Sunak is ‘lost in La-La land with the reverse Midas touch’
Why Rishi Sunak chose the occasion of today’s PMQs to take a petty swipe at the leader of a friendly nation ultimately confirmed Sir Keir Starmer’s withering observation that the prime minister does indeed have the “reverse Midas touch”.
Even before PMQs, Sunak’s “reverse Midas...
Experts ‘extremely alarmed’ by detection of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Experts say they are “extremely alarmed” by the detection of potentially toxic “forever chemicals” in the drinking water sources at 17 of 18 England’s water companies.
The potentially toxic “forever chemicals” – many of which have been banned - have been linked to cancers, fertility...
Senior doctors pay deal with government leaves RCN ‘appalled’
Senior doctors have been offered an improved pay offer from the government which could end their long running strike action in England.
NHS consultants in England will get an extra 4.95% “investment in pay” from January on top of the 6% annual pay rise already...
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Lib Dems call for transparency over Tory ‘bungs’ to newspapers claim
The Liberal Democrats are demanding transparency over government Covid contracts and multi-million pound “bungs” to friendly media following Dominic Cummings’s explosive testimony to the Coivd Inquiry .
Cummings told the inquiry that state funding had been “funnelled” to the Evening...
Law and Justice
Former advisers eviscerate Boris Johnson at Covid Inquiry
Two of Boris Johnson’s closest advisers and strongest allies have eviscerated the disgraced former prime minister in testimony to the Covid Inquiry. Dominic Cummings was a staunch cheerleader for Johnson...
Technology
Labour will go after Covid fraud to claw back taxpayers’ billions
A Labour government will establish a new powerful commissioner to recover billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money lost to waste and Covid fraud during the pandemic, Rachel Reeves will...
Defence and security
Sunak confronts China at G20 after Westminster spy arrest
Rishi Sunak has told the Chinese premier he has “serious concerns” about Beijing’s interference in Britain’s democracy after police arrested a suspected Westminster spy working for China. Sunak challenged Li...COMMENTARY
Braverman sacked and Cameron back in PM’s shock reshuffle
Rishi Sunak has sacked Suella Braverman and made former prime minister David Cameron foreign secretary with a reshuffle that sent shockwaves through Westminster.
One was regarded as inevitable, the other was greeted with open mouths and audible stupor to seasoned...
Downing Street
Braverman on brink after accusing Met police of pro-Palestinian protest bias
Suella Braverman is facing the sack for her “irresponsible” and “divisive” comments after defying Downing Street to write an article for the Times that accused police of favouring...
Downing Street
Pressure mounts on Sunak at conference over tax cuts and HS2
Rishi Sunak has refused to commit to tax cuts or the HS2 link to Manchester despite growing calls for action from within his own cabinet. Secretary of state for levelling...
Downing Street
Fall-out after Rishi Sunak drops climate U-turn bombshell
Rishi Sunak has been lambasted for announcing a major U-turn on climate policies which Labour said they will reverse if they win the next election. The prime minister is reversing...
Scotland is ready to be sanctuary for refugees from Gaza, says...
SNP leader Humza Yousaf has called on the UK government to back a resettlement scheme for Palestinian refugees caught up in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
In his closing speech to the SNP conference – made before the explosion at a hospital...
Beyond England
DUP conference: Donaldson makes case for return to Stormont
Jeffrey Donaldson's leader's address at the DUP conference bore all the platitudes one would expect: passionate support for the union and strenuous opposition to a border poll. Yet, the...
Beyond England
Labour trounce SNP in Rutherglen byelection, Tories lose deposit
A jubilant Sir Keir Starmer has told Labour party activists they “blew the doors off” to secure a landslide byelection victory over the SNP. Labour candidate Michael Shanks secured a...
Beyond England