a senior civil servant told him to stall on paying compensation to Horizon victims such as ex-postmaster Alan Bates

Campaigners warned that becoming a parent will become a 'luxury' without action to tackle the spiralling cost of childcare as families take on debt and use their savings

A new biography of the Labour leader Keir Starmer claims he saw the loss of the Hartlepool by-election as a 'personal rejection' and told his top advisers he would resign

It comes after Argentinian President Javier Milei called for the South Atlantic Islands to be handed over to Buenos Aires.

Two thirds of refugees surveyed in September said the looming deadline had hampered their ability to find work. And 90% said they felt “unsettled” because of the time limit

Labour secured a double by-election victory on Thursday after a 'catastrophic' handling of an anti-semitism row. Keir Mudie believes the party 'can hold things together and keep focus'

Tata last month rejected proposals from unions that would have secured jobs while still transitioning to more environmentally friendly ways of producing steel

New analysis found the total number of arrivals since Sunak took office had risen to 38,668 - over a third of the 115,927 who have crossed the Channel since the crisis began

Gen Kitchen and Damian Egan are celebrating their double victory over the Tories in the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections - here's how they won, and what they want to do

Senior Tory source says May election might be necessary after Labour battering in by-elections and polls suggesting the party will be 'obliterated' with announcement potentially soon

No amount of Tory spin can hide how ­disastrously their party performed in what were previously two safe Conservative seats - it's time we have a general election

The Government has announced the General Dental Council could provisionally register dentists trained overseas to work in the UK while they do exams amid an NHS access crisis

Home Office figures show 434 Americans have applied for asylum in the UK in the past decade, with one in seven being granted refugee status or similar protections

Keir Starmer and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown were among mourners paying their respects to Labour stalwart Sir Tony Lloyd, who died in January. He served as an MP for 36 years

Unhappy Tory MPs have hit out at Rishi Sunak and said the Government's performance 'is plainly not enough' after the Conservatives lost Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections

Spending wisely saves lives, says Fleet Street Fox. Wasting billions on PPE deals with your mates does not.

Lord Deben, who was Tory chairman while Margaret Thatcher was PM, said the Iron Lady wouldn't have approved of the current Government saying it's 'not conservative'

Tory Party Chairman Richard Holden oversaw devastating defeats in the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections where Labour overturned massive Tory majorities

As latest YouGov data reveals a huge confidence gap between girls and boys in science and maths, Labour MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diversity, Chi Onwurah, argues that we must address the barriers to young women in STEM

Labour leader Keir Starmer was being interviewed after wins in the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections when he was asked about Rishi Sunak's jibe about trans people at PMQs

The Question Time audience ridiculed Tory minister Graham Stuart as he struggled to say whether Rishi Sunak had grown the economy as the UK slipped into a recession

In a stonking victory Labour overturned an 18,000 majority in Wellingborough on a 28.5% swing - the second biggest from the Tories at a by-election since the Second World War

The crucial vote in Wellingborough was triggered after the disgraced ex-Tory MP Peter Bone was ousted from the Commons by his own constituents

Keir Starmer hailed the result in the former Tory stronghold of Kingswood and said it was evidence the public are 'ready to put their trust in a Labour government'