Politics
Reaction as ‘smoking gun’ footage leaves Downing Street Christmas party claims in tatters
"On the day you partied, my mother called me, breathless and feverish. I didn’t visit. On the day you joked, she was admitted to hospital. I didn’t visit. As you celebrated Christmas, she died without family by her side. I promise you, it wasn’t funny."
Watch: Leaked footage shows Downing Street staff joking about Xmas party on 18th December last year
"No 10 has spent the past week denying any rules were broken. This new evidence calls that into question," Paul Brand said.
Watch: Dawn Butler forced to explain to Tory MP why telling truth in parliament is important
"This video sums up our dire politics", wrote Siobhan Benita.
Ireland to receive €920 million Brexit payout from Brussels
Ireland is the first country to receive a payout from an EU fund to "mitigate the impact of Brexit".
Labour voters ‘should back Lib Dems’ to dislodge Tories in North Shropshire
"As the saying goes, you can’t fatten a calf on market day."
At least 46 ‘VIP’ PPE deals awarded without formal due diligence process
Michael Gove had told the Commons that an "eight-stage process" was in place to ensure value for taxpayer money.
Pen Farthing’s dogs saved from Kabul in ‘direct trade-off’ with refugees, says whistleblower
Some of those left behind in Afghanistan were killed by the Taliban, a Foreign Office whistleblower said.
Tories on track to lose 77 seats in next election – Electoral Calculus
Here's a full list of seats predicted to change hands.
Ed Miliband dubs Kwasi Kwarteng ‘contemptuous’ for missing Commons questions on power cuts
“If this happened in London or in the south-east everything would have got thrown at it."