Brendan Carlin

By BRENDAN CARLIN Published: | Updated: Ministers are facing calls to order an urgent review of Britain's ‘woefully weak' anti-missile defences in the wake of Russia's use of deadly new hypersonic weapons.

The taxpayer-funded project made £3million of awards to people looking for work over the past three years and failed to keep proper receipts of their purchases.

Mr Candy is married to Australian actress/singer Holly Valance , who is a prominent Reform backer. He would succeed current treasurer Mehrtash A'zami who is expected to move to a new role in the party.

The former Cabinet minister told The Mail on Sunday that he would consider standing in a by-election even if it was not in the beloved North-East Somerset seat he lost to Labour in July.

Catherine Perry-Evans, who runs the Hungry Ram gastropub with her husband Mike in Penuwch in Ceredigion, told customers it will shut on December 22.

By BRENDAN CARLIN | His downfall was one of the totemic moments on an evening when the election was disastrous for the Tories.

Party sources said last night that outspoken MP Dawn Butler already 'has a team in place' to be the party's candidate for the next mayoral contest in 2028.

Tory, Labour and Reform UK MPs have agreed that only by revealing the alleged spy's identity could the full facts be uncovered and are threatening to use Parliamentary privilege to name him.

Ministers will launch an international campaign of social media advertisements to 'debunk' the smugglers' lies.

Campaigners for people infected with contaminated blood have accused Cabinet Office Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds of focusing too much on Brexit and not enough on securing compensation.