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A former SNP MP who was forced to resign the whip amid allegations of fraud has demanded an apology from Nicola Sturgeon after being cleared.
Diane Abbott said past-elections in crisis-stricken Venezuela were more robust than in the UK, it has emerged.
An ex-education minister has accused universities of “betraying their mission” after it emerged many are turning away British students in favour of more lucrative foreign applicants.
Ministers have launched a major new review to assess how the cost of energy could be reduced.
Theresa May is willing to hand over £36bn in a Brexit divorce deal provided the EU kick-starts talks about a future trade relationship, a new report has said.
Anti-EU hardliners could become “Brexit jihadis” if they are denied their vision of Britain outside the bloc, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has warned.
A failure to invest in unskilled workers in the UK was at the root of the 2008 financial crash, according to the then governor of the Bank of England.
EU migrants under 30 could be given special two-year work visas if they want the right to live and work in the UK, under plans being considered in a Government-commissioned review.
Qatar could lose its controversial hosting of the 2022 football World Cup if investigators find the country won the tournament based on “improper payments”, senior MPs have said.
More world leaders have studied in the UK than in any other country including the US, fresh data has shown.
Criminals who are caught carrying acid with the intent to inflict life-changing injuries will face the same sentence as those caught carrying a knife, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said.
Theresa May’s former chief of staff has admitted the Conservative party woefully underestimated the appeal of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ahead of their disastrous electoral defeat.
The Government acted unlawfully by refusing people the right to appeal against decisions to deny them benefits, three judges have found.
Ireland's prime minister has hit out at Britain’s hard Brexiteers for failing to offer ideas on a future border between the UK and Ireland despite having had ‘ample time’.
Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar today revealed he would have fired Theresa May after her dire performance at the June general election if it were a challenge on the show.
Top Labour MPs were rejoicing this morning after the party won its first local council seat in Worthing for over 40 years.
Jeremy Hunt has endorsed a report that concluded the NHS is wasting money on poor care.
Nicky Morgan has called on HMRC to address long-running problems with its website that have left some parents unable to register for free childcare provision.
A former Conservative MP has accused a man who sent him abuse on Facebook of committing “a form of terrorism”.
Theresa May has been gifted a discount card from high-end shoe shop Russell & Bromley where a pair of boots can sell for £600, official records show.
The travel chaos on the continent could be "subterfuge" from member states trying to give Britain a "warning" after the Brexit vote, a minister has reportedly said.
Michael Gove has confirmed that some European fishing fleets will continue to have access to British waters after Brexit.
A former Labour frontbencher has given his backing to a poll on reuniting Ireland, calling it a "realisable and sensible option".
The Bank of England has downgraded its growth forecast for this year and 2018 and warned of business concerns over Brexit.
A Labour backbencher has criticised one of his frontbench colleagues for ducking a question on whether he is politically closer to Tony Blair than Hugo Chavez.
Jean Claude Juncker has downplayed the possibility of Brexit not going ahead, despite other European leaders expressing hopes that the UK will remain in the EU after all.
The UK’s top universities have fired a warning to Theresa May over EU citizens’ rights, warning that the Government’s position is damaging their institutions.
The shock result from the general election will have a “game-changing” result on Brexit, the outgoing French Ambassador to the UK has said.
A Labour frontbencher and ally of Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the “shady” US for the current crisis in Venezuela, as he defended the socialist regime in the Latin American country.
The most disadvantaged children have fallen further behind their peers in the last ten years, a new report has found.
Whitehall has blocked the release of a record number of historical documents, sparking criticism from transparency groups.
Boris Johnson’s claim that ministers are not preparing a contingency plan for Britain dropping out of the EU without a Brexit deal has been rejected by a fellow minister.
Labour has accused the Government of “running bus services into the ground” after new analysis suggested fares will be 60% higher than in 2010 by the time of the next election.
The Liberal Democrats have branded the Government’s efforts to stem the drug trade an “abject failure” after a record number of people died from substance abuse last year.
The Government is not treating prisons with the gravity needed to “get a grip” on the problems they face, a Conservative former minister has declared.
Labour has renewed its attack on the Government over “disgraceful” cancelled rail electrification projects.