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The Tory candidate for the Wellingborough by-election Helen Harrison also attempted to claim the allegations against her partner and disgraced ex-MP Peter Bone were 'untrue'

Colin McFarlane, who starred in the Dark Knight trilogy and TV show Outlander, is heading a campaign alongside Annie Lennox to put pressure on Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer

The Public Accounts Committee accused the government of letting existing flood defences fall into disrepair and turning a blind eye to property development in high risk areas

Tory duo Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith both sided with rebels demanding Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda Safety Bill is beefed up

A Conservative Party report said the cash spent on Royal Docks 'beach party', enjoyed by tens of thousands of locals, was 'wasted' and branded it a 'pointless scheme'

Dubbing themselves the 'five families', in a nod to the US mafia, Tory factions joined forces to turn the screws on Rishi Sunak over the Government's Rwanda legislation

A report by Human Rights Watch accused the Government of glossing over serious concerns about Rwanda, where it claims there is 'credible information' of torture and killings

Post Office scandal victims Alan Bates and Jo Hamilton were among those who gave evidence to the Commons Business and Trade Committee today on their fight for justice

The Commons Business and Trade Committee was told victims of the Post Office scandal were 'suffering' and 'dying' while waiting for compensation. Here's what we learned from today's evidence

As Rishi Sunak faces a bitter battle between warring Conservative factions, Boris Johnson said he supported amendments from right-wingers aimed at hardening the Rwanda plan

Rishi Sunak has staked his premiership on the Rwanda asylum policy, which has opened up another Tory civil war after the Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful

Floundering Rishi Sunak has been dealt another blow after the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the Rwanda scheme "does not meet international standards"

New analysis shows Labour would need a historic 12.7 percentage point swing from the Tories to get the keys to No10 - larger than the 10.2 point swing Tony Blair won in 1997

A new Pumpwatch scheme will force fuel stations to update price changes, with drivers then able to check prices via mobile apps, price comparison websites and sat-navs

Rishi Sunak has been rocked after two Tory deputy chairmen - Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith - both said they were backing rebels on his Rwanda bill

David Campbell Bannerman, chairman of the Conservative Democracy Organisation, said the party's MPs will be responsible for 'Harakiri' if they fail to remove Rishi Sunak

Labour MP Barry Sheerman told the House of Commons that he'd done a DNA test and found out he has roots in Ireland and Sweden, and called on all other MPs to do the same

Lies, spin and failure have combined to make the Tory government's last year of power foul in every way, says Fleet Street Fox. But does Labour have what it takes to clean up the stinking mess they've made of Britain?

Lee Anderson, the Conservative Deputy Chairman, is expected to back rebel amendments seeking to toughen up legislation aimed at getting the deportation flights off the ground

The Aslef union said stoppages would run between Tuesday, 30 January and Monday, 5 February - affecting different operators each day - in fresh disruption for passengers

The YouGov survey of 14,000 people indicates Cabinet big beasts such as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps could lose their seats at the general election

The call to speed up the Windrush scandal compensation scheme comes in an open letter signed by singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, actor Colin McFarlane, and rapper AJ Tracey

A “long list” of people should face justice in court for trying to cover up the Post Office scandal, a former minister has said as sub-postmasters’ champion Alan Bates said “don’t let them off the hook” as he called for compensation as well

Labour would, for starters, introduce unfair dismissal rights from day one instead of two years into a job, outlaw exploitative zero-hours contracts and put a stop to fire-and-rehire dirty tricks

Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Angela Rayner accused the Government of 'letting communities down' after repeated Tory commitments to 'level up' the country since the 2019 election