All news by author: Ben Glaze

Labour and the Tories are gearing up for a crunch by-election in Wellingborough, Northants, after former MP Peter Bone was ousted following a recall petition

Firms developing three Fleet Solid Support ships for Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been urged to say how many British jobs will be created - and how much work carried out in the UK

Campaigners called for a shake-up of the Computer Misuse Act, warning it was hampering the fight against cyber attacks while costing billions of pounds and thousands of jobs

The Treasury has announced a carbon border adjustment mechanism so UK manufacturing firms, including in the steel industry, are not undercut by imports from foreign firms

A study by the Education Policy Institute think tank today lays bare the gulf between kids from different backgrounds, including how poorer children are more than 18 months behind wealthier pals

Rugby heroes Rob and Kevin will reportedly be honoured in the King's New Year List, but they'll miss out on being knighted and instead be given CBE's.

The foreign secretary penned a joint article with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and warned too many civilians had been killed in Gaza

Campaigners have called on the Tories to outline how they plan to back trophy hunters bringing their sick souvenirs back to Britain after a Private Member's Bill ran out of time

Hendry, Ramsay & Waters has been blasted by animal welfare campaigners including Sir Ranulph Fiennes for selling trips to go reindeer hunting in Norway, with the hunts available to book as Christmas approaches

A study by he Common Wealth think tank has revealed that 40% of the licences for North Sea oil and gas are owned by firms based abroad, with profits going to overseas companies and investors

First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford, the Welsh Labour leader, has led the country since December 2018 - five years on, he has announced he will step down as FM by Easter

Tories told to 'grasp the nettle' and pay social care workers a decent wage as the latest crackdown on migration sparks fears of a new recruitment crisis in the sector

Westminster’s top sleaze buster, Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg, told MPs how members of the public had lodged hundreds of complaints about MPs' social media and comments in the House

The readiness of naval support ships during 10 years of Tory rule has come under the microscope after parliamentary questions from Labour amid warnings about availability

Lord David Cameron of Chipping Norton answered questions from peers as he made his debut at the House of Lords Despatch Box - completing his return to frontline politics

Home Secretary James Cleverly today unveiled a shake-up of migration rules, with a crackdown on social care workers bringing family and curbs on students' dependants

Labour leader Keir Starmer used a trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to pledge to put Britain 'back on the world stage' if he becomes Prime Minister next year

The latest plan aimed at saving thousands of jobs at Britain's biggest steel plant has been put forward by the Unite union and comes after a rival proposal from the Community and GMB unions

RMT union members have backed a deal to end their strikes, but there will still be major disruption on the railways in the coming days as a different union stages industrial action

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair was among British political leaders paying tribute to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who has died aged 100

Grey squirrels were likened to Hamas in a Westminster debate on how to control numbers of the invasive species - including through contraceptive pills - to protect red squirrels

British PM Rishi Sunak was due to host his Greek counterpart in Downing Street today, but No10 cancelled the talks in the latest diplomatic spat over the Elgin Marbles

The Community and GMB unions have thrown their weight behind a plan drawn-up by experts they drafted in, which could help save "virgin" steelmaking at Port Talbot

Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who owns Manchester City, controls a sovereign wealth fund which could help fund the £20billion Sizewell C project in Suffolk, it has been reported

The UK Safer Internet Centre issued an alert about youngsters using the latest technology to make sick pictures of other children - potentially putting them at risk of blackmail