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Health campaigners are urging the PM to resist pressure from Tory critics like former PMs Liz Truss and Boris Johnson who oppose plans to create a smoke free generation

Rishi Sunak said his 'working assumption' was to hold a general election in the 'second half of the year' in an attempt to squash speculation he could call a vote early

The Labour leader Keir Starmer faced repeated questions at a New Year's speech on taxation - but insisted he would not announced 'uncosted' tax plans like failed ex-PM Liz Truss

Luke Humphries claimed World Darts Championship glory at Ally Pally but has been criticised by fans after engaging with Rishi Sunak's congratulatory message on Twitter

It's now emerged that hundreds of former post office workers had been mistakenly accused of stealing, with dozens convicted in court and others jailed

The ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office has led to an avalanche of new signatures on a petition on 38 Degrees to strip ex-Post Office chief of her 2019 CBE award

The Institute for Government warns time is running out for Labour to discuss its plans for government with the civil service if Rishi Sunak calls a general election in May

Big bosses like pharmaceuticals chief Pascal Soriot and weapons manufacturer Charles Woodburn earn over a hundred times more per hour than what an average worker can make in a whole year

Tory minister Kevin Hollinrake has conceded that hundreds of payouts in the wake of the Post Office scandal are still yet to be finalised amid fears many of its victims might pass away before being compensated

Labour leader Keir Starmer warned voters couldn't afford another year of Tory misery - and said cowardly Rishi Sunak was scared of putting his record to the voters

Ros Wynne-Jones bids farewell to Camila Batmanghelidjh, who died on New Year's Day, whose charity Kids Company used pioneering psychotherapeutic methods that still inform youth violence work today.

Ministers claimed to have cleared a 'legacy' backlog of applications made before June 28 last year, but figures show more than 4,500 of these are still waiting an initial decision

The Tory peer Shaun Bailey questioned former Countdown host Carol Vorderman status as a 'serious political commentator' as he appeared on GB News last week

US President Joe Biden appeared "unsteady and confused" as he boarded Air Force One at the end of his vacation on the US Virgin Islands, a body language expert has claimed

Despite his best efforts, Rishi Sunak has started to develop an unfortunate reputation for being thin-skinned and tetchy when grilled over Government failings

The number of asylum seekers arriving by small boat to the UK last year may have fallen - but it's still the second highest on record. Do you think the Tories have delivered on their pledge to stop the boats?

Labour's analysis says by 2024-2025 a family with two adults working full time on the National Living Wage will pay £1,320 more a year due to Tory stealth taxes

The ministerial 'merry-go-round' triggered by the chaotic collapse of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's Governments led to bumper payouts in the Department for Education

Lovers Scott McSpadden and Tanya Momot have convictions for more than 60 thefts between them, with their latest ruse seeing four bottles of Irish Country Cream Liqueur pinched from Aldi

A Chinese-made clock counting down to May's local elections appeared in the background of a video by Tory chairman Richard Holden - who has urged Brits to buy local

More than half - 55% - of private renters on housing benefit are also worried about becoming homeless because of sky-high costs, according to a survey for the charity Shelter

Home Office figures released today reveal that nearly 100,000 asylum seekers are still waiting for an initial decision and Home Secretary James Cleverly was accused of fudging figures

Labour has launched a new online tool allowing people to calculate how much tax they pay, and plans to hammer Rishi Sunak with it ahead of the general election

Lee Jae-myung, the tough-talking leader of South Korea's main opposition party, was set upon by a knife-wielding man in Busan today before collapsing to the ground

WARNING DISTRESSING IMAGES Lee Jae-myung was attacked and injured by a man believed to be in his 60s or 7ps during a visit to the southeastern city of Busan, emergency officials sai