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With support from Mind, Dale Ballentine writes to the Prime Minister about the appointment of a minister responsible for suicide, stressing the need to acknowledge the impact of welfare cuts and changes have when it comes to people taking their own lives.
Ministers will be forced to impose big tax hikes on the public or face deteriorating public services, experts warned today in a damning report on government spending.
Esther McVey has admitted that benefit claimants moving on to Universal Credit "will be worse off" than under the old system, despite Theresa May insisting nobody would lose out.
In a refreshing contrast to the multitude of androcentric histories of the North East, Chi Onwurah finds Joyce Quin & Moira Kilkenny’s engaging book 'Angels of the North' full of extraordinary tales of the lives of frequently overlooked, yet inspirational, women
Tony Blair has called on Remain-supporting MPs to “hold firm” ahead of a potentially-explosive Commons showdown with Theresa May on Brexit.
Vince Cable will today tell housing bosses to rein in multi-million pound bonuses paid to chief executives - or risk facing a forced cap.
A glamorous week of coach and train trips, and eyebrow-raising gory books, Kirsty Blackman is full of Glasgow conference cheer and returns to Westminster with pride
Ministers risk a public backlash like that against the poll tax under Margaret Thatcher if they fail to address concerns over Universal Credit, John Major has said.
Up to 30 pro-EU Tory MPs are plotting to vote down Theresa May's Brexit deal over fears it could damage the economy, it has emerged.
Businesses could be forced to disclose the ethnic pay gap within its workforce as part of a government plan to tackle earnings disparities between white and ethnic minority employees.
A Labour government will ensure school pupils understand the legacy of the British Empire, colonialism and slavery, Jeremy Corbyn will say.
Theresa May would not be forced to quit if the DUP carried out a threat to vote down the Budget over Brexit, Downing Street has insisted.
The DUP has threatened to vote down the Budget if their Brexit demands on the Irish border are not met, it was claimed today, in a major blow for Theresa May.
Jeremy Corbyn has branded Theresa May’s promise to end austerity a “Conservative con” as the pair clashed over public spending.
Keep up with the all the latest Commons action LIVE as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash at PMQs. Watch the whole thing below the blog window.
Dozens of Labour MPs could defy Jeremy Corbyn and back the Conservatives in a crunch Commons vote on Brexit, it has been claimed.
A Tory rising star has accused Theresa May of running a "poor administration" and failing to do enough to challenge the popularity of Jeremy Corbyn.
A key Conservative tax pledge could be in danger as Philip Hammond tries to fund a major NHS cash boost at this month's Budget, it has emerged.
There will be riots on the streets of Britain if the Government continues to roll out its controversial Universal Credit benefits system, former prime minister Gordon Brown is set to warn.
Theresa May has appointed a new minister for suicide in a bid to tackle “the injustices facing those with mental health conditions”.
Conservative London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has defended a string of "raw" comments about women and poverty he made in 2005.
Nicola Sturgeon has warned SNP members eager for another independence referendum that they must do more to persuade voters about the merits of breaking up the UK first.
The Conservatives are on course for defeat at the next election if Theresa May refuses to budge on her Brexit plan, David Davis has warned his fellow MPs.
Penny Mordaunt was left red-faced today after it emerged the Government investment arm she argued could save the taxpayer "millions" of pounds on the aid budget made a loss last year.
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