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Educated in a C of E church school 70 years ago, I had the importance of Easter dinned into me. But it seemed natural, anyway - England was a much more religious country then

I was gobsmacked when a pal told me she was made to pay to view a rental flat. When I asked her why she didn’t tell the estate agent where to go, she shrugged: 'That’s just how it is now'

It comes after Scott Benton was stripped of the Tory whip on Wednesday evening after a newspaper sting alleged he was prepared to leak policy documents to a bogus investment fund and ask parliamentary questions on its behalf

In an interview with the Mirror, the Labour leader said the government could 'easily' change the law so criminals can no longer hide from their victims' families

Government ethics advisor Sir Laurie Magnus said he was unable to find any "clear evidence" that former chief whip Mark Spencer had made negative remarks about Nusrat Ghani's Muslim faith

Cabinet Minister Michael Gove warned town halls against abandoning machines where drivers can pay by cash or card as operators switch to smartphone apps

The DWP study has been kept under wraps since it was completed in 2020 but it was finally published on Thursday after the Information Commissioner's Office ordered its release

The Labour leader hit out at Tory plans to place 2,000 migrants at RAF Scampton - once home to the famous 617 Squadron and the Red Arrows

Stark figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that there were 45,233 burglaries in 2022 where a police officer didn't visit the scene of the crime

The Child Poverty Action Group said the controversial cap has played a big role in rising child poverty - but do you think the policy should be scrapped?

Figures quietly slipped out while MPs are away from Westminster lay bare the extent of the decade-long killing programme aimed at curbing bovine tuberculosis

BBC News presenter Maxine Croxall posted a selfie from the pub with fellow hosts Geeta Guru-Murthy and Annita McVeigh

The Home Secretary beat backbencher Flick Drummond in the race to be selected as the candidate for the new seat In Hampshire created by constituency boundary changes

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she will "fully co-operate if required" with police after husband Peter Murrell was arrested and then released without charge

Six years after the controversial policy - one of ex-Chancellor George Osborne's austerity measures - was first rolled out, a Child Poverty Action Group survey shows families struggling to pay food and energy

The new UK-wide Emergency Alert system will be tested on Sunday, April 23, with Brits due to receive trial messages to warn of danger to life nearby

The Tories are putting up barriers around the ballot box. This is an unnecessary requirement when the scale of electoral fraud is so minimal

The Labour Party analysed data from the Environment Agency (EA) which it says shows 141,777 sewage dumping events across 137 of a total of 139 coastal constituencies in England and Wales in 2022

As the new tax year starts today, the Shadow Chancellor accuses the Conservatives of raiding people’s wage to pay for their mistakes during their 13 years in power

Thousands of adults convicted of of sexual assault or sexual activity on children under 16 are being let off with community sentences or suspended sentences, Labour analysis shows

New rules mean people in England must show identification for the first time to vote in May’s local elections, but the Tories have been accused of rigging the rules

Blackpool South MP Scott Benton was secretly filmed by reporters boasting of his access to ministers in a meeting with fake gambling investors

Derek Bullock was re-selected by the Conservatives to stand for a seat on Bolton Council at local elections next month despite previously being suspended by the party

The Home Office has confirmed its plan to house more than 500 asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm vessel docked at Portland Port in Dorset - but Tory MP Richard Drax says he is considering a legal challenge

Donald Trump has officially been brought to justice, but what will the forthcoming impact of today's prosecution be on US politics? An international politics expert provides an immediate analysis of the latest developments for The Mirror