All news by author: Rob Parsons

Blackpool South will soon be in the political spotlight with a by-election on May 2 to replace shamed former Tory MP Scott Benton, who quit nearly a year after being caught offering to lobby ministers on behalf of gambling investors

Latest figures show the North East is housing a larger proportion of people fleeing persecution than any other region of the UK, with a rate ten times higher than the South East and South West