The Latest Breaking News from Simon Clarke

A minister has said he fears this week’s rail and Tube strikes will go ahead and that the public should get ready for widespread disruption - despite last ditch talks between rail companies and union chiefs.

Chief Secretary Simon Clarke said pay claims to match inflation will simply push prices even higher

According to new data, England and Northern Ireland are beginning to see a rise in cases

Dr Simon Clarke, Associate Professor in Cellular Microbiology, University of Reading, said Covid "will keep coming back" as Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants lead new wave of infections

Earlier today, Sir Graham Brady announced that he had received enough letters of no confidence from Conservative MPs to trigger the vote.

The Chancellor confronted criticism that the funding to help people with the cost-of-living crisis was announced as part of a plan to move the focus on from the publication of Sue Gray’s report

It comes as Scotland today recorded its first monkeypox case - medics have described the risk to the public as low and ministers have assured it is not a 'repeat of' Covid-19

You never want to be the one who has to find a meeting room in Whitehall. There are never any going spare and, at least in my experience, the Cabinet Office (1916-2022) block books them all months in advance so you end up discussing the Northern Ireland Executive’s draft budget…

Boris Johnson is being encouraged by both Labour and Tory MPs to introduce a windfall tax to help households across the UK deal with the rising cost of living