It was reported last week that Defra minister Daniel Zeichner told a rural conference that farmers are ‘not high on the pecking order’.

Lord Hermer has faced questions about how his previous work could result in possible conflicts of interest in his Government work.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the move was to ‘confront the reality’ of the pressures on the service.

The Home Office’s good character guidance now says an applicant having entered the UK illegally will normally be refused citizenship.

Spirit Airlines has again rejected a third takeover bid from budget rival Frontier, saying that it would focus on its own plan to emerge from bankruptcy and stabilise its finances.

The Court of Appeal ruling came in the case of Kristie Higgs, a Christian school worker who was sacked for sharing posts criticising LGBT+ teaching.