Jon Craig

Despite Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson winning 175 nominations from Labour MPs to Lucy Powell's 117, bookmakers StarSports this weekend made Ms Powell 4/6 favourite with Ms Phillipson at 5/4.

The Tory grandee has launched a three-pronged attack on the current Conservative Party leader's policies.

Defiant peers in the House of Lords have maintained their stand-off with the government over proposed reforms.

The former PM has shared his health news in a bid to add himself to the growing list of people calling for a targeted screening programme.

A number of Labour MPs in rural seats declined to back the government's move to impose inheritance tax on farmers, but just one voted against.

The government has significantly increased the threshold at which farms will be subject to inheritance tax, which the Tories say is a "huge U-turn".

The combination of business rates soaring, wage increases and beer prices rising has pub landlords over a barrel, they say.

The TUC boss has warned the government must put money in workers' pockets to avoid them backing Reform, which he called a "dead end".

Nigel Farage has claimed a "well known" Labour figure is due to join his party next week after Robert Jenrick's defection.

Sir Keir Starmer previously turned down a US request to use British bases for its campaign against Iran. But on Sunday, the PM said the nature of the request, and therefore the answer, had changed.