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Ministers could be set for a legal battle with the Covid-19 inquiry over the requested release of unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries belonging to Boris Johnson.

Labour is drawing up plans to stop councils making compulsory purchase orders for sites that could become housing from having to pay a "hope value" - which sees prices skyrocket

The popular character from the animated films will be the face of a new campaign to teach children how to behave outdoors and follow the Countryside Code

The Government announced a crackdown amid growing fears over the health impact on children targeted by colourful, flavoured devices seasoned smokers use to quit

Setting up a Covid public inquiry before denying it information smacks of sparing political blushes by Rishi Sunak who should instruct the Cabinet Office to hand over whatever it wants

MPs and unions today blasted the lack of an industrial strategy from the Government as fears grow about the impact on a series of firms and the wider economy

The row comes after the Cabinet Office handed extracts from Boris Johnson's prime ministerial diaries which showed potential lockdown breaches to the police without telling him

Every day last year more than 80 cases of robbery of personal items were closed without a suspect being identified, an analysis by the Lib Dems has revealed

Ministers have announced more people will have access to things such as bereavement and trauma counselling, or transport to and from court during trials, however victims are still not getting free legal help

Researchers have calculated how much cash could be injected into the Treasury if a wealth tax was applied to the richest people in the country

Sharon Hodgson, an MP in North East England, recalls the stigma of queueing for free dinners. But this is about more than ending any stigma for the one-in-five who receive them

Kevin Maguire writes that Jeremy Hunt is relaxed about plunging Britain into recession - no wonder Labour and Keir Starmer are enjoying healthy double-digit poll leads

Moscow's man in London repeatedly clashed with BBC presenter Laura Kuenssberg as she grilled him about his country's invasion of Ukraine

He spearheaded a buyout of the Cynon Valley pit and the 239 staff marched back to work in January 1995 in a triumph for staff at the South Wales coal pit

Sir Alastair Graham, former chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said it was 'scandalous', adding that MPs should have to pay their fines 'like the rest of us'

No10 is planning to make a deal with supermarkets as it becomes increasingly worried the cost-of-living crisis gripping Britain could derail the Tories’ slim hopes of winning the next general election

As a teenager, Paul Carberry chased a man down a train carriage and stabbed him to death. The killer is now the celebrated CEO of one of the biggest UK children's charities

For a long time, Labour’s strategy has been to sit back and watch it happen. I’m not a fan of this but it is increasingly hard to argue with

Rachael Bletchly says sitting through a public speed awareness course may have made Home Secretary Suella Braverman a more thoughtful politician as well as a safer drive

Labour said it was “outrageous” that hard-working taxpayers will continue to pay Mr Johnson’s legal bills, as he “rakes in millions from globe-trotting speaking gigs”.

After a Sunday Mirror campaign, ministers ordered a review of the hardship suffered by veterans during and after their service as a result of the cruel ban

Jonathan Ashworth, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary blamed record NHS waiting times and out of date benefit rules for trapping people out of work

The £16.99 flip-flops, bearing Keir Starmer's face, are significantly cheaper than the £95 designer sliders favoured by Rishi Sunak

Labour say they’ve identified six occasions where the Prime Minister has made “misleading” remarks to MPs in the Commons - some of which he’s later walked back

Yagmur Ozden died after Rida Kazem, 24, lost control of his £180,000 Range Rover, catapulting her onto tube tracks. Her family has now spoken out saying they are furious at his short sentence