Politics
Champagne sales in House of Lords reach highest level for five years
SNP MP Tommy Sheppard said voters would be ‘fizzing’ at the increase in sales of the drink during the cost-of-living crisis.
Rishi Sunak pledge to ‘deliver for the people’ in 2024 gets absolutely shredded
The prime minister boasted that foreign university students will no longer be allowed to bring family members to the UK in the post.
Bangladesh court jails Nobel Peace Prize winner for violating labour laws
Muhammad Yunus, who founded Grameen Telecom to help impoverished people, was sentenced to six months in prison but was granted bail pending an appeal.
Mone’s husband says family ‘treated as punchbag’ in PPE row
Doug Barrowman, who led the consortium PPE Medpro, also claimed the Department of Health had shown ‘lamentable failures’ when procuring supplies.
In Pictures: Another turbulent 12 months in UK politics
Rishi Sunak is still standing after his first full year as Prime Minister but things have been far from plain sailing for the Conservative government.
Cleverly: ‘Unreasonable practice’ of foreign students taking family to UK to end
The Home Secretary said the ban will cut migration by tens of thousands.
Labour sets 50% British food pledge to woo farmers
The party said it would use government buying power to back agricultural businesses as it seeks to woo rural voters.
Cummings revelations give Tories ‘worst possible start to the year’ – minister
Government insiders said there would have been the "mother of all revolts" if Boris Johnson's ex-chief aide was brought back.
Journalist and documentarian John Pilger dies at 84
The documentary maker’s 1979 ITV film Year Zero: The Silent Death Of Cambodia revealed the extent of the Khmer Rouge’s crimes.