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The ex-health secretary says he would not make campaign promises that he would have to later reverse.

Gabriel Leroy, a former councillor in Southend, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit an offence under the Criminal Law Act and the Computer Misuse Act.

Sir Richard Knighton backs ex-defence secretary John Healey's claim the government is not providing adequate funds.

The ex-defence secretary repeats his call for more funding in a Commons speech following his resignation.

The prime minister says the UK is working with other countries on a plan to protect vessels in the key waterway.

Hostile states are increasingly using proxies to carry out attacks in Britain following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Sir Richard Moore says.

Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater reflects a decade after her sister was murdered in Birstall.

Andrea Egan tellls the BBC that Labour haven't delivered and her election demonstrated that members were desperate to have their voices heard.

A government spokesman tells the BBC that the current offer "does not do enough to protect consumers or the environment".

Polls open on Thursday for the Makerfield by-election with 14 candidates vying to become the constituency's MP ...