The Latest Breaking News from Oliver Dowden

There could be a potential by-election in Peter Bone’s Wellingborough constituency after he was suspended from the Commons.

Ministers will attend a high-level Cobra meeting later on the Middle East, after Rishi Sunak joined calls for a humanitarian ‘pause’ in the conflict.

With the great return to offices stalling, rail unions have taken it upon themselves to threaten rolling strikes into Christmas. Ahead of the Conservative Party Conference, Oliver Dowden has told the Evening Standard that unions should not take “Londoners and commuters for fools” as they could be pushed into “permanently…

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Sky reports Sunak is considering removing the winter fuel allowance – worth between £250 and £600 this winter – from most pensioners

At global summit in UK, Rishi Sunak will highlight risk of criminals and terrorists using technology to make bioweapons

Watch Live as world leaders speak on the fifth day at the 78th UN General Assembly in New York on Saturday 23 September.

Britain is pitching itself to the world as a ready leader in shaping an international response to the rise of artificial intelligence

Oliver Dowden told the UN General Assembly that international collaboration would be required to apply ‘guardrails’ on the technology.