Politics

Health campaigners are urging the PM to resist pressure from Tory critics like former PMs Liz Truss and Boris Johnson who oppose plans to create a smoke free generation

Rishi Sunak said his 'working assumption' was to hold a general election in the 'second half of the year' in an attempt to squash speculation he could call a vote early

Labour leader Keir Starmer was asked whether 16-year-old Luke Littler's performance at the World Darts Championship justified extending the vote to younger teenagers

The Labour leader Keir Starmer faced repeated questions at a New Year's speech on taxation - but insisted he would not announced 'uncosted' tax plans like failed ex-PM Liz Truss

The ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office has led to an avalanche of new signatures on a petition on 38 Degrees to strip ex-Post Office chief of her 2019 CBE award

The Institute for Government warns time is running out for Labour to discuss its plans for government with the civil service if Rishi Sunak calls a general election in May

Labour leader Keir Starmer warned voters couldn't afford another year of Tory misery - and said cowardly Rishi Sunak was scared of putting his record to the voters

Ministers claimed to have cleared a 'legacy' backlog of applications made before June 28 last year, but figures show more than 4,500 of these are still waiting an initial decision

The Tory peer Shaun Bailey questioned former Countdown host Carol Vorderman status as a 'serious political commentator' as he appeared on GB News last week

The poster describes the Lib Dems as the 'Blue Wall’s Premium Conservative MP unseating service', with services including repairing NHS waiting times and ending raw sewage discharges

Reform leader Richard Tice said the 'terrified' Conservatives were already 'pleading' for his party not to stand in certain seats but said 'under no circumstances' will he make any pacts

Despite his best efforts, Rishi Sunak has started to develop an unfortunate reputation for being thin-skinned and tetchy when grilled over Government failings

The number of asylum seekers arriving by small boat to the UK last year may have fallen - but it's still the second highest on record. Do you think the Tories have delivered on their pledge to stop the boats?

It comes after victims of the scandal still waiting for compensation accused the Government of dragging its heels - 24 years after their wrongful convictions for stealing

Labour's analysis says by 2024-2025 a family with two adults working full time on the National Living Wage will pay £1,320 more a year due to Tory stealth taxes

Ark Walworth Academy Principal Jessica West told the Mirror how critical free school meals are for pupils at her school in Southwark, south London

The ministerial 'merry-go-round' triggered by the chaotic collapse of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's Governments led to bumper payouts in the Department for Education

A Chinese-made clock counting down to May's local elections appeared in the background of a video by Tory chairman Richard Holden - who has urged Brits to buy local

More than half - 55% - of private renters on housing benefit are also worried about becoming homeless because of sky-high costs, according to a survey for the charity Shelter

Home Office figures released today reveal that nearly 100,000 asylum seekers are still waiting for an initial decision and Home Secretary James Cleverly was accused of fudging figures

The indsutrial action, which is set to start at 7am tomorrow morning and end at the same time next week, will see junior doctors walk out as NHS England's medical director warned of "one of the most difficult starts to the year" ever

Labour has launched a new online tool allowing people to calculate how much tax they pay, and plans to hammer Rishi Sunak with it ahead of the general election

Home Secretary James Cleverly said he "regrets" the hurt he caused by joking about giving his wife date rape drug Rohypnol on the day the Home Office announced a crackdown on spiking

New NHS Digital data shows there are 62.9 million registered patients - even though England's population is estimated to have been around 57.1 million in 2022

NHS England's medical director warned the NHS may have to deal with 'one of the most difficult starts to the year' it has ever faced as junior doctors prepare to walkout for six days