Politics

Tory spending on the crisis-hit NHS has risen less quickly than planned over the last five years - despite patients facing record waiting lists. Experts warn today spending on the health service has "grown below the long-term average rate"…

MPs arrested on suspicion of a violent or sexual offence face being excluded from attending Parliament after a key vote passed the Commons.The Government had attempted to water down the proposals by triggering the process at the point of a…

The first British female Sikh MP has spoken about how some social media sites have become “toxic” and called on tech bosses to do more to tackle the scourge of online hate. Shadow Health Minister Preet Kaur Gill said MPs being “threatened,…

Union leaders will press Keir Starmer to protect its workers' rights reforms as a new poll shows even Tory voters back the plans. Labour's union backers will hold crunch talks with party chiefs on Tuesday over the "New Deal for Working…

Remember when Esther McVey, the Government’s Minister for Common Sense, went on to Question Time and couldn’t explain what a Minister for ­Common Sense does? Our Esther’s humiliated, stony face as presenter Fiona Bruce tried to make sense…

The Conservative Party has been forced to refer itself to the data watchdog after accidentally sharing hundreds of email addresses.In a major blunder, an official email was sent to members encouraging them to sign up for this year's Tory…

Rishi Sunak has reeled off a list of things voters should be scared of as he made a desperate general election pitch. The Prime Minister warned an "axis of authoritarian states" is plotting to undermine the UK and its allies. He added…

A Health Minister issued an apology after an MPs' report found poor care in maternity services is "frequently tolerated as normal".A parliamentary inquiry heard harrowing stories including accounts of stillbirth, life-changing injuries, and…

He's tried being reliable. He's rebranded. He's even offered renewal, by pretending he's just pitched up in the middle of someone else's drama.In less than two years, Rishi Sunak has cycled through every soap opera stock character from…

Rishi Sunak has listed things he says will make the world a more dangerous place in the next five years in a blatant election pitch.The under-fire PM, fresh from the drubbing the Tories endured in the local elections this month, warned the…