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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer publishes tax details Daniel Mcneil

Former PM Boris Johnson leaving his home for the Commons Privileges Committee

Boris Johnson Privileges Committee: what we learnt from hearing Patrick Hollis

Boris Johnson will give evidence this week on whether he misled parliament during the Partygate scandal

Watch live as Boris Johnson faces MPs at Privileges Committee Patrick Hollis

Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London. Mr Johnson will give evidence as to whether he knowingly misled Parliament over partygate at a hearing of the Commons Privileges Committee in Portcullis House in central London. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2023. Credit: PA

Boris Johnson’s Partygate hearing - Who is on the Privileges Committee Ethan Evans

Makerfield's Yvonne Fovargue is one of two Labour MPs on the parliamentary privileges committee which will today grill ex-PM Boris Johnson about "Partygate"

Makerfield MP on committee that will decide Boris Johnson's future Charles Graham

Mobile phone ‘Armageddon alert’ date set: UK primed for new public warning system siren test

‘Armageddon alert’: UK primed for mobile phone public warning siren Will Millar

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Read This Eddie Izzard changes name to fulfil lifelong dream Will Millar

Leigh MP James Grundy

Leigh’s MP responds to criticism over long waits for GP appointments George Lythgoe

Rishi Sunak talks to local business leaders during a visit to a Coca-Cola factory in Lisburn, Northern Ireland yesterday (Picture: Liam McBurney/WPA pool/Getty Images)

New figures show 54% of people in the UK would vote to remain in EU Patrick Hollis

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy MP: ​Giving people the skills to progress Lisa Nandy

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: In the zone wasting your money Chris Green

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy figures show households in Wigan consumed a total of 1,659 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of gas and 473 GWh of electricity in 2021. At the current charging rates capped by the Government with the Energy Price Guarantee, the approximate total cost of fuelling every home in Wigan in 2021 was £366m.

BP profits could fuel every household in Wigan for 63 years Sonja Tutty

Tearful Nadine Dorries confirms she’s standing down as MP amid Boris Johnson tirade - watch

Nadine Dorries quits as MP in tearful tirade - watch Will Millar

Labour's Ashley Dalton celebrates after being declared the winner in the West Lancashire by-election at Burscough Racquet and Fitness Centre in Ormskirk, Lancashire.

Labour’s West Lancashire by-election winner calls for general election Kim Pilling

Former Sheffield Hallam MP Jared O'Mara

Former MP Jared O’Mara guilty of expenses fraud to fund cocaine habit Ethan Evans

Read This Rod Stewart tells Sky News phone-in Tories should ‘give Labour a go’ Ethan Evans

Lisa Nandy, Wigan MP and Shadow Secretary of State for Communities

Nandy: Britain’s broken political system “must change or die” Charles Graham

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament Ethan Evans

Keir Starmer said he would raather sit next to Piers Morgan over Jeremy Corbyn at an Arsenal game.

Keir Starmer reveals who he would sit next to at an Arsenal game Dennis Morton

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: Crisis in our NHS is deep-rooted Yvonne Fovargue

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged health leaders at an emergency meeting to take "bold and radical" action to alleviate the winter crisis in the NHS. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

How to watch Prime Minister’s Questions live Patrick Hollis

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy MP: Rail system is failing passengers Lisa Nandy

Matthew Macfadyen plays John Stonehouse in the series (Photo: ITV)

How to watch ITV drama Stonehouse and full cast including Keeley Hawes Patrick Hollis

The late Coun Anthony Sykes when he organised a clear-up four years ago

Wigan council by-election to go ahead despite postworkers' strike Charles Graham

Coun Ray Whittingham

Labour accused of ‘cronyism’ after latest Wigan charity appointment George Lythgoe

Keir Starmer will set out Labour's new vision for the constitutional future of the UK today.

Keir Starmer looks to abolish House of Lords in ‘transfer of power’ Benjamin Jackson

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: Ending violence against women and girls Yvonne Fovargue

Rosie Cooper has stood down as Labour MP for West Lancashire

By-election looms in West Lancashire as Rosie Cooper stands down as Labour MP Amy Gibbons

Yvonne Fovargue visiting Sportsline in Ashton onSmall Business Saturday six years ago. She is pictured with Ron Hart and Mark Ferguson, Branch Chair, Federation of Small Business

Borough MP speaks out in support of Small Business Saturday Gaynor Clarke

Andrew Bullen, the newly elected Labour councillor for Ashton, in Wigan Town Hall after winning the by-election

Home By-election turnout for seat on Wigan Council ‘potentially lowest on record’ George Lythgoe

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: Poor being made to pay for crash of the economy Yvonne Fovargue

Just Stop Oil supporters bring the M25 to a standstill

CHRIS GREEN MP: It's time to get back to the basics of politics Chris Green

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue.

Tories' broken promises could leave Wigan pensioners worse off Yvonne Fovargue

Lisa Nandy

Wigan’s MP fires back at speech trouncing the town George Lythgoe

<p>Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer</p>

Read This Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer defends ‘responsible journalism’ Jamie Jones

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has pledged to ‘free the BBC’ and oppose the privatisation of Channel 4 should he become Prime Minister. Credit: Getty Images

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer defends ‘responsible journalism’ Jamie Jones

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy MP: Labour is the party of home ownership Lisa Nandy

Coun Anthony Sykes

Funeral details confirmed for popular Wigan councillor after death at 51 Sian Jones

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

MP fears 'sleepless nights' for Wigan home-owners as mortgage rates rise Gaynor Clarke

The West Coast Main Line goes through Wigan

Andy Burnham: Remove Avanti’s contract unless trains are reinstated soon Neil Lancefield

Wigan Town Hall

Plot to withdraw Wigan from Places for Everyone scheme foiled George Lythgoe

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy MP: Labour is on the people’s side Lisa Nandy

One Of Our Ministers Is Missing  by Alan Johnson

One Of Our Ministers Is Missing by Alan Johnson: Fast-moving, action-packed myst... Pam Norfolk

'Some people have been quick to say that politicians are all the same, but Keir Starmer is proving them wrong. He is a man of integrity and honesty.' Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Labour lead: latest polling would equate to 346 seat majority Patrick Hollis

One Of Our Ministers Is Missing  by Alan Johnson

One Of Our Ministers Is Missing by Alan Johnson: Fast-moving, action-packed myst... Pam Norfolk

Andy Burnham

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham rules out standing in by-election Joseph Timan

Jo Platt

Former Leigh MP says Labour is offering the town a "new way of governing" Charles Graham

Lisa Nandy, Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool

Wigan MP brands Government devolution policies "offensive" Charles Graham

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: Leigh is a town growing in importance James Grundy

Councillors are shown the plans

Wigan councillors get an early look inside village's new medical centre Gaynor Clarke

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