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Joshua NevettPolitical reporterAlamyPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff is the highest paid special adviser, government figures show.Morgan McSweeney is paid between £155,000 and £159,999,…

The traditional showpiece of any summer in County Durham is the annual miners’ gala, which last Saturday once again connected the region to its proud industrial…

Getty ImagesThe voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK before the next general election, the government has said.Other planned changes include allowing more…

Half a century since the national voting age was last lowered, Keir Starmer has decided the time is right to include more than a million 16-…

The crimes and death of Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, have…

Becky MortonPolitical reporterAdam Smith and Jonelle AwomoyiBBC NewsIN PICTURES FOR GETTY IMAGESSixteen and 17-year-olds would be able to vote at the next general election, under government…

Good morning. Chief whips tends to be quite secretive, and when four Labour MPs had the whip suspended yesterday, there was no detailed, public explanation as…

This July, just like last July, the prime minister has decided to kick some of his MPs out of the Parliamentary Labour Party.A year ago, just…

When Labour came into power they agreed to give resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, a 22% rise over two years to end their strikes.…

new video loaded: Nadler and Duffy in Tense Exchange Over N.Y.C. Subway SafetytranscriptBacktranscriptNadler and Duffy in Tense Exchange Over N.Y.C. Subway SafetyRepresentative Jerrold Nadler of New…