What’s happening on rail is really a Conservative Government coming off the tracks, seeking scapegoats to smear to distract from its own disasters, says Kevin Maguire

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting grew up on a council estate and says the Tories have failed to tackle the inequalities leaving children in a worse off position

Ten Premier League clubs have pushed up the prices of season tickets despite an ongoing cost of living crisis which has Brits struggling to put food on the table and pay soaring energy bills

ETHICS adviser Lord Geidt would not have taken the decision to resign lightly but was left in a position where he felt he had no other choice, his predecessor in the role has said.

SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar has ruled out ever entering a coalition with the SNP in a huge blow to Nicola Sturgeon's independence dreams.

TRANSPORT Secretary Grant Shapps yesterday condemned the RMT rail union for 'punishing millions of innocent people' as it was confirmed strikes will go ahead this week.

BORIS Johnson faces an acid test this week in two key by-elections that could make or break him as Conservative leader. Tory candidate Helen Hurford expects Thursday's poll in Tiverton and Honiton to be "very, very close" but she is fighting to keep the Devon constituency blue.

After 12 years of austerity, two years of a Covid pandemic, Brits are now facing the worst Cost of Living crisis in decades - prompting thousands to take to the streets to call for a better future

BBC presenter Martin Geissler hit out at the SNP for betraying its voters by pushing for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

THE EU's repeated threats of a trade war against the UK could see Brussels in breach of the bloc's own laws, according to a legal expert.

BREXIT BRITAIN should not be worried about the EU's legal retaliation over the Northern Ireland Protocol, a new poll of Express.co.uk readers has found.

GORDON BROWN has accused the Government of not doing enough to resolve the escalating economic crisis in the country, as he warned that high inflation and the possibility of a recession could spark chaos in the country.

A STRIKING tube driver has told those impacted by the planned disruption that "sometimes you have to suffer".

AMERICAN retail giant Walmart is looking to bring UK products to the US in a major boost to Brexit Britain's exports.

Senior Conservative Jake Berry has broken ranks to warn the government the"only way out of a dispute is via negotiation" as the country was braced for walkouts that will spark mass disruption

IAN BLACKFORD is under pressure to quit or be sacked by Nicola Sturgeon after audio of a secret recording of the SNP chief and fellow MPs backing shamed politician Patrick Grady was revealed.

THE IRISH Taoiseach Micheál Martin snapped at BBC's Sophie Raworth after she accused Brussels of being "inflexible" in its row with the UK, amid growing threats of a trade war between the two sides.

But union leaders blame politicians for failing to stop the strikes, which will begin on Tuesday.

Labour leader Keir Starmer has reportedly urged moderate frontbenchers to not let Labour "become a basket case again" as the party braces for Durham Police's response

THE European Union is blocking the movement of medical devices from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, in a move slammed by legal experts.

The UK government has published plans to get rid of parts of the post-Brexit deal it agreed with the EU.

RISHI SUNAK must listen to voters and slash VAT, Tory MPs declared after an exclusive poll for Express.co.uk showed overwhelming support for the move.

DOWNING STREET deputy-chief of staff is believed to have told his colleagues to "leave the room" unless they believe Brexit will still be central to the next general election.

GRANT SHAPPS lost it during a Sky News interview this morning as he raged at the RMT's decision to carry on with train strikes next week, labelling it a "big mistake" for the unions.

EU proposals to end the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol would impose expensive red tape on the people of Northern Ireland, it has emerged.

BREXIT BRITAIN could be a thing of the past sooner than expected if Rejoiners have their way. So is it only a matter of time until Britain rejoins the EU? Vote in our poll.

A FRENCH soldier will lead the British Army's "most lethal" division for the second time in history.

GRANT SHAPPS has blasted next week's rail strikes, claiming they will "punish millions of people".

BRITAIN is failing to reap the benefits of leaving the European Union because it is held back by the "ruling elites" in Westminster, Whitehall and the professions who think the country is doomed to decline, according to the authors of a major report from the Centre for Brexit Policy.

THE British people, rather than European judges, must "decide who can and cannot stay in our country", the Attorney General has said.

The flight scheduled to take asylum seekers to Rwanda was grounded at MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, Wilts, at the last minute on Tuesday after European judges intervened on human rights grounds

Boris Johnson has made so many unethical errors it is a shock to know he even had an adviser - we must all campaign for a replacement, says columnist Mark Steel

Keir Mudie says trhe Labour Party leader is ahead on the problems facing Britain, being an honest person and capable leadership - but people are confused about what Labour really stands for

PRINCE Charles risks the future of the monarchy by meddling in politics, according to a new poll.

They raised concerns about the “media exemption” in the forthcoming bill, which means social media firms don’t have to remove content published by news publishers

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey urged Labour supporters to back his party's candidate in Thursday's by-election in Tiverton and Honiton

Rachael Bletchly says the people of this country have to decide if they want a leader who’s devoid of ethics or one simply lacking charisma, after Keir Starmer was accused of being boring

Scotland Yard will now be under pressure to say whether the two figures are ministers or members of staff, and whether they went on to be fined despite failing to return the forms

Tory Nadheem Ahmed, who claimed his Labour rival was parachuted in, actually lives in a village outside Wakefield - in a neighbouring constituency

The Tory Brexit Opportunities minister was urged to stop “playing silly games for his own gratification” - and setting a bad example for other MPs

THE LIB DEMS have been accused of trying to win a crucial by-election this week by "duplicitously hiding and actively misleading" Leave voters over their plans for Britain to rejoin the EU.

David Canzini, who joined Downing Street in February, said a petition to “save” the health service was a “stupid waste of time” in a string of messages in 2011

Nick Freeman, dubbed Mr Loophole for getting celebrity clients off driving offences on legal technicalities, called for the ban when ministers unveil their proposed overhaul of rules on scooters

Keir Starmer said the PM "does want the strikes to go ahead" so he can "feed off the division" when the country grinds to a halt

THE BREXIT protocol plan has been slammed by Lord Hannan who claimed that European countries still view Britain as a country that needs to be taught a lesson and brought to heel.

EU taxpayers will soon have to foot the bill for an increased budget, should Brussels allow access to all the countries that have applied for membership, a Brexiteer has warned.

NICOLA STURGEON's hope for an independent Scotland has been dealt a brutal blow after one MSP revealed the catastrophic impact such a move would have on the Scottish economy.

NIGEL FARAGE has warned Brexit could be under threat as he highlighted three signs that the Tories could backtrack on the decision to leave the European Union. But do you think Brexit is unravelling? Vote in our poll.

THE European Union has no legal weapons against the UK should Boris Johnson decide to simply ignore the bloc's empty threats, according to a legal expert.

THE UK should listen to Nigel Farage and withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights , a new poll of Express.co.uk readers has found.