Harry Taylor

Politics

Anti-China rhetoric over British Steel is absurd, says country’s embassy

A spokesperson for the embassy said individual UK politicians have shown ‘arrogance, ignorance and twisted mindset’.
16 Apr 2025
Politics

Mordaunt: Tories lost election because they stopped being seen as trustworthy

The former Commons leader says the electorate thought the party no longer shared its belief in values including ‘honour, integrity and trust’.
29 Sept 2024
Politics

Incorrect early release of 37 prisoners ‘deeply regrettable’, Starmer says

The Prime Minister said he is ‘concerned’ that the offenders were included in the Government’s early release scheme to free up space in prisons.
26 Sept 2024
Politics

PM defends using house owned by Lord Alli for ‘work from home’ Covid video

Sir Keir Starmer said the idea he was filming the address from his own home was ‘farcical’ despite Christmas cards and family photos behind him.
26 Sept 2024
Politics

Baroness Warsi resigns from Conservative Party over ‘rightward drift'

Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister says party is ‘hypocritical’ and no longer resembles the one she served in government

26 Sept 2024
Politics

UK and Australia to begin negotiations on treaty for nuclear submarine programme

UK Defence Secretary John Healey said that the bilateral agreement between the two Aukus nations would ‘bind’ the alliance into law.
26 Sept 2024
Politics

Leave Lebanon now, Starmer urges British citizens as conflict continues

The Prime Minister repeated his plea for those still in Lebanon to use commercial flights as he urged both sides to de-escalate the conflict.
25 Sept 2024
Politics

Long-term benefit claimants should have to look for work, Starmer says

Prime Minister says looking for work should be a ‘basic proposition’ for claiming benefits and that support will be offered to help people find jobs.
25 Sept 2024
Politics

Majority believe it is wrong for PM to accept gifts from businesses, poll finds

Ipsos questioned 1,029 adults after stories emerged about Sir Keir Starmer and senior ministers accepting donations.
24 Sept 2024
Politics

Foreign Secretary calls for ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon as nearly 500 dead

Lebanese health ministry says death toll stands at 492 people as Labour minister calls for everybody in the Middle East to be able to live in peace.
24 Sept 2024
Politics

Starmer says concerns over immigration and deprivation are no excuse for riots

Prime Minister says unrest across England after three children were killed was ‘pure thuggery’ and that disorder had no justification.
19 Sept 2024
Politics

Thornberry warns of Middle East repercussions after deadly pager explosions

Nine people died and thousands were injured in Lebanon and Syria in what appeared to be an Israeli-linked attack.
18 Sept 2024
Politics

Previous Tory government ‘became climate dinosaurs’, says Lammy

The Foreign Secretary said the Conservatives had run a ‘fossil fuel government in a renewable era’.
17 Sept 2024
Politics

Former Tory minister says he was quoted £100,000 for Lucy Letby court transcript

Sir David Davis said he was given the cost after contacting Manchester Crown Court as the Commons Speaker described the amount as ‘outrageous’.
12 Sept 2024
Politics

Labour’s plans for buses may need enormous sums of Government cash, Tories warn

Minister says department is ‘urgently’ reviewing extension of £2 bus fare cap as he announces move to give local authorities power to run buses.
10 Sept 2024
Politics

Government plans to introduce VAT on private school fees deeply misguided – Tice

Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice says state schools face ‘capacity crisis’ from the influx of pupils leaving private institutions from January.
9 Sept 2024
Politics

Hundreds deported on planes since Government came to power, Starmer says

The Prime Minister told PMQs that he will not ‘waste money on gimmicks’ including the Rwanda scheme and the Bibby Stockholm barge.
4 Sept 2024
Politics

NHS aims to get five million who miss cancer checks to come for screening

Peers heard that three in 10 do not attend cancer screenings in England, as women over 70 told to ask for yearly breast cancer checks.
3 Sept 2024
Politics

Press US to give Ukraine go-ahead to use Storm Shadow missiles, urge Tories

Conservative MPs told the Commons Ukraine is fighting with ‘one hand tied behind their back’ without approval to use long-range missiles in Russia.
2 Sept 2024