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Ministers have been accused of 'throwing in the towel' on tackling fuel poverty - as Greenpeace UK threatens legal action over the Government's failure to meet requirements to reduce fuel poverty

Just 33,570 people applied to a UK nurse undergraduate course by the January deadline, down from 41,220 in 2022 and 46,040 in 2021

Lee Anderson, who was promoted to the upper echelons of the Conservative Party on Tuesday, said in an interview that capital punishment has a "100% success rate" for preventing reoffending

Rishi Sunak, who had ruled out sending aircraft to help Ukrainians repel the Russians, immediately announced the Government was now reviewing this decision

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned that without sophisticated fighter jets and long-range missiles to defend the skies, the war risks entering a long period of "stagnation"

The under-fire Deputy Prime Minister fixed Mr Starmer with a hard, unblinking stare, shooting daggers at him for a solid seven seconds

Russian internet trolls are targeting social media posts - Western officials are monitoring other countries where the dangerous messages are gaining more interest

The judge said O'Mara had been accused of trying to fraudulently claim up to £30,000 in taxpayers' money to fund an "extravagant lifestyle - drink, cigarettes and, above all, cocaine"

Disgraced ex-prime minister Boris Johnson has earned a total of £4.8 million so far as he travels the world cashing in on his scandal-filled time in Downing Street

Singer-songwriter Lemar Obika appeared on Wednesday morning’s Good Morning Britain and described how he developed tinnitus

New Conservative chairman Greg Hands dodged questions on Lee Anderson's history of controversial remarks, including suggestions people using foodbanks cannot cook or budget 'properly'

The heroic war leader made a shock visit to the UK today where he met Rishi Sunak and delivered an address in Westminster Hall, the first foreign leader to do so since ex-US President Barack Obama gave a speech there in 2011

Serial rapist and former police officer David Carrick has been given 36 life sentences and will serve more than 30 years in prison, for crimes spanning almost two decades

A former Whitehall official alleges Dominic Raab's behaviour was 'nasty and difficult', and the top Tory used 'demeaning tactics to make himself the most powerful person in the room', according to a BBC Newsnight interview

An email aimed at introducing new Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands - who will take charge of the Tory election campaign - appears to have revealed when we'll be going to the polls

The Fire Brigades Union has warned if there is not a 'significant shift' at a last ditch meeting with employers today then they will announce the dates of strike action

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research issues its latest quarterly briefing - warning of misery for households across the UK and attacking Tory levelling-up claims

Researchers found work is often not a route out of hardship for families where both parents or a single parent is already working full-time, have long-term sickness or disability, or caring responsibilities

The case for a proper windfall tax on the corporate cash machine is overwhelming with BP's profits more than doubling, it tells us all we need to know about the Tories

The SurveyMonkey poll for the Silver Voices group revealed an overwhelming majority in favour of a ballot in 2023 amid growing anger at the Conservatives

Some of David Carrick's victims have spoken out after the rapist police officer was jailed for 30 years as the Met Police are warned they could face possible legal action

Anne McLaughlin said £500,000 of community officers and counsellors’ time in her constituency alone went into 'preparing these bids to give our communities the best possible chance of securing funding'

The warning came from Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey as he addressed the Royal United Services Institute in London, revealing what Labour would do in power

Leonard 'Raheem' Taylor has always claimed his innocence, saying he was in California at the time his live-in girlfriend and her three children were shot to death in their Missouri home

The alert comes in a poll for the Liberal Democrats amid growing warnings about the impact the social care crisis is having on the under-pressure NHS as it battles strikes and backlogs