How is the thought of 'Levelling Up' being greeted in the North of England?

Like many places in the North of England, the puff has somewhat gone out of Stockton-on-Tees - and that's exactly why the government says it wants to close the gap between rich and poor areas. 

Tomorrow the new cap on energy prices is to be announced.

Three more conservative MPs withdrew their support from the Prime Minister today.

Alex Cunningham is a Labour MP representing Stockton North and Matt Vickers is the Conservative MP for Stockton South - we spoke to them about their view on the impact of levelling up on their constituencies.

We spoke to the Levelling Up secretary, Michael Gove, and began by asking if he was disappointed that no new money was allocated to his project.

The Levelling Up white paper published today is more than 300 pages long. We take a look at the detail inside.

It started as a campaign promise - a 2019 manifesto pledge to tackle regional inequalities. And now today we have - on paper for the first time - the details of what "levelling up" actually means for deprived communities across the country.

Exclusive: Senior Conservative backbencher Sir Charles Walker, MP for Broxbourne, announces he will stand down at the next election.

Rising food and fuel prices are already stretching many household budgets. 

Children are being sexually exploited by organised networks in all parts of England and Wales in the "most degrading and destructive ways", a damning report has found. 

Some of the messages are so offensive they cannot be published, references to rape and violence, racism and homophobia.

More storm force winds gusting up to 90 miles an hour are expected to sweep through northern Britain this evening, after Storm Malik battered parts of the country leaving two people dead. 

The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said new legislation will be unveiled this week to widen economic sanctions against Russia, declaring "there will be nowhere to hide for Putin's oligarchs". 

We spoke to Robert Halfon MP, who's chair of the Commons Education committee, and began by asking him how, given it was known throughout lockdown children were disappearing from school, the problem has been allowed to get worse.