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Helia Ebrahimi
Philip Hammond’s U-turn on National Insurance contributions for the self-employed is not just politically humbling for Number 11 but, critics charge, deeply worrying for the future of the public purse.
Gary Gibbon
I’m even told that, almost 7 months into her premiership, there are quite a few people working in Number 10 who haven’t yet met Theresa May.
Jeremy Corbyn had just under an hour to savour the victory as the Copeland by-election result hit home in the early hours, handing a resounding victory to the Conservatives.
Richard Barrett, former director of global counter-terrorism operations at MI6, and Sasha Havlicek, co-founder of the counter-terrorism think tank, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
He fought in Iraq and Afghanistan – but Richard Cottrell can’t escape the trauma of war. Neither can his wife – who lives with a daily reminder of his post traumatic stress disorder – and has spoken out powerfully about life under the shadow of PTSD.
Gary Gibbon
The Speaker let rip at the President for “racism” and said he would withhold consent.
Police have today launched an investigation into claims that teenage boys from Britain’s leading public schools were violently beaten, in what’s been described as a “sadomasochistic cult” run by a lawyer with links to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Church of England has tonight apologised unreservedly after a Channel 4 News investigation revealed that a prominent Anglican evangelical and former colleague of the Archbishop of Canterbury is alleged to have severely assaulted boys and young men for decades.
The acclaimed British actor Sir John Hurt has died at the age of 77. From a career defining role in The Naked Civil Servant as Quentin Crisp, Hurt worked prolifically throughout his life – his rich rasping voice and versatility securing him roles in Hollywood blockbusters and distinguished work in art house films.
A secret Iranian court has rejected the final appeal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British charity worker who was sentenced to five years in jail. Her husband Richard Ratcliffe talks to Channel 4 News.
Henry Kissinger, the US Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, who has remained an influential if sometimes controversial voice of US diplomacy over the intervening decades.
Richard Shakespeare, a disability consultant, and Heidi Allen, chair of the all- party parliamentary group for young disabled people.
It is the richest and most populous country in Africa, but parts of Nigeria are lurching towards a man-made famine. As the Nigerian army drives out the Islamists of Boko Haram from the north-east of the country, it is uncovering the scale of destruction they have left behind.
He must have thought that he wasn’t taking much of a risk in resigning as Conservative MP for Richmond Park and standing as an independent to win it back. But Zac Goldsmith reckoned without the by-election pedigree of the Liberal Democrats – and the Brexit backlash.
If Richmond is a Remain stronghold, Romford, on the other side of the capital, was very much part of the Leave tide in June.