Rishi Sunak

Lisa Nandy MP: Labour’s new year resolution to fund local councils fairly

Dua Lipa.

Dua Lipa the youngest person on under 40s Sunday Times Rich List

Drink driver Matthew Wootten crashes into the gates of the Prime Minister’s country house.

Watch: Drink driver smashes into gates of PM’s country house

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

Neil Kinnock falls over on Brighton seafront in 1983.

Funny political stunts gone wrong from elections past

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (and Labour leader SIr Keir Starmer who have been urged not to ditch their parties' green policies

Environmental visions for the borough

Rishi Sunak: Four men arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass

Just Stop Oil protesters have targeted multiple private jets at an airfield in Stansted after Taylor Swift landed her own private plane just hours before. (Credit: Just Stop Oil)

Breaking Watch: Just Stop Oil target Taylor Swift

Activists sitting by Stonehenge after it was sprayed orange (Photo: Just Stop Oil / Supplied)

Breaking Watch: Just Stop Oil 'paint' world-famous UK monument

(Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

How UK parties are approaching National Insurance ahead of election

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes gave a new voice to first-hand accounts of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy by Allied troops in June 1944 (Picture: BBC/Wall to Wall Media Ltd/Justin Dowling)

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes is a must-watch for a disappearing Sunak

Rishi Sunak scores election own goal with football gaffe.

Watch: Rishi Sunak scores election own goal with football gaffe

Yvonne Fovargue was elected Makerfield MP in 2010

Borough MPs Fovargue and Grundy will not contest the next election

Rishi Sunak has called a general election for July 4.

Watch: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces July 4 General Election

What you need to know about the new Universal Credit rules
The new Universal Credit rules will impact over 180,000 claimants.
Adriana Amor

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: the next general election will be an odd one

More people are waiting for treatment at Wigan's hospitals

More people waiting for treatment

Director Grant Walters at The Sports Shop in Kingswinford show off their St George's Cross transfer to apply to new England kit. A sports shop is selling St George’s Cross iron-on transfers for £4.95 - so fans can cover the controversial design on the new England football shirt.

Shop sells St George patch to cover rainbow flag on Nike's England kit

Jeremy Hunt will announce the 2024 Budget. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty/Adobe

Budget 2024: Hunt cuts NI again and reforms child benefit

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: poison in Labour's blood stream revealed ahead of by-election

The UK has entered a recession

UK enters recession as economy shrinks

Brianna Ghey

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declines to back call for social media curb

XL Bullies will be banned from Februrary 2024.

XL Bully Ban: Everything you need to know as ban comes into place

Children aged two will recieve 15 hours of free childcare.

Breaking Free childcare scheme April roll out

Chris Green and James Grundy

Borough Tory rebels backed down when it came to big Rwanda vote

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: 2024 can be the year of change in our country
2024 is a year of choice. A chance to change. When power is taken out of Rishi Sunak’s hands and given to you.
Yvonne Fovargue

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Wigan borough MP recognised for public and political service in New Year honours

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

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

Funds have been allocated to help create a smoke free society

Wigan to get £475k cash injection to phase out smoking and tackle youth vaping

Rishi Sunak said allegations of a Tory MP committing multiple rapes are “very serious” and anyone with evidence should “talk to police”. (Photo: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Sunak urges victims of alleged rapist Tory MP to ‘go to police’

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

Breaking NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

The UK has called for a temporary "pause" in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in Gaza and to allow the release of hostages. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking UK calls for 'pause' in Israel-Hamas conflict but rejects ceasefire

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, was joined by transport commissioner Vernon Everitt and leaders of Wigan Council and Bolton Council and a fleet of yellow Bee Buses ready for their launch earlier this year

Greater Manchester to receive more than £10m of HS2 cash for local bus services

Heat pumps grant rises to £7.5k as UK Government warned it won’t meet 2050 net zero target

Breaking UK government increases heat pumps grant in effort to achieve net zero

Macdonald Kilhey Court before it was converted into an asylum-seeker hotel

Is the Government poised to axe Wigan's migrant hotels?

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: Horrific crimes must not be tolerated

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: It’s time for a general election

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: Could you afford a HS2 ticket?

Former SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, left, who has defected to the Tories, and SNP leader Humza Yousaf. Credit: PA/Getty

Breaking SNP MP defects to Tories after claiming 'toxic and bully treatment'

Veteran Alan Evans, 85, with his Nuclear Test Medal

Top honour for Wigan veteran who tested for radiation during nuclear tests

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: PM’s new plans will save you money

The Prime Minister has unveiled plans to scrap A-levels in a huge shake-up to the UK’s education system. Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images

Breaking A-levels and T Levels to be scrapped, Rishi Sunak announces

Leigh MP James Grundy

MP welcomes £20m cash boost from Prime Minister to make changes to Leigh

American XL bully dog

Breaking Xl Bully destroyed after child rushed to hospital following attack

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Breaking Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: Our PM is challenging the agenda

Rishi Sunak's government will preside over the highest tax rises on record, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking Sunak's government will oversee highest tax rises on record

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Breaking Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Breaking Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

Liz Truss has been claiming from fund for ex-prime ministers despite only 49 days in office (Getty Images)

Breaking Liz Truss claims from fund for ex-PMs despite only 49 days in office

Kilhey Court in Standish is now being used to house asylum seekers

Migrant hotels bill climbs to £8m a day

Jonathan Hogg was the victim of a dog attack

American bully XL dogs – responsible for death of Wigan dad - to be banned

An XL Bully was involved in one of the attacks, injuring a 15-year-old girl

American XL bullies 'to be banned by end of the year'

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