Politics

Since 2012 – more than a decade after the Post Office accounting scandal began – the public sector has awarded Fujitsu almost 200 contracts worth £6.8billion in total, analyst says

Dame Andrea Leadsom made the baffling remark during a debate on the chronic shortage of NHS dentists, with MPs told Taylor Swift tickets are easier to get than an appointment

Labour Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper estimated that the Government has pledged almost £400million to Rwanda, with additional payments of around £200,000 per person sent there

The ex-postmaster Alan Bates who led the decades-long fight to expose the scandal previously said he would not accept an award while former Post Office boss Paula Vennells had a CBE

In a two-hour long grilling by MPs, Foreign Secretary David Cameron said he was 'worried' Israel might have breached international law in the Middle East conflict

Japanese technology firm Fujitsu is still being allowed to bid for lucrative Government work even after its faulty Horizon software led to innocent postmasters being sent to jail

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a 'mark of disrespect' for kids to miss class for no good reason and warned it harms their life chances and disrupts other children's learning

Akshata Murty has donated her stake in Koru Kids to charity months after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issued a humiliating apology for not telling MPs about her shares

The former Post Office boss Paula Vennells was awarded a CBE in 2019 to services to the organisation despite hundreds of workers' lives being torn apart over the Horizon IT scandal

Tens of thousands of people have signed the Mirror's petition calling for a general election now to allow voters deliver their verdict on the last few years of Tory chaos

London Mayor Sadiq Khan unveiled £140 million plans to extend universal free school meals for the 2024/25 school year, after piloting the approach in state-funded primaries across the Capital from September

London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals he will fund 'lifeline' universal free school meals for primary pupils for another year after a pilot in the Capital's schools

The Housing Secretary Michael Gove said the law will force landlords to fix homes 'within strict new time limits and take immediate action to tackle dangerous damp and mould to help prevent future tragedies'

'Children’s attendance suffers if parents cannot afford transport to school, properly fitting uniforms or learning materials, or they have unsuitable living arrangements,' writes NAHT General Secretary Paul Whiteman

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson vowed to crack down on long term absence after the number of children repeatedly missing class shot up following the pandemic

Touring flooded homes in Loughborough afflicted by Storm Henk Labour leader Keir Starmer slammed the Government's response to the disaster which he says wasn't fast enough

The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, has threatened further industrial action if Health Secretary Victoria Atkins does not return to the negotiating table

Defence minister Andrew Murrison was accused of a "disgraceful response" on whether the government holds records of blood and urine tests on its own troops

Rishi Sunak has been criticised for getting a plane from RAF Northolt to Warton Aerodrome near Preston just minutes after top Tory Sir Alok Sharma launched a scathing attack on his environmental record

Paul Scully, who was Post Office Minister, said the Treasury demanded a value for money exercise was done before agreeing to giving further money to victims including Alan Bates

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers made the perilous voyage across the English Channel in 2023, despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledging to 'stop the boats' more than a year ago. As such, almost 2,000 Mirror readers say the PM has failed to deliver on his promise

It comes as a petition calling for ex-Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE attracted more than one million signatures

Former Cop President Sir Alok Sharma warned Rishi Sunak was 'not being serious' about tackling the climate crisis as he condemned a law to allow more oil and gas drilling licences

Records of blood testing of nuclear servicemen have been locked away for decades as a state secret, the Mirror can reveal

The petition has quickly gained signatures after ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office shone a light on the Horizon IT scandal that led to hundreds of lives being ruined