Day one of the Rebekah Vardy and Colleen Rooney ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial at the High Court - and rival claims about destroyed evidence took centre stage. 

Richard Bonner, a board member of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership which wants to get a better deal for the levelling up of the North of England for both the public and private sector, spoke to us about the government’s Queen’s Speech proposal...

The Government hopes the proposals in the Queen's Speech will help it win the next election - and hold on to seats like Wakefield, which turned Conservative at the last General Election for the first time since the 1930s.

The Government promised long awaited reforms to mental health services in the UK, in today’s Queen’s Speech.

The public inquiry into the death in police custody of Sheku Bayoh has begun taking evidence - almost exactly seven years since the father-of-two died after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy in Fife.

The Home Office has admitted that LGBTQ refugees who are sent to Rwanda could face ill treatment - but said government plans to relocate people to the east African country would continue.

Immunity for crimes committed during the Northern Ireland Troubles will depend on people co-operating with the new reconciliation body set up by the Government.

We spoke to the Work and Pensions Minister, Chloe Smith and Labour's Thangam Debbonaire about how the parties plan to tackle the UK’s stuttering economy.

For the first time since 1963, the Queen missed reading out the government's legislative plans - leaving Prince Charles and William to fly the royal flag. 

We speak to Katy Balls, the deputy political editor of The Spectator, and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika - who has been a political adviser to senior Labour Party politicians.

The Northern Ireland Secretary, Brandon Lewis, has urged the leaders of the five party's in the Stormont assembly to re-establish a ruling executive. 

It has been announced that the Queen will not attend the state opening of parliament tomorrow - with the Prince of Wales set to read the Queen's statement on her behalf instead.

We spoke to Labour's Emily Thornberry, Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales.

Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he will step down if the police fine him for breaking covid lockdown rules.

Keme Nzerem talks about the politics of air pollution, why it’s damaging to our health and its links with poverty.