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The Labour leader warned the Conservatives offered 'only gimmicks, division, and more of the same' after the Government's plans for new laws were set out in the King's Speech

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, including in the King's Speech, will see the legal age for buying cigarettes rise by one year every year with new restrictions on vaping

The English football authorities are "firmly in added time" to strike a new deal on financial distribution, the chair of a key parliamentary committee warned on Thursday

Documents released alongside the King's Speech reveal the Government is considering a new duty on vape sales and a ban on disposable devices alongside a new cigarette ban

The government will set up independent regulator next year to the delight of campaigners who say it will protect clubs for bad owners but top flight sides are not sold on plans with doubts over how much power new body will really have

The exchange of pleasantries between the PM and Labour leader came ahead of the monarch's address to Parliament setting out the Government's agenda ahead of the next general election

Rishi Sunak has drawn up a list of 20 planned new laws, but the blueprint announced in the King's Speech doesn't include promised bans on trophy hunting and conversion therapy

King Charles outlined the government's proposed laws at the State Opening of Parliament today, which highlighted plans to ban smoking and grant judges extra powers

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi accused her party of having long 'failed' to respond to and support victims following claims that rape allegations against an MP were covered up

King Charles III will travel from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster tomorrow to formally open the last session of Parliament before next year's general election. Here we look at the pomp and circumstance of the ceremony

Plans to force criminals to attend sentencing hearings and changes to leasehold rules will be announced as the King reads out the laws Rishi Sunak wants to pass before the election

In honour of her years of unwavering loyalty the Princess Royal will feature in the procession as the prestigious 'Gold-Stick-in-Waiting' - known for looking after the personal safety of the monarch

Dr Ben Warner, who scrawled the word in a February 2020 meeting with scientists, said ministers should have drawn up lockdown plans as soon as China and Italy did so

Judge Arthur Engoron has repeatedly asked Trump's lawyer to "control" their client as the former president gave lengthy answers on the stand, with the judge warning that it is not a "political rally"

Tory peer Baroness Mone has finally admitted to her role in a £200m government PPE deal alongside her billionaire husband Doug Barrowman after the Mirror exposed their involvement with firm PPE Medpro

The shamed former Prime Minister is claimed to have made the remark in a meeting in January 2021, when he demanded restrictions were fully lifted by September

The Home Secretary says homelessness is optional. Fleet Street Fox says the real lifestyle choice is whether you choose to be heartless or not

With yet another controversial soundbite to add to an ever-growing list of high-profile clangers, home secretary Suella Braverman's political career often seems to be unravelling day by day. Now, we ask, is she out of touch?

The former Culture Secretary has penned tens of thousands of words about how her hero Prime Minister was ousted from No10 - and some of them are very weird indeed

Former president Donald Trump is set to take the witness stand in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James after referring to the judge in the case, Arthur Engoron, as a 'wacko' following Trump's sons' testimony

The plant at Scunthorpe is the latest to come under the shadow of redundancies as the sector aims to slash carbon emissions by closing coal-fired blast furnaces

The Conservative Party vice-chairman issued an apology to Dr Tom Dolphin after sharing a news story about the medic last month - and has now paid £1,870 to the British Medical Association's strike fund

Former Conservative Party chairman Sir Jake Berry wrote to the police over fears the party was covering up a rape allegation against a sitting MP, according to Nadine Dorries' book

The King's Speech will include plans to issue more North Sea oil and gas licences, but Labour has said it would be better to focus investment on nuclear and renewable power

Keir Starmer continues to face down demands to back calls for a cessation of the violence in the Strip, as Israel retaliates for the October 7 attacks waged by Hamas