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Budget predictions 2023: 11 things Jeremy Hunt will announce
At 12.30pm on Wednesday the Chancellor will deliver his first Budget in the Commons amid a backdrop of mass industrial action, sky-high inflation, and a cost-of-living crisis. → Read More
Fury as bill aimed at seizing Russian cash and giving it to Ukraine blocked
Sir Chris Bryant could barely contain his anger after his bill aimed at seizing Russian cash frozen in UK bank accounts and using it to build Ukraine failed to proceed on the first anniversary of Vladimir Putin's invasion → Read More
Eat turnips instead of tomatoes as shortages could last a MONTH, says Tory minister
Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has come under fire after retailers including Tesco and Asda were forced to put limits on how much fresh produce customers could buy → Read More
Murder probe opened as man in 40s found dying in Iceland car park after being attacked
Essex Police suspect the victim, a man in his 40s, had been assaulted close to a nearby pub after being called to a car park in Canvey Island in the early hours of this morning → Read More
King Charles Coronation three-day plans in full including Bank Holiday
The monarch will take centre stage on Saturday, May 6, after a difficult start to his reign, with huge crowds expected to gather around Westminster Abbey - and two more days of celebrations → Read More
Public urged to wear face masks and stay at home when ill as NHS battles deadly crisis
Today the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued fresh advice as hospitals battle soaring rates of Covid, flu and Strep A, amid warnings hundreds are dying unnecessarily every day due to overcrowding and lack of resources → Read More
UK's longest Covid hospital patient spends THIRD Christmas away from family
Steve Laviniere was first admitted just three days after Boris Johnson plunged the country into lockdown for the first time in March 2020, and suffered severe brain damage as a result of the virus. → Read More
Horrified teacher buys family food after realising ill student hasn't eaten for TWO DAYS
Rev Steve Chalke, who founded the Oasis Charitable Trust, told The Mirror of the heartwrenching emails he' regularly receives from school staff - as he called for Free School Meals to be extended → Read More
Matt Hancock faces furious calls for him to quit as MP as Jill Scott wins I'm A Celeb
Matt Hancock came third on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here behind soap star Owen Warner, and the winner, footballer Jill Scott → Read More
Liz Truss clings to power after an evening of chaos as Tory MPs are 'manhandled' in vote
Tory discontent has become a massive distraction for the PM, who should have been dealing with soaring inflation that has sent prices rocketing, with the cost of food up by 14.5% on last year → Read More
Labour MP says he witnessed Tory being 'manhandled' amid 'Armageddon' chaos
Chris Bryant made the astonishing allegation, saying he witnessed the alleged violence outside the House of Commons during a crunch vote aimed at banning fracking → Read More
Three Tory MPs tell Liz Truss to quit as Prime Minister faces make-or-break week
Three Tory MPs have told Truss to quit over the economic chaos caused by her mini-Budget with Crispin Blunt the first to break ranks → Read More
Iceland boss wants Universal Credit to rise £20 a week to help struggling Brits
Richard Walker told a fringe discussion at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham that Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget did not do enough to help those on low incomes, and called for the £20 Universal Credit uplift to be reinstated → Read More
Labour MP Rupa Huq suspended after 'racist' comment on Kwasi Kwarteng
The MP provoked outrage when she described the Tory Chancellor as a "superficially black man" at a fringe event during the party conference. → Read More
Who is Therese Coffey? Cigar chomping Health Secretary who snapped at Marcus Rashford
Therese Coffey, who was named as Heath Secretary by Liz Truss this afternoon, has said she would prefer that people didn't have abortions, voted against assisted dying and same-sex marriage and was branded "heartless" by Piers Morgan → Read More
7 bombshell warnings TODAY about how energy bills rise will hit you
It's now 24 hours until Ofgem announces the energy bills price cap from 1 October 2022 - and annual gas and electricity bills are set to soar beyond £3,500 a year → Read More
All Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak's worst gaffes, U-turns and awkward moments so far
Since launching their leadership campaigns, we've seen Liz Truss struggle to get out of a room, get told by a group of children to boot Boris Johnson out of Downing Street and make a screeching U-turn on plans to cut public sector pay → Read More
Keir Starmer warns Brits 'suffering every day' as he unveils £29bn energy bills plan
Labour’s leader Sir Keir Starmer said millions are “very, very worried”, from families forced to put food back on supermarket shelves to an 84-year-old in Dewsbury “too scared” to heat her home in winter → Read More
Anger as leaked documents show 'plot to make legal challenges to government harder'
Labour's shadow justice secretary, Steve Reed, has said leaked papers revealing Dominic Raab wants to explore ways of making it harder to challenge government decisions show the law only applies "to the little people" → Read More
Kate McCann collapses during Talk TV debate as Liz Truss shouts 'oh my god'
The Foreign Secretary looked startled while she was mid-sentence during a live TV debate with Tory leadership contender Rishi Sunak → Read More