Conservative MP Alex Burghart has defended not visiting Northern Ireland during his time as shadow secretary of state. Burghart has claimed “getting the funding for trips” has “not been as…

Ben Schofield/BBC The city’s Conservatives regularly meet for a curry Over the past 12 months, Peterborough’s Conservatives lost the leadership of the city’s council and saw a new Labour MP…

PA Media Hilary Benn has sent a letter to the Stormont speaker The Secretary of State has triggered the process to enable MLAs to vote on the controversial post-Brexit trading…

Getty Images The amount of housing benefit that private renters can claim will be frozen again next year, the government has confirmed. It means payments will not keep track of…

PA Media Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has said he is “minded” to vote against an upcoming bill to legalise assisted dying. MPs are due to debate proposals to…

The NHS owes it to taxpayers to improve productivity in return for the extra money it is getting, the health secretary says. Wes Streeting said he would be asking “hard…

Getty Images Environmental groups say more money needs to be invested in the annual farm payments budget Environmental groups have warned that work to boost biodiversity across the UK countryside…

Getty Images The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to exempt social care from the rise in National Insurance. The party said the chancellor had provided extra funding for…

The marathon contest to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader is nearing its end, with the ballot of party members closing at 17:00 GMT today. The winner of the race…

The chancellor has scrapped a controversial deal that saw the government receive billions of pounds from a pension scheme for mineworkers. On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves announced the entirety of Mineworkers’…