Politics
Tamworth’s new Labour MP calls for general election after by-election victory
Sarah Edwards’s victory represented the second highest ever swing to Labour.
Watch: Andrew Cooper escapes through side door following historic by-election defeat
The Conservative candidate for Tamworth had earlier defended a flowchart telling families using food banks to "f*** off".
Labour ‘redraw political map’ with double by-election blow to Rishi Sunak
Sir Keir Starmer’s party overturned huge Conservative majorities in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire.
Labour wins Mid Bedfordshire in historic by-election result
The party overturned a Conservative majority of 24,664 votes.
Labour secure dramatic by-election victory in Tamworth
Sir Keir Starmer said it was a ‘phenomenal result’ and Labour was ‘redrawing the political map’.
Covid startup fund introduced by Sunak ploughed £2m into firms linked to his wife
Three of the four businesses that received investment have now gone into administration
‘We want you to win’: Sunak vows to stand with Israel in ‘darkest hour’
Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces are fighting against the “worst monsters on the planet”.
40 more schools and colleges found to have collapse-risk concrete
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said there are no education settings with confirmed Raac where all pupils are in full-time remote learning
Asylum seekers set to return to barge after Legionella evacuation
On Tuesday, a van was seen to deliver food including fresh vegetables to the barge.