Politics

Ministers have been accused of being 'shamed' into adopting Labour's plans to get tough on water companies after bosses raked in millions in bonuses despite sewage

Jeremy Miles, who will become First Minister if elected leader of the Welsh Labour Party, shared how he found it difficult growing up as a child in the 1980s and later coming out

Jeremy Miles, who is standing to become leader of Welsh Labour, vowed to ensure all children are given the opportunity to reach their full potential if he becomes First Minister

Greta Woolley, 89, was not given a bed on a ward for 72 hours, instead having to wait on a trolley in a corridor at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham in Kent

Despite growing alarm from countries including the US, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu insists sending troops into the southern Gaza city of Rafah is necessary to eliminate Hamas

Some of the most senior Church of England bishops including the Archbishop of Canterbury have demanded changes to Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill in a crunch week in the House of Lords

Kwasi Kwarteng, who was sacked as Chancellor by Liz Truss after the mini-Budget crashed economy, warned Rishi Sunak that 'something has to change' to prevent electoral wipeout

Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman are being investigated by the NCA for their role in PPE deals worth more than £200million during the Covid pandemic

Housing Secretary Michael Gove made the guarantee today amid fears the Tories were intending to junk their commitments to no-fault evictions after repeated delays

Azhar Ali, who is standing for Labour in the Rochdale by-election this month, said his remarks about the October 7 attacks were 'deeply offensive, ignorant and false'

Pearl Black died aged just 22 months, when a Range Rover rolled off a driveway, hitting a garden wall that fell on her as she walked to her local park in 2017. Now her mum Gemma wants to change the law

Dr Salim Ghayyda's appeal to the British Government to help his family fell on deaf ears. He’s now crowdfunding for £100,000 to get them out

Despite the firm’s role in the Post Office scandal, it has been handed £1.4 billion worth of deals since the High Court ruled there had been bugs and errors in its Horizon software.

Nearly three quarters -72% - of new-build schools due to open by 2030 are in the constituencies of Tory MPs while sites in Labour seats are left to crumble

The Walkers potato snacks topped the list of confectionery items sold by Lords retail outlets, shifting 2,580 bags. It was closely followed by Walkers’ Salt and Vinegar variety, selling 2,332, with the standard four-finger Kit Kat in third place, selling 2,298

Swimming chief estimate that 75% of councils face a swimming pool shortage by 2030 - with almost one in three children already leaving primary school unable to swim a length

In all, the ex-PM’s decision to tear up plans to make all new build homes zero carbon added £2.6 billion to energy bills between 2015 and 2022, according to research from the Green Britain Foundation

When you see Labour going down well with the City, austerity hero George Osborne praising them, it’s a slightly unsettling feeling. Turns out it’s not just me. It used to be you had to wait ages to see how policy was playing out. Now you can get reaction pretty quickly

In a speech to the Labour Local Government Conference in Warwick, the Deputy Labour Leader will say the “biggest obstacle to resolving the crisis” in local government is the Conservative Party

Hannah Vickers, chief of staff of construction giants Mace Group, interprets the scaling back of the £28 billion ambition as "a pragmatic decision made in the face of huge economic uncertainty"

The Labour leader - clearly still furious about the exchange in PMQs - said Rishi Sunak had broken the first rule of being Prime Minister - "to make every single citizen feel safe and respected in their own country"

The Labour leader and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves showed a united front - outlining the huge infrastructure investments still planned for the party's green plan, despite scaling back the headline £28 billion figure

Labour is considering banning under-16s from buying energy drinks such as Monster and Rockstar because of worries about the impact on children’s health and education

Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer has offered a 'full and unreserved apology' after being reported to the local Police and Crime Panel for 'misogynistic remarks'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak snuck out a summary of his tax return that lifted the lid on his wealth showing that he made a staggering £2.2million in the last financial year