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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
Keir Starmer’s contract with the British people speech: Five key things
What are the main themes outlined in the Labour leader’s speech made in Birmingham?
By
Elizabeth Arnold
4 Jan 2022
UK
SNP presses PM over ‘new money to support businesses’ amid Omicron surge
SNP MP Ian Blackford said ‘a prime minister who can’t do what is needed to protect the public is no prime minister at all.’
By
Elizabeth Arnold
15 Dec 2021
UK
Minister hails ‘huge opportunities’ to deepen US trade links on first visit
Anne-Marie Trevelyan will use her first official stateside trip this week to bolster transatlantic trade and investment, the DIT said.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
5 Dec 2021
UK
Blair presses for ‘global genomic sequencing’ to act faster on new variants
The former prime minister also called for a globally agreed ‘set of travel standards and restrictions around travel’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
5 Dec 2021
UK
Make climate education mandatory in schools, Labour MP says
Nadia Whittome told MPs her bill to integrate climate change and sustainability into the curriculum would ‘prepare young people for the future’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
23 Nov 2021
UK
Rayner: PM ‘does not play by the rules’, sleaze ‘has undermined our democracy’
Angela Rayner, who previously apologised for branding senior Tories ‘scum’, called for a meeting with the Prime Minister over use of language.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
14 Nov 2021
UK
PM’s ‘do as I say, not as I do’ approach to Cop26 sent wrong message – Labour
Angela Rayner also said Alok Sharma’s efforts at the talks had been ‘undermined’ by the UK Government’s cut to overseas aid.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
14 Nov 2021
UK
WHO Covid special envoy calls out PM on mask-wearing
Dr David Nabarro said ‘we all need to be able to do what we’ve got to do, regardless of what politics we adopt’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
10 Nov 2021
UK
DUP MP accuses the Government of ‘climate hysteria’
Sammy Wilson warned those people in low-paid and medium-paid jobs ‘are going to face a rather bleak period in the near future’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
27 Oct 2021
UK
Domestic APD cut a disgrace amid climate challenge, warns Blackford
The SNP’s Westminster leader also said the Budget ‘brazenly cuts taxes for the banks whilst at the same time cuts Universal Credit for the poor’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
27 Oct 2021
UK
MPs adopt mixed stance on wearing face masks in packed Commons for Budget
Conservative former prime minister Theresa May wore a face covering as did Health Secretary Sajid Javid.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
27 Oct 2021
UK
Gove compares 2016 leadership bid sabotage to an ‘unexploded bomb going off’
Mr Gove’s decision to run in effect forced Boris Johnson to pull out of the contest.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
25 Oct 2021
UK
Number of Afghan refugees in hotels shows scale of rehousing task, says minister
The UK evacuated more than 15,000 people from August 13.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
25 Oct 2021
UK
Rachel Reeves: Sunak’s help for families is just poor imitation of Sure Start
The shadow chancellor said ripping up Labour’s flagship programme was ‘an act of criminality’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
24 Oct 2021
UK
James Brokenshire: Ministers pay their respects at funeral
The service took place around St John the Evangelist Church in Bexley
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Elizabeth Arnold
Daniel Keane
21 Oct 2021
UK
David Lammy accuses Johnson Government of ‘taking justice for granted’
The shadow justice secretary said Boris Johnson was ‘levelling the country down’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
28 Sept 2021
UK
UK kickstarts talks to join trans-Pacific trade bloc CPTPP
International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan described the talks as a ‘big milestone on our path to joining CPTPP’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
28 Sept 2021
UK
Compensation arrangement for investors in failed firm clears Commons
Pensions minister Guy Opperman said that the individual circumstances surrounding LC&F were ‘completely unique’.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
22 Sept 2021
UK
UK must break down ‘digital barriers’ new International Trade Secretary says
Anne-Marie Trevelyan will address industry leaders on Monday at the start of London Tech Week.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
20 Sept 2021
UK
Sadiq Khan urges ‘calm debate’ as MP avoids Labour conference due to threats
Reports claim Rosie Duffield will miss the event in Brighton due to threats from transgender activists.
By
Elizabeth Arnold
19 Sept 2021
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