Disability benefit system unsustainable and needs change, says government
Disability payments that help with extra living costs could be scrapped in favour of more tailored support as the government looks at overhauling the benefits...
UK and Irish ministers to meet as tensions grow over Rwanda
The government has rejected plans by Ireland to return asylum seekers arriving there from the UK....
Minister defends NHS record after MP defects to Labour
Chris Philp denies Tories are deprioritising the NHS, after Dan Poulter says “patients deserve better”....
MP Dan Poulter not offered deal to join Labour as far as I’m aware, Wes Streeting says
Conservative MP Poulter tells the programme he felt he had to quit the Tories because of the strain on the NHS....
Conservative MP Daniel Poulter defects to Labour
The doctor told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg he could no longer look NHS colleagues and patients in the eye and stay as a Conservative....
UK forces may be deployed to help deliver Gaza aid
The US says no American forces will go ashore but an unnamed “third party” will drive aid into Gaza....
Will winning a confidence vote be enough to save Yousaf?
The future of Scotland’s first minister is far from secure after a week of turmoil....
Sadiq Khan apologises to Chief Rabbi
Mr Khan says he is “sorry for any hurt” caused over remarks he made in a recent interview....
Question Time: Did Philp confuse Rwanda and Congo?
The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries....
Too early to judge impact of Rwanda plan – No 10
The Irish government says the UK’s plan is already causing an influx of migrants to the Republic....
