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The TUC said hundreds of thousands of workers are being trapped in low-pay and insecurity

Conservative MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg took aim at the Bank of England's response to economic events as Labour used a Commons urgent question to raise concerns over the UK falling into recession

A poll for the National Education Union found nearly nine in 10 (88%) parents outside London backed universal provision of free lunches in primary schools across England

Six years ago, Prince William said healing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be his 'lifelong project' - and he now hopes to bring people together, ending all the suffering

The majority of cash-strapped local authorities in England are planning to hike council tax in April as they struggle to stay afloat after years of squeezed funding

The Trades Union Congress said a staggering 66% of employees on zero hours contracts have been with their current firm for over a year while 12% have been for over 10 years

Parents have been left thousands of pounds worse off after childcare costs soared by a third faster than inflation since the Tories came to power, according to Labour's analysis

Darren Lewis says the Labour Party appears convinced it needs only to turn up to win a general election – because it’s not the Tories

Liam Byrne, chair of the Commons Business Committee, demanded Post Office bosses and ministers end the blame game and get cheques in the post to victims of the Horizon scandal

The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves could be overheard asking "where is he?" as the more junior Treasury minister Bim Afolami was sent to field questions in his boss's absence

Conservative MPs sat checking their mobile phones in the Commons just hours after ministers announced a clampdown on devices in classrooms over fears they're a distraction

Dame Esther Rantzen revealed last year that she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has been campaigning for euthanasia to be legalised in the UK in the months since

Officials at the Atomic Weapons Establishment are said to be blocking a ministerial review of secret records about blood tests on Cold War troops

Facing a multitude of legal cases, both criminal and civil, former President Donald Trump is looking at hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees and financial penalties

Former Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten warned Rishi Sunak that the party 'won't stand a prayer of winning the next election' if it lurches to the right to pursue Reform UK

Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia to sell his first pair of official Trump-branded shoes, but a body language expert says he looked 'not quite on brand' with the gold sneakers

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has told headteachers that mobile phone use should be prohibited throughout the entire school day, including break and lunchtimes

First, the sub postmasters’ legitimate complaints about the faulty IT system were ignored, and now they have been let down by a government which has failed to honour its commitment to deliver “full and fair” compensation

Some 58 Tory MPs have already announced they are quitting next time around but the figure could top 100 – by some counts even 150

Steve Rotheram told The Mirror he looks forward to Keir Starmer achieving a similar election triumph for Labour to that of Tony Blair in 1997

Bones and All star Taylor Russell looked out of this world in a white gown as she attended the Bafta Film Awards on Sunday evening without her boyfriend Harry Styles

Victims of the Horizon IT scandal accused ministers of not matching their words with action as a former Post Office boss claimed he'd been told to delay compensation payments

Keir Starmer's remarks come as Labour faces pressure to back an SNP motion in the Commons this week demanding an 'immediate ceasefire' in the Middle East conflict

Maria Caulfield received £7,920 in severance when she was sacked as a Health Minister in September 2022, but kept the money when she returned to her old department weeks later

The Shadow Foreign Secretary demanded the Russian leader be put before an international tribunal as the UK considers more sanctions after the death of the opposition leader