Claudia Savage

Politics

Healey pledges to ‘stop the rot’ in military housing with new consumer charter

A defence housing strategy, to be published later this year, will set out further plans aimed at improving the standard of service family housing.
18 Apr 2025
Politics

Ed Miliband pressured to apologise to pensioners losing winter fuel payments

Charities have called for a U-turn and both the Conservatives and the Greens have called for the payments to be made available to all pensioners.
8 Oct 2024
Politics

Transport Secretary Haigh opens £200m train manufacturing factory in Yorkshire

The plant in Goole will build trains for the revamped Piccadilly line on the London Underground.
3 Oct 2024
Politics

Plane evacuating Britons from Lebanon lands in UK as blasts heard in Beirut

The Foreign Office has said that further flights in the coming days will depend on demand and the security situation on the ground.
3 Oct 2024
Politics

Tugendhat tops donations of Tory leadership candidates

Mr Tugendhat declared more than £152,508.22 in the most recent declaration of MPs’ interests – closely followed by Robert Jenrick with £134,376

2 Oct 2024
Politics

Lord Waheed Alli – Labour peer and media mogul at centre of Government gift row

Over the past 20 years, he has donated more than £500,000 to the Labour Party.
2 Oct 2024
Politics

Student who protested at Starmer’s speech lambasts lack of action on Gaza

The new Labour Government has suspended about 30 out of a total of 350 arms export licences to Israel.
24 Sept 2024
Politics

NHS doctor who won Olympic gold tells Labour conference sport is ‘miracle cure’

Imogen Grant said that she sees unfit patients ‘every single day’ working as an NHS doctor.
24 Sept 2024
Politics

John Healey: Zelensky’s victory plan will be defining for war in Ukraine

Speaking at the Labour Conference, Mr Healey also announced a joint unit between his department and the Foreign Office to facilitate aid.
23 Sept 2024
Politics

Sinn Fein chief McDonald urges Starmer to ‘walk final length of Irish journey’

Ms McDonald was speaking at a fringe event at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
22 Sept 2024
Politics

‘Now is our moment’ says Rayner as she promises ‘better Britain’ at conference

The Deputy Prime Minister outlined her department’s priorities in Government in her opening speech to the Labour conference delegation.
22 Sept 2024
Politics

Farage dodges questions on gifted £30k US trip as he pokes fun at Starmer

The Reform UK leader began his keynote speech at the party conference by making reference to the Prime Minister’s gifted eyewear.
20 Sept 2024
Politics

Lee Anderson vows never to apologise to Sadiq Khan and hits out at BBC

The Ashfield MP, speaking at Reform UK’s party conference, also took aim at the BBC and described Just Stop Oil protesters as ‘undernourished vegans’.
20 Sept 2024
Politics

Woman arrested over Southport attacker posts defended at Reform conference

Bernadette Spofforth apologised once she realised the information was incorrect and did not face any charges.
20 Sept 2024
Politics

Farage’s relationship with Trump ‘to the benefit’ of UK, claims Richard Tice

Mr Tice said the Reform UK party leader was ‘far from’ distracted by his trips to the US.
20 Sept 2024
Politics

Nigel Farage to ‘relinquish’ control of Reform UK by giving up majority shares

Mr Farage said he intended to change the structure of the party – which is also a registered company – to give control to the members.
19 Sept 2024
Politics

Nigel Farage to give up majority of shares in Reform UK Ltd

Former party deputy leader Ben Habib said that he had been advocating for the democratisation of the party behind the scenes ‘for many years’.
19 Sept 2024
Business News

Reynolds: Crackdown on late payments to small businesses is Government priority

The measures will aim to decrease instances when a firm is late paying for goods or services, which can impact smaller businesses’ cash flow.
19 Sept 2024
Politics

Arms exports allow Israel to defend itself from Hezbollah, says Trade Secretary

Fears have intensified that the simmering conflict between Israel and Lebanon could escalate into all-out war.
19 Sept 2024
Politics

Nato should ‘put Ukraine in best possible position’ – Starmer on Storm Shadow

The Prime Minister met US President Joe Biden in Washington on Friday for talks on giving Ukraine permission to use long-range missiles.
16 Sept 2024
Politics

Starmer insists ‘rules being followed’ on clothing donations

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also defended the Prime Minister over declarations of clothing donated to Sir Keir’s wife.
16 Sept 2024