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Angela Rayner and Oliver Dowden clash over Conservatives’ economic record
Rising bills, soaring mortgages and plummeting real wages are ‘pushing more families to the brink’, Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner warned.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
12 Jul 2023
UK
Lisa Nandy: Sir Keir Starmer ‘is Mr Rules, he does not break the rules’
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab accused Sir Keir of ‘complete hypocrisy’ over the Durham beer-and-curry event being investigated by police.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
8 May 2022
UK
Keir Starmer accuses Tories of ‘mud-slinging’ over beer photo
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan is the latest Cabinet minister to back a further police investigation into allegations.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
3 May 2022
UK
Senior Conservative MPs question proposed privatisation of Channel 4
Former cabinet minister Damian Green spoke of his ‘profound scepticism about the wisdom’ of the plan.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
27 Apr 2022
UK
Truss: Russia using UN security council veto as green light for barbarism
Russia’s position as one of five veto-wielding members has limited the security council’s ability to censure Vladimir Putin’s regime.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
26 Apr 2022
UK
Brexit has ‘brought problems’ for Falkland Islands’ fishing industry, MP warns
Derek Twigg, of the Falkland Islands APPG, said there had ‘been a lot of concern’ over the impact of Brexit on Falkland Islands fishing exports.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
18 Apr 2022
UK
Sunak’s popularity drops with voters amid surging living costs, poll finds
The Chancellor’s net favourability was down 24 points since just before his spring statement , YouGov found.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
6 Apr 2022
UK
Religious leaders urge PM to include trans people in conversion therapy ban
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is among the signatories of a letter sent to Boris Johnson.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
4 Apr 2022
UK
Higher benefits uprating should be the Chancellor’s ‘top policy priority’
Analysis by the Resolution Foundation outlines a trio of support options which could be taken by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Wednesday.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
21 Mar 2022
UK
Labour: Older people ‘risk being at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis’
Labour’s Opposition Day motion calls on the Government to “cut home energy bills” and “halt the planned tax rises on working pensioners”.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
20 Mar 2022
UK
Ministers ‘must ensure Scotland’s wind is not being used to power Putin’s war’
Labour’s Liz Twist said ScotWind, the ‘largest offshore wind project in the world, has huge potential’ but added ‘we must also live up to our values’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
16 Mar 2022
UK
Kwasi Kwarteng: Government ‘will take a precautionary approach’ on shale gas
Labour called for the Government to maintain the moratorium against fracking.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
9 Mar 2022
UK
MP suggests ‘explanatory plaques’ should go alongside Bercow’s portrait
Conservative MP Dr Caroline Johnson made the query “in the light of this report and the need to set history in context”.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
8 Mar 2022
UK
Labour: NI rise ‘will make a bad situation for British businesses even worse’
Shadow business minister Seema Malhotra raised concerns over the level of inflation as well as ‘spiralling’ energy costs.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
22 Feb 2022
UK
Labour: Shapps ‘sold bus transformation, but is delivering managed decline’
Grant Shapps described the full amount of money being spent on buses as a ‘record never achieved before by any Government as far as I can see’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
3 Feb 2022
UK
Regeneration ‘levelling up’ funding is ‘very small beer’ – Labour
Lisa Nandy said the Conservatives’ Levelling Up White Paper ‘frankly doesn’t appear to be worth the paper that it’s written on’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
30 Jan 2022
UK
MP: Make cyber-flashing a criminal offence so law catches up with technology
There is evidence to show cyber-flashing “is the gateway offence to more serious acts of violence”, Fay Jones MP warned.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
25 Jan 2022
UK
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says ‘there is a deal to be done’ on NI Protocol
Ms Truss said she was taking a ‘constructive approach to these negotiations’ as she faced cross-party questions on the status of the talks.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
25 Jan 2022
UK
MP calls for law change on ‘immediate access’ to digital assets for next of kin
DUP Ian Paisley said people are creating ‘an even larger digital footprint’ throughout their lives, both personally and financially.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
18 Jan 2022
UK
Afghanistan facing ‘serious and worsening’ humanitarian crisis, minister warns
Vicky Ford told MPs in the Commons that Afghanistan is facing the world’s ‘most severe food security crisis’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
12 Jan 2022
UK
Ministers will ‘look closely at all the options’ on household finances
Treasury minister Simon Clarke said at the autumn Budget the Government ‘put in place a host of measures to help families with the cost of living’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
11 Jan 2022
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