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Andy Burnham is sworn in as MP for Makerfield

Burnham swearing-in ceremony takes place in Commons

A by-election has been triggered

Makerfield by-election officially triggered

Prestur the horse alongside The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle

MPs bring Icelandic horse to parliament

Vitamin B12 Awareness Day is on 23 September

Ad Feature 1 in 3 Brits may be at risk of B12 deficiency – but most have no idea

The First News poetry competition for young writers will be judged by Hollywood star Will Poulter

Poetry competition launched for young writers - judged by Will Poulter

Josh Simons MP

Josh Simons MP - Changing the Winter Fuel Payment Threshold is the Right Thing t...

Josh Simons says it is vital that funding is not just increased to hospitals but also to support the delivery of neighbourhood health centres

Josh Simons MP talks about the importance of community health care

If passed the bill means that terminally ill adults in England and Wales who have six months to live will legally have the choice to end their life.

Assisted dying bill UK: What is the proposed law?

Josh Simons

Josh Simons MP: the chancellor made the right decisions in the budget

Child plays with building blocks.

Watch: Measures for families announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: time to end miners' pension injustice

The most recent data for April to December shows 392 (64 per cent) of the 615 people in Wigan who set a date to quit smoking were successful

The costs of helping Wiganers to quit smoking

Layan Hassan at the Rotary Young Citizen Awards

Wigan teenager receives Rotary Young Citizen Award for campaign for diversity an...

Lights go out in the House of Lords.

Watch: House of Lords lights go out during minister’s speech

Encourage insects into green spaces. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Try and encourage insects into green spaces

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: I have lost confidence in the Speaker
You may have been following the controversy around the SNP’s opposition day debate regarding a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
James Grundy

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: house brought into disrepute through ceasefire debate

Sir Lindsay Hoyle at last year's triple-header finals day at Wembley

How the Speaker honoured Warriors record-equalling win in the House of Commons

Leigh MP James Grundy

MP reveals his parents have received death threats

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: I am opposed to the Rwanda scheme in its entirety

The BBC licence fee is set to increase in line with inflation.

BBC licence fee set to increase in 2024 - here's what you need to know

Layan Hassan at the House of Commons

Teen makes debut speech in House of Commons

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Breaking Ban on no fault evictions delayed indefinitely by Tory government

The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service was bestowed on The Brick homelessness charity in Wigan two years ago. Melanie Bryan OBE, deputy lieutenant of Greater Manchester, is seen here presenting it to volunteer co-ordinator Emma Shaw

Call to nominate unsung heroes for country's top volunteering prize

Tory MP Peter Bone. Credit: PA

Breaking Tory MP 'should be suspended over bullying and sexual misconduct'

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: Supporting Primodos scandal victims
Recently in Parliament I spoke about the Primodos scandal.
James Grundy

Keir Mather

Who is Keir Mather? The new Labour MP for Selby and Ainsty

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP faces eight week suspension over groping claims - what did he do?

Breaking Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP to face eight-week suspension

Clive Myrie. Picture: PA/Ian West.

Breaking Clive Myrie pulled from BBC News at Ten after Boris Johnson lying joke

Majority of MPs approve Privileges Committee Boris Johnson Partygate report

Breaking Boris Johnson suffers resounding defeat over ‘Partygate’ report

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Breaking MPs find Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled’ Commons multiple times

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson

Which Tory MPs have resigned triggering a by-election?

Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty pictured outside Selby Abbey.

Breaking Another Tory MP resigns and triggers a third by-election

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Will Boris Johnson stand as an MP in a different seat?

Breaking Green Party’s only MP to stand down at next election

Left to right: Chris Rimmer (general manager, Howe Bridge LC), Gaynor Eastham (lead officer - public health, Wigan Council), Shannon Fairhurst (HAF Coordinator, Wigan Council) and Tony Doyle (WN7 Outreach) with the National Recognition Award.

Double delight for Wigan borough leisure centre at awards cermony

Watch the moment Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle ‘snaps’ at Kemi Badenoch as pair lock horns in House of Commons

Breaking Watch the moment House of Commons Speaker ‘snaps’ at major Tory MP

Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the Parliament’s Standard Watchdog after allegedly failing to declare an interest

Breaking Sunak under investigation over alleged failure to declare interest

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: Handout to the rich is wrong priority

Margaret Ferrier MP was given a 270-hour community payback order for breaking lockdown rules by travelling on a train despite testing positive for Covid

Breaking Disgraced MP Margaret Ferrier facing 30 day suspension

Changes to the state pension age are common

Breaking Date of UK state pension age rise will not be brought forward

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris speaking to the media at Hillsborough Castle after his meetings with Stormont leaders over Brexit and the Windsor Framework.

Breaking MI5 raises terror threat level in Northern Ireland to ‘severe’

TikTok is the world's most popular app

Breaking TikTok to be blocked from ‘all parliamentary devices’

Bag used by House of Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd to go on auction

Smoking is now at least 15% more expensive following Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023 - Credit: Adobe

Breaking Bad news for smokers: Cigarettes now cost more than ever

Martin Lewis reacts to Jeremy Hunt’s budget after Chancellor name checks him and ‘calls speaker old’

Breaking Budget 2023: Martin Lewis gives his verdict

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses with the red Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street in central London on March 15, 2023, to present the government’s annual budget to Parliament. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Budget 2023: Living standards to fall by 6% - OBR

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt addressed the House of Commons with his Spring Budget 2023 on Wednesday - Credit: Getty Images

Breaking Key announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023

The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) will remain at £2,500 for an additional three months.

Breaking Budget 2023: Energy Price Guarantee to be extended to June

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

Former Speaker of the House, Betty Boothroyd. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Iconic former speaker of House of Commons Betty Boothroyd dies aged 93

Therese Coffey says ‘cherish turnips’ amid UK tomato and veg shortage

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Wigan borough MP calls for ban on forced installation of prepayment meters

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