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Watch moment Wilko boss tells MP she 'let down' staff and shoppers

Tory MP Peter Bone. Credit: PA

Tory MP 'should be suspended over bullying and sexual misconduct'

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Fines to be issued over Covid-19 lockdown-busting Tory HQ party

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

The protest was one of more than 30 events taking place in Britain – plus two in Spain – on what was dubbed a “Day for Rejoin”. Pictured here is Steve Bray.

Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray ‘wrestled out’ of Tory conference

Lucy Letby received a rare whole life order after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.

Criminals must face victims for sentencing after Lucy Letby’s no-show

Keir Mather. Credit: Getty

Johnny Mercer launches attack on Keir Mather - what was said

Ben Wallace will step down as defence secretary at the next cabinet reshuffle

Ben Wallace to step down as defence secretary

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP faces eight week suspension over groping claims - what did he do?

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP to face eight-week suspension

Former UK health secretary Sajid Javid

Senior Tory Sajid Javid says MPs £86,000 salary ‘should be doubled’

Partygate probe: Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg named in privileges committee special report

Privileges committee publishes damning report on Conservative MPs

The priveleges committee found that Seven Conservative MPs and one life peer interfered with the partygate probe

Majority of MPs approve Privileges Committee Boris Johnson Partygate report

Boris Johnson suffers resounding defeat over ‘Partygate’ report

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

MPs find Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled’ Commons multiple times

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Will Boris Johnson stand as an MP in a different seat?

Boris Johnson has resigned as an MP with immediate effect

Boris Johnson resigns as MP over Partygate report

Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended

Green Party’s only MP to stand down at next election

Longer lorries to be allowed on Britain’s roads under new laws

Andrew Bridgen MP

MP expelled from Conservative Party

Rishi Sunak could be forced to apologise to the House of Commons is he is found to have breached the MP’s code of conduct (image: Getty Images)

What time is PMQs on today?

Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the Parliament’s Standard Watchdog after allegedly failing to declare an interest

Sunak under investigation over alleged failure to declare interest

Alberto Costa MP with Matthew Clark representative John Steele, Brian Priest and Emma Jones of The Chequers and Des O’Flanagan, PubAid co-founder.

Harborough district landlord is invited to Parliament

Margaret Ferrier MP was given a 270-hour community payback order for breaking lockdown rules by travelling on a train despite testing positive for Covid

Disgraced MP Margaret Ferrier facing 30 day suspension

TikTok is the world's most popular app

TikTok to be blocked from ‘all parliamentary devices’

Boris Johnson will give evidence this week on whether he misled parliament during the Partygate scandal

Watch live as Boris Johnson faces MPs at Privileges Committee

Boris Johnson will give evidence this week on whether he misled parliament during the Partygate scandal

Boris Johnson to give evidence on Partygate this week

TikTok has been banned on all UK government devices

Oliver Dowden confirms TikTok now banned on all government devices

TikTok is set to be banned on UK government devices

TikTok expected to be banned on government devices over data fears

TikTok is expected to be banned on UK government phones and devices in an announcement later today.

The red briefcase being held by chancellor Gordon Brown in 2007 (Photo: Getty)

Spring Budget 2023: what is in the iconic red box?

TikTok is to be investigated by National Cyber Security Centre

UK TikTok ban not being ruled out by government

Microchipping your pet cat will become compulsory from next year.

New law makes microchipping pet cats compulsory - or face £500 fine

: Members of the General Synod react after blessings for same-sex couples was approved in a vote by the General Synod at The Church House.

Church of England votes to offer blessings to same sex couples

President Zelensky to visit the UK for the first time since Russian invasion - everything we know so far

President Zelensky to visit the UK - everything we know so far

Aslef is one of four unions striking on 1 February

TUC organise ‘Right to Strike Day’ on February 1

Taxpayers face huge bill to cover Boris Johnson’s Partygate legal fees

MPs are set to discuss the consequences of Brexit for the first time.

Consequences of Brexit to be debated by MPs for the first time

Top 10 ugliest buildings in the UK and architectural eyesores including MI6 building & Scottish Parliament

Top ten ugliest buildings and architectural eyesores in the UK

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

Mick Whelan, the General Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) arrives to attend a Commons Select Committee on rail strikes at Portcullis House.

Railway union boss hints at ‘more strikes’ in 2023

Westminster Accounts lets the public look into donations to MP’s and parliamentary groups.

Donations to MPs exposed in new Sky News Westminster Accounts tool

Handout photo taken with permission from the twitter feed of Extinction Rebellion of protesters who have superglued themselves around the Speaker's chair in the House of Commons chamber, as they call for a Citizen's Assembly. Picture date: Friday September 2, 2022.

Westminster reports reveal deliberate damage inside Commons

Royal Mail threat to increase first class stamps price to more than £1

Litter Wombles in Parliament

South Leicestershire Litter Wombles celebrate filling 100,000 bags of litter

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa is greeted by Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort

King Charles III welcomes South African President in first state visit

Mp’s will be able to put Christmas party food and decorations on expenses

Taxpayers to foot bill for MPs Christmas parties

The news that taxpayers could be footing the bill for festive gatherings comes as the cost of living crisis continues to grip millions across the UK

Kwasi Kwarteng has scrapped the top rate of income tax (Photo: PA)

The results of Kwasi Kwarteng’s first Autumn Mini-Budget.

King Charles III and the Queen Consort listen to Speaker of the House of Lords Lord McFall of Alcluith (left) at Westminster Hall. Credit: PA

King Charles III: new monarch addresses Parliament

South Leicestershire MP Alberto Costa was grilled by parliamentary pupils when he visited Swinford Church of England Primary School.

MP grilled by parliamentary pupils during visit to primary school in Swinford

Emma Holland-Lindsay, head of public affairs at the WI; Alberto Costa MP; Professor Richard Thompson, director of the Marine Institute at Plymouth University; Francesca De Falco, post-doctoral research fellow at Plymouth University; and Christian Cullinane, managing director of consumer brands at Xeros Technology.

South Leicestershire MP ramps up efforts to crack down on dangerous microplastic...

Major new rule change could allow 1.5m workers to take on extra jobs

Boris Johnson is set to make an announcement on Covid rules for England (Photo: Getty)

This is when Boris Johnson is expected to make an announcement on Covid rules fo...

These are the 10 key points in Rishi Sunak’s Budget that you need to know about (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

These are the 10 key points in Rishi Sunak’s Budget that you need to know about

Sir David Amess MP

MPs to pay tribute to fatally stabbed Southend MP Sir David Amess today

Harborough District Council.

Extra funding for an Armed Forces project which is backed by Harborough District...

Storage limits for eggs, sperm and embryos are to be increased to a maximum of 55 years under new plans from the Government (Photo: Shutterstock)

Storage limits for frozen eggs, sperm and embryos to be increased to 55 years un...