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School spending in England has been ravaged by Tory cuts and is now 3% lower than it was in 2010. Over the same period the backlog for repairs to school buildings has doubled to £11billion

Richard Drax - who said opponents are considering legal action against the Home Office plans - claims he wasn't consulted before Home Secretary Suella Braverman told him of the plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset

Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson told ex-Tory councillor Sebastian Leslie to 'come outside and we'll sort it out' in row about MP Andrew Bridgen being kicked out of the party for comparing Covid jabs to the Holocaust

Oil and gas firms paid £4.4billion in windfall tax payments in the past year, which is way below the £7.2billion the government had forecast

The anti-strikes bill, which could see public sector workers including nurses sacked for taking part in walkouts, could add 'stress' to the relationship between workers and employers, MPs were told

The ex-prime minister said the Home Secretary's Illegal Migration Bill will prevent traffickers being prosecuted and consign innocent people to misery

Tamworth MP Chris Pincher resigned as Deputy Chief Whip last summer after allegations he had drunkenly groped two men in a private members' club in London - in a scandal that set in motion the end of Boris Johnson's premiership

Labour's Rachel Reeves accused the government of destroying many people’s hopes of getting on the housing ladder as mortgage costs have soared since Rishi Sunak became chancellor

In a bruising encounter in the Commons, 'Tory Gandalf' Sir Geoffrey Cox demanded to know why ignoring orders from the European Court of Human Rights was needed amid concerns over the power it would give Suella Braverman

Keir Starmer urged the "out of touch" PM to scrap his "beloved non-dom status" as he took aim at the tax loophole Rishi Sunak's mega-rich wife has benefited from

Rishi Sunak rejected a call from Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy to offer a meaningful apology for Britain's role in colonialism and the slave trade and to make reparations following mounting calls

The controversial Conservative MP said the life-saving jabs were "the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust" in an incendiary tweet that was widely condemned

The Tories’ 'flawed' payment contract for dentists has been blamed on increasing numbers cutting their NHS work and going private - and some patients resorting to ripping their own teeth out

Hundreds of campaign leaflets including the incorrect advice were sent in "error" to residents ahead of next week's local elections. New Voter ID rules have been introduced

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley clashed with Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson after he accused him of not doing his job properly

Daniel Gibbin, chair of a local children's services board, will sit as an independent after he was suspended from the Conservative Party for alleged jokes about rape

Hundreds of Britons have been airlifted from Sudan, with more evacuation flights taking off today as the UK scrambles to rescue its citizens from the war-ravaged nation

Campaigners are furious after the Ministry of Defence confirmed not every veteran who took part in Cold War nuclear tests will get a medal

The Home Secretary had gone on ITV's Good Morning Britain to boast about police recruitment but was forced to admit the Conservatives slashed 20,000 officers after coming into power

The Trussell Trust has smashed all records for the number of emergency aid parcels handed out with enough ingredients for 26.8 million meals distributed in one year

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services today issues a warning for the future of the sector amid staff shortages and funding rows as it publishes its latest report

Donald Trump was not required to be in court today after his lawyers had indicated he would not be testifying as the trial is in a federal civil court meaning - and isn't in danger of going to jail

Devalued wages, soaring prices, rocketing bills and inadequate welfare help in a terrible cost of living crisis is impoverishing people at a rate thought impossible only a few years ago

The deadline to apply for the free document closed at 5pm - fears are now setting in that millions of people will be at risk of being turned away from polling stations

One of Britain's leading midwives pleaded for ministers to set targets to reduce Black women dying in childbirth as she said: 'They have set targets for stillbirths, for premature births, but never for black women'