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The government will unveiled proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment

All about the Personal Independence Payment - is PIP being stopped?

Runcorn and Helsby MP Mike Amesbury was jailed for 10 weeks for punching a man in the street in the early morning. His sentence has been suspended after he appealed

MP who was jailed for punching man in street sees sentence suspended

Joe Haines, the former press secretary to Harold Wilson, has died at the age of 97.

Former press secretary to Harold Wilson dies

MP Mike Amesbury arrives at Chester Ellesmere Port and Neston Magistrates' Court

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury admits assault after street brawl

Ivor Caplin on Latest TV

Former Labour MP arrested during 'paedophile sting livestream'

Why I believe the petition for a new general election is not worth the government’s time or resources.

Petition for general election surpasses two million signatures Ciara Healy

Watch the moment that appears to show Runcorn and Helsby MP Mike Amesbury punching a man in the street.

Watch the moment Labour MP appears to punch man in the street

Thousands of pensioners will lose their winter fuel allowance this year.

Public support for energy social tariff surges

Morgan McSweeney, Downing Street's new Chief of Staff, previously served as Labour's general election director and was part of the team that led the party to a landslide directory.

Morgan McSweeney: Who is the new Downing Street chief of staff?

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper during her conference speech Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Silent Crime: Home secretary Yvette Cooper pledges nuisance crackdown

Protesters spray paint 'genocide’ on Labour conference entrance.

Watch: Protesters spray paint 'genocide’ on Labour conference entrance

The cost of some private schools might become prohibitive for some families if they put their fees up in response (Image: National World/Getty Images/Adobe Stock)

What adding VAT to private school fees could mean for pupils

Sir Keir Starmer’s Winter Fuel Payment cut is not the first time a Labour Prime Minister has seemingly ‘betrayed’ his supporters.

Starmer's Winter Fuel Payment cut taints his time in office Poppy McBeath

Sue Gray, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, is now paid £170,000 per year

Labour chief of staff paid more than prime minister

Exterior of UNCLE Leeds

Meet Generation Rent: Three in 10 younger Brits prefer to rent than buy a home

Video reveals what King Charles said to new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Video reveals what King Charles said to Sir Keir Starmer

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10
Watch as the new PM spoke outside Downing Street - accompanied by his wife Lady Victoria Starmer and cheered on by flag-waving Labour supporters.
Jessica Martin

Neil Kinnock falls over on Brighton seafront in 1983.

Funny political stunts gone wrong from elections past

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes

Rishi Sunak has not impressed young people including Belle Chandler, top

Young people's damning verdict on the Tories

It is not only Sir Keir Starmer who loves Kentish Town, but it would seem Taylor Swift does too.

Keir Starmer’s Kentish Town plus Taylor Swift and celeb residents

Tory canvasser removes Labour leaflet from letterbox.

Watch: Tory canvasser removes Labour leaflet from letterbox

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer makes his first keynote speech during his visit to Lancing in West Sussex, while on the General Election campaign trail. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

What football team does Sir Keir Starmer support?

Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks to supporters during the launch of the Scottish Labour general election campaign on 24 May (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why is Keir Starmer a Sir?

Labour Party deputy leader Angela Rayner during a visit to Perry Barr bus depot in Birmingham. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

Britain's roads 'worst' in 28 years

Dudley local elections: Labour leader Pete Lowe, left, Tory leader Patrick Farley, right. Credit: Ralph Blackburn/Getty/Mark Hall

Tories trying to shrug off 'doom of Westminster' in the West Midlands

Left to right, Green co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, and deputy leader Zack Polanski at the local elections launch in Bristol. Credit: NationalWorld

Local elections: Greens swaying disgruntled Labour voters in Bristol

Police are investigating alleged racist comment made about MP Diane Abbott by Tory party donor Frank Hester in 2019. (Credit: Getty Images)

Police probe 'racist' Tory donor comments
Frank Hester is alleged to have made the comments during a meeting in 2019
Heather Carrick

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer. (Picture: Ian West/PA Wire)

Politician's heated TV exchange

Dame Esther Rantzen

Dame Esther's assisted dying campaign gets Labour Party pledge

View of a striking miner as he lays on the ground in front of a line of police officers near the Orgreave coking plant, Orgreave

40 years on - the 1984/85 miners strike and its impact on Britain

Keir Starmer has done a number of U-turns while Labour leader. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Explainer All of Keir Starmer's U-turns as Labour set to ditch £28b green pledge

Sir Ed Davey is currently the leader of the Liberal Democrats. (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)

Lib Dems claim UK gripped by "mental health epidemic"

Gary Neville is a prolific businessman (Image: Getty Images)

Why Gary Neville is on Dragons' Den - Man Utd legend's net worth

NW p1 Jan 11

Post Office scandal highlights our untrustworthy institutions Nancy Fielder

Tributes have poured in for the late husband of Kate Garraway, Chorley born Derek Draper.

Derek Draper was a 'ruthless operative' who left a legacy before Covid

File photo dated 19/05/11 of a dentist at work. Urgent reforms are needed to "slow the decay of NHS dentistry", a think tank has warned. A report by the Nuffield Trust claims NHS dentistry is "at its most perilous point in its 75-year history"

NHS dentistry needs reforming, says Thinktank as Labour pledges revamp

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer wants more overtime available for NHS workers.

Should the NHS work overtime to clear waiting lists?

Indhu Rubasingham has been named as first female director of National Theatre in 60-year history, but why has it taken until 2023 for this to happen?

Indhu Rubasingham named first female director of National Theatre Marina Licht

Rishi Sunak has taken the biggest risk of his premiership on Rwanda. Credit: Getty

Rishi Sunak takes the biggest risk of his premiership over Rwanda Ralph Blackburn

Keir Starmer's Gaza policy is causing a huge rift in his party. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Explainer How Keir Starmer's Israel-Gaza position is dividing the Labour Party

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Getty

Labour Party vows to turn NHS "on its head" with fundamental reform

Big Vape Rise and Fall Juul hero

Netflix’s new series, ‘Big Vape,’ tracks the rise and fall of Juul

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves making her keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

'Encouraging' climate policy signals from Labour, green advocates say

Jeremy Corbyn has sparked controversy with his response to Hamas’ attack on Israel. Credit: Getty Images

Jeremy Corbyn sparks controversy with comments on Hamas attack

Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg. Credit: BBC Screenshot

Who is on Laura Kuenssberg's politics show today?

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

Labour Party Conference 2023: Dates, location and key events

Labour Party Conference 2023: Dates, location and speeches

Who is David Meller? - Conservative Party donor handed top Government trade job

Explainer Who is David Meller? - Tory donor handed top Government trade job

Ken Livingstone's notable political moments, plus age, children and newts

NHS

NHS: 121,000 Brits died while sat on waiting lists last year

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across England received their GCSE results yesterday (24 August), and a breakdown of grades by county has revealed a growing north-south divide. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Explainer GCSE results in England broken down by county as regional divides grow

Health Secretary Steve Barclay outside the BBC Broadcasting House in London. (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)

Government turning to private healthcare as NHS waiting lists grow

Education Secretary called “clueless” after private school fee comment

Labour mayor launches independent campaign with attack on Starmer

Keir Starmer accused of letting ‘right wing faction’ take over Labour