Politics

The Prime Minister travelled to a political event in Teesside by train yesterday - meanwhile a taxpayer-funded RAF jet was flown up to wait overnight for him, before flying him to a far-right political conference in Rome, in apparent breach of the ministerial code

Four years after the Conservative Party promised to "level up" Britain's forgotten communities, the New Britain Project's Broken Britain Index paints a stark picture of deepening regional inequalities

The role of minister for disabled people has been downgraded by the government to be fulfilled by a parliamentary undersecretary who already has two other jobs, writes Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Tory Science Minister Andrew Griffith said a consultation may be launched in the new year, with measures being considered including a ban on under-16s using sites like Instagram and TikTok

Ministers have been warned it is "only a matter of time" before someone dies at RAF Wethersfield in Essex, just days after a suspected suicide on the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge

Figures from across Labour's past and present, including Gordon Brown, Alastair Campbell, Lord Mandelson and Ed Balls, all attended the service in north London

No10 officials have told nuclear veterans their medical records are not missing, but won't let the PM meet them to discuss it

Figures show more people waiting at A&E departments amid fears the NHS annual winter crisis may have already begun - and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vows to 'keep an eye' on ambulance delays

Charities said the decision to fill the vacant post by an existing member of the Government, who already has other responsibilities, was an 'appalling and retrograde' step

The Partygate PM, who was last week grilled on his decisions during the pandemic at the Covid Inquiry, looks at the camera with his thumb up by the red, gold and Union Jack-decorated baubles

Blackpool South MP Scott Benton faces a 35-day suspension for breaking lobbying rules after a sleaze watchdog rejected excuses, including that he was distracted as it was noisy

Boris Johnson's promise of a green bus revolution was plunged into fresh difficulty in April after ministers were forced to pause handing out cash for councils to revamp old diesel buses due to 'poor performance'

Tulip Siddiq said the triple lock protection is 'safe' under Labour and the party is 'committed' to it. This is despite Keir Starmer refusing to promise it will stay after the General Election

In a scathing ruling Parliament's Standards Committee said Scott Benton was "clearly motivated" by financial gain and said his actions sent gave the message he was "corrupt and for sale"

Backbench MPs have been accused of "pretending to be the mafia" after the "five families" group threatened to derail Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill

The charity Shelter's research shows homelessness in England has grown rapidly in the past year with over 3,000 people sleeping rough on any given night and 279,400 in temporary accommodation

The Government has shown no interest in trying to address the problem of massive staffing shortfalls in the aged care sector, and their new rules for migrants will make things worse

Lee Anderson, who is Deputy Chairman of the Conservatives, admitted the party hasn’t given the public a reason to vote for them at the next election in an audio recording

The Home Office has admitted the cost of the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge that is being used to accommodate hundreds of asylum seekers is docked in Portland Port

Labour leader Keir Starmer asked Tory MPs in the Commons to identify themselves after anonymous quotes appeared in newspapers describing Rishi Sunak as a 'bad politician' and demanding 'he's got to go'

Rishi Sunak's favourability has fallen to similar levels to Boris Johnson, who resigned as PM in summer last year after months of being dragged by the Partygate scandal

First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford, the Welsh Labour leader, has led the country since December 2018 - five years on, he has announced he will step down as FM by Easter

Security Minister Tom Tugendhat aimed a jibe at his Cabinet colleague David Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, eight years after the then PM predicted a "golden era" of relations with Beijing

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) said it was 'deeply disappointed' ministers 'exhibit no ambition in this area' as it demanded wage hikes for low-paid care workers

The Ministry of Defence has been given a fine of £350,000 for a data breach in which it revealed the personal details of 265 people who were fleeing the Talibans in Afghanistan