S ome people on benefits are “taking the mickey” but “there are many more people who want to work”, the Work and Pensions ...

A former Conservative MP has defected to Reform UK. During the Reform UK East Midlands Conference in Leicester, party leader Nigel Farage introduced Marco Longhi to the stage as "a loyal member of ...

A former Tory MP defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK last ... during his speech to the party's UK East Midlands Conference in Leicester. People in the audience shouted "Listen to Tommy" during ...

Leicester has had promises broken "by government after government", a councillor has said after plans to rebuild hospitals in the city were delayed.

"A new endoscopy unit will open at the Leicester General Hospital this year, the Hinckley Diagnostic Centre will provide 89,000 community diagnostic tests a year when it opens in the spring, and ...

The charity, which runs day centres and shops across the city and county, said the charity sector would be hit hard by the ...

The spokesman was referring to the pro-Palestinian Leicester South MP Shockat Adam ... The conference comes just moments after former Tory MP Marco Longhi switched his allegiance to Nigel ...

Three of Leicestershire’s Conservative MPs have responded to plans to extend Leicester’s boundaries ... Mr O’Brien, Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP, branded the move a “city takeover”, saying there ...

A former Tory MP who lost his seat at the general election last year has joined the Ukrainian International Legion to help in the fight against Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Jack Lopresti ...