Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch asked the prime minister on Wednesday whether he stuck by his pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT

Hadush Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from prison instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre, was given the money after threatening to disrupt his deportation to Ethiopia

Lord Hermer also said that he is ‘extremely concerned’ about the impact the case may have had about the public’s trust in the UK’s national security and criminal justice systems

Economists say trying to balance the books by raising smaller taxes risks ‘unnecessary amounts of economic damage’

Danny Kruger, who defected from the Tories last month, has pledged a ‘more concentrated government machine’

A downgrade in the productivity figures could leave Reeves with a bigger fiscal gap

New figures from YouGov for ‘The Times’ found that 17 per cent of voters back Labour

The government has suggested closing hotels is a bid to appease the public but critics have said it will not save the taxpayer any money