Analysis of data also suggests the amount of social housing given to disabled people has gone down.

Dozens of amendments have been added to the bill from both sides since it passed its first stage.

The first UK-EU summit since Brexit takes place on Monday - but is it a "surrender summit" as the Conservatives fear, or could it be, as Starmer puts it, an example of "serious pragmatism"?

Keir Starmer chose a curious location to talk up his plan for hubs to host failed asylum seekers.

The 21-year-old man has been charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.

The anti-poverty strategy has been a requirement since the St Andrews Agreement in 2006.

These figures provide an opportune moment for some optimism and a hard sell of the UK to the rest of the world.

Rupert Lowe brands his former party "the cult of Nigel," in a BBC Newsnight interview.

The economy grew faster than expected between January and March, before UK and US tax rises were brought in during April.

MP Jesse Norman says there are 50 towns and small cities which do not currently have a university.

Sir Keir Starmer wants to send asylum seekers overseas after their claims have been rejected in the UK.

Ministers say new detention limits for recalled prisoners are required to ease an overcrowding crisis.

Reform's leader at Leicestershire County Council resists calls to suspend his colleague.

No 10 has confirmed Baroness Casey's rapid review of child rape gangs will conclude this month.

French police charge a taxi driver with stealing luggage and cash from UK foreign secretary and his wife.

England are defending champions while Wales have qualified for the first time.

A ban was introduced last year - but the law has now been changed to help cash-strapped publishers raise funding.

MPs say new laws and "deep-rooted cultural change" are needed at the Department for Work and Pensions.

Inmates serving one to four years who are recalled to prison will be released after 28 days.

Political leaders offer their support to the PM amid investigation into suspected arson attacks on properties linked to him.