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High demand for public housing for people seeking refuge from Ukraine and elsewhere, or even those without a roof over their head, has left a need for “radical measures”, councillors said

The Company Chemists’ Association blasted the "truly broken" funding system and warned the Government that pharmacists needed extra cash to help ease the desperate NHS crisis

The Earl of Shrewsbury was found to have 'clearly' breached the Lords Code of Conduct by 'seeking to profit from membership of the House' last month

The former Prime Minister once pledged for himself and the nation to lose weight - now it appears a portrait artist has also been tasked with helping him to slim down

The RMT and TSSA will hold talks with rail firms' reps on Thursday - as sources voiced hope that ministers will come up with something new to break the deadlock

The fee for a standard online application made from within the UK will rise from £75.50 to £82.50 for adults and £49 to £53.50 for children, the Government has announced

The 41-year-old previously denied seven counts of fraud by false representation, relating to sums of £28,700 alleged to have been claimed dishonestly from Parliament's expenses watchdog

The Tories' chief whip Simon Hart said the MP had caused 'great offence', adding: 'The vaccine is the best defence against Covid that we have. Misinformation about the vaccine causes harm and costs lives.'

The grim verdict came in a fiery committee hearing where leaders laughed in a Tory MP's face - and the RMT's Mick Lynch said he was 'more popular than many politicians in this room'

Torridge District Council in Devon has been forced to consider "radical measures" and house families and refugees aboard cruse ships in a bid to tackle the housing crisis

'Everyone was laughing' as the ex-Prime Minister made the joke at a Friday night leaving bash during a national lockdown, a source said. He later claimed all rules were followed

Labour will force a Commons vote today to strong-arm the Government into setting up a new committee to examine reforming the tax perks enjoyed by elite institutions

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is living in a £20m property on one of the UK’s most expensive streets. A similar neighbouring property is being offered for rent for £30,000 a month

The Conservative leader is expected to come under fresh pressure over whether he uses a £250-a-half-hour doctor when he faces MPs at Prime Minister's Questions

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has praised the Warm Welcome project - supported by the Daily Mirror - which is helping to heat communities amid the cost of living crisis

Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP for MP for North Shropshire, has demanded more support for those struggling due to the cost of living crisis after she was contacted by a woman who feels 'depressed'

Vladimir Putin's ex-Kremlin chief of staff Anatoly Chubais, who stood down over war in Ukraine, is reportedly planning to move to the UK after a poisoning scare

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said conditions on benefits were “important” to uphold people's “rights and responsibilities”, and will continue

Welfare chief Jonathan Ashworth pledged to “de-risk the journey into work” if Labour get into government - but he warned benefit sanctions would remain for some who refuse to engage

The Business Secretary is accused of 'demonising' striking ambulance workers as he turns his fire on the unions - and publishes a Bill to enforce minimum service levels on unions

Devotees have travelled in recent days to the temporary home of Jair Bolsonaro, a gated community with towering waterslides in Osceola County in Florida, US. He signed autographs, hugged children and took selfies with his adoring supporters

The Transport Minister said microchipping cats is the best way to reunite owners with dead pets, as campaigners want the law changed to force drivers who hit cats to inform police

The image tweeted by the Business Secretary appears to show him enjoying a solitary visit to Spaceport in Cornwall. In fact, he was accompanying Boris Johnson on the trip - and the former Prime Minister was originally front and centre in the photograph

The Government is curbing help for firms hit by surging energy prices - raising fears for the future of the UK's fragile steel industry amid sky-high costs

One minute you'll see nurses maybe getting a cash payment - the next minute the Tories are cracking down on the right to strike. It seems both could be true, but one might be more true than the other...