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SNP MP John Nicolson was met with laughter and a huge round of applause when he said the House of Commons is now the gayest Parliament in the whole world.

HENRY DEEDES: Nothing gets opposition MPs nostrils flapping quite like the whiff of wounded minister in the air. As a steely-eyed Suella took her seat, the atmosphere tingled.

In his latest return to the picketing front-line, the 84-year-old pensioner this time stood with museum staff in Wakefield locked in a bitter pay dispute with the National Coal Mining Museum for England.

This article first appeared on Telegraph Online   So Liz Truss becomes the third female Con...

Rishi Sunak could well make a good prime minister, but he shouldn't be the next one

The former leader is pulling ahead in polling to replace Liz Truss, but comes with baggage - including a struggle to hold his own seat

IT had to happen. Liz Truss had to go.

What is happening and then go out and solve it. in government, we would solve it by sitting down with them and negotiating our way through what is a shared challenge that, you know, especially when youre in the public sector, there isnt a lot of money around. inflation has gone through the roof and people are not being paid enough and they need a pay rise. now, that is a difficult square to circle or circle to square, but the only way you do it is by talking. crosstalk. i can see the subtlety of...

The 10th anniversary of Julia Gillard’s exhilarating misogyny speech is coming up, but Gillard’s legacy on women is not without its black marks.

That afternoon I met the chancellor to discuss the ‘fiscal event’ held on Friday. This enabled me to feed in to him the views of our local…