Suella Braverman is facing the sack for her “irresponsible” and “divisive” comments after defying Downing Street to write an article for the Times [paywall] that accused police of favouring pro-Palestinian protestors over right-wing demonstrators. In the piece, the home secretary criticised the Metropolitan police for taking a biased approach toward protestors, saying its officers “largely […]
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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 [pdf]. Cummings told the inquiry that state funding had been “funnelled” to the Evening Standard, owned by Lord Evgeny Lebedev – the son of a KGB spy who was […]
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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 and architect of the 2019 general election “to get Brexit done” campaign that secured a 80 seat majority for the Tories. Lee Cain was Johnson’s […]
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Labour has pulled off an historic double byelection victory and inflicted two devastating defeats on the government. Sir Keir Starmer’s party overturned two massive Conservative majorities and rewrote the history books with their twin wins in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire. Starmer said he hopes to “follow in the footsteps” of Tony Blair and take Labour […]
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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 in Gaza – Humza said Scotland is “willing to be the first country in the […]
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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 DUP leader laid the groundwork for a possible return to power-sharing, albeit without indicating a timeframe. The party has kept the doors to Stormont shut for […]
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Sir Keir Starmer brushed off his encounter with a protester at the start of his speech to conference to promise a “decade of renewal” for Britain if Labour wins the next election. After removing his glitter covered jacket, Starmer rolled up his shirt sleeves and told delegates his government will reform the NHS, invest in […]
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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 tell the party conference on Monday (October 9). “The cost to the taxpayer of Covid fraud is estimated at £7.2bn with every one of those cheques […]
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Angela Rayner has pledged her “number one focus” will be delivering “houses for the future” with the” biggest boost” to affordable housing for a generation, if Labour wins the next election. Rayner – Labour’s deputy leader and the shadow housing secretary – has vowed to get tough with developers and reform planning laws to “unlock […]
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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 20.4% swing to trounce the SNP’s Katy Loudon and become the new MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West – an election triggered by the removal […]
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