Breathless Rishi goes on morning run with 'Hardest Geezer' Russ Cook...but only ONE of them is stopped in the street by fans

The Prime Minister welcomed to Downing Street the 27-year-old from Worthing, West Sussex, who recently ran the entire length of Africa .

Are we heading for ANOTHER EU referendum? Polling guru Sir John Curtice says Britain could face a fresh showdown by 2040 with Labour's voters 'very anti-Brexit'

Professor Sir John Curtice pointed to the overwhelmingly anti-Brexit views of Labour voters and younger generations as he argued the issue has not been settled.

So how DOES 'pint-sized' Rishi Sunak measure up to other world leaders after Angela Rayner mocked his height?

Rishi Sunak was branded a 'pint-size loser' during Prime Minister questions today but how does the PM actually measure up against other world leaders?

Are you sure Angela? Rayner under fire for claiming government has overseen 'more strikes than at any time before' when official stats show there were more days lost to industrial action under a previous Labour government (and Margaret Thatcher!)

Labour's under-pressure deputy leader made the remark as she kicked off Deputy Prime Ministers Questions in the Commons this afternoon.

Angela Rayner brands Rishi Sunak 'a pint-sized loser' as she tries to bat away PMQs jibes about two homes row with under-pressure Labour deputy leader accusing the Tories of being 'obsessed'

The Labour deputy leader lashed out as she faced jibes from Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden and other Tory MPs in the Commons, as they stood in for Mr Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer.

The Rwanda deportation bill by numbers: How nearly 80,000 migrants have arrived in UK since deal was first announced by Boris Johnson in April 2022 with total cost of the scheme soaring past £500million

Nearly 80,000 migrants have arrived across the English Channel since Boris Johnson unveiled the scheme in April 2022.

The £19-a-night Rwanda hotel where migrants will be sent under Rishi Sunak's crackdown: Asylum-seekers flown to Kigali will be greeted with a football pitch and bedrooms with prayer rugs... after getting past metal detectors and bag-scanners

Now that the Government's Rwanda Bill has passed, the Prime Minister has said 'nothing will stand in our way' of getting flights off the ground.

More than 180 politicians demand immediate financial compensation for infected blood scandal victims - after thousands contracted HIV and hep C through contaminated blood products in NHS' worst treatment disaster ever

The calls come after almost 3,000 people died after receiving tainted blood transfusions - including, pictured left to right, Mike Dorricott, Colin Smith and Nicky Calder.

Tory candidate for London Mayor says she will ban commuters from playing loud music on the Tube if she is voted in: Susan Hall reveals radical move as she closes the gap on Sadiq Khan

Ms Hall has suggested that if elected she will update Transport for London's (TfL) conditions of carriage to include a ban on people playing loud music.

Angela Rayner is at the walking-corpse stage in this political stink: QUENTIN LETTS watches PMQs

A lamb snagged on brambles, Ms Rayner (pictured) is in a tangle over her property interests. Were she a 'wicked Tory' (to use a Raynerish phrase), it might not be so bad.

Rishi Sunak's smoking ban clears its first Commons hurdle despite backlash to 'nanny state' plans by top ministers and Tory Right

The House of Commons this evening approved the second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which aims to phase in a ban on the sale of tobacco products.

Liz Truss accuses government of 'finger-wagging, nannying control freakery' over cigarettes ban as Rishi Sunak faces revolt by dozens of MPs and ministers in vote tonight - with Labour jibing they are RIGHT to call the move 'un-Conservative'

During tetchy exchanges in the Commons, Liz Truss swiped that the government was 'infantilising' Brits by taking away their choice.

Why Rishi Sunak's 'mad' smoking ban 'is destined to fail': Critics warn trailblazing law to stop Generation Alpha getting hooked on cigarettes will prove a 'charter for criminals' - amid fears health chiefs may take aim at sugar, caffeine and alcohol next

Under the Prime Minister's hotly-contested proposal, being debated in parliament today, anyone born after 2009 won't ever be able to legally buy tobacco.

Rishi Sunak faces a Cabinet revolt over his proposed smoking ban as MPs vote on 'smoke-free generation' bill

Several ministers are expected to vote against - and scores could abstain - when the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is debated in the Commons for the first time.

MPs to vote on cigarettes ban TODAY as Rishi Sunak faces revolt by dozens of Tories including Liz Truss over 'absolutely nuts' and 'nanny state' plan

Dozens of the PM's own MPs are set to oppose the plans to ensure anyone currently aged 15 or younger will never be able to buy a cigarette legally.

Tory rebels urge Rishi Sunak to ditch controversial smoking ban plan and other 'fundamentally un-Conservative' policies

Last week, Boris Johnson branded the plan 'absolutely nuts' and The Mail on Sunday understands fellow ex-PM Liz Truss will speak against the plans in this week's Commons debate.

Cigar-chomping PM Winston Churchill would have supported smoking ban, says Health Secretary Victoria Atkins as Tory rebels say planned new law is 'un-conservative'

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins used Churchill to hit back at party critics of the plan for a rolling age limit on using tobacco, amid claims that the legislation is 'unconservative'.

How this 'Great Fat Lie' has become a Big Fat Truth: Remainers scorned the claim Brexit would give an extra £350m a week to the NHS. In fact, it's now getting an extra £710m, writes ROSS CLARK

ROSS CLARK: Few slogans in political history can have caused as much anger as 'We send the EU £350million a week - let's fund our NHS instead.'

DAN HODGES: When Tories are accused of wrongdoing, they must publicly prove their innocence. But not so for Keir's deputy, who operates under Rayner's Law

On January 25, 2022, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick announced to the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee that her officers had opened an investigation.

GLEN OWEN: The honeytrap MP... and the Godfather-style hits that rubbed out SEVEN Boris buddies

Boris Johnson 's favourite film scene is the 'multiple retribution' at the end of The Godfather, when Mafia boss Michael Corleone eliminates his enemies in an orgy of bullets and bloodshed.

BORIS JOHNSON: If Ukraine falls, it'll be a catastrophic turning point in history - and an utter humiliation for the West... Why the hell are we waiting to give this heroic nation the weapons it needs?

A defeat for Ukraine would usher in a new era of fear in the whole Euro-Atlantic area, as Putin continues his drive to rebuild the Soviet empire, writes Boris Johnson.