Elizabeth Arnold

Politics

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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’.
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.
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”.
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.
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’.
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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’.
11 Jan 2022