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Government risked ‘throwing good money after bad’ in steel talks – Reeves
‘Government are going to play a big role’ in the future of steelmaking in Scunthorpe, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said.
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Will Durrant
17 Apr 2025
Politics
Climate breakdown could become next Me Too-style movement, Chris Packham says
The Springwatch star said that ‘patience will at a certain point run out’ among climate and biodiversity campaigners.
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Will Durrant
14 Feb 2025
Politics
Badenoch launches bid to get nine local elections rescheduled for May
Local government minister Jim McMahon laid an order earlier this week to postpone elections in several council areas.
By
Will Durrant
14 Feb 2025
Politics
Badenoch faces call to apologise after party political clip filmed in Parliament
The video features a brief clip of Speaker’s Court, part of the Palace of Westminster.
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Will Durrant
13 Feb 2025
Politics
‘I will not stop shouting’ about LGBT rights, says MP in ‘gayest Parliament’
Kate Osborne said she received ‘horrific’ abuse after attempting to arrange a pride event in her Jarrow and Gateshead East constituency.
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Will Durrant
13 Feb 2025
Politics
Heathrow expansion will not deprive regions of jobs and flights, say ministers
Mike Kane, whose portfolio includes aviation, said a third runway at the country’s biggest airport will boost productivity beyond London.
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Will Durrant
13 Feb 2025
Politics
Martyn’s Law ‘might be used to curtail protests’, warns ex-Home Office minister
Lord Murray of Blidworth warned ‘there is a risk that these measures might be used to curtail protest’.
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Will Durrant
12 Feb 2025
Politics
Former Northern Ireland minister calls for judicial review after Clonoe inquest
Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee described the coroner’s findings as ‘perverse’.
By
Will Durrant
12 Feb 2025
Politics
MP proposes cap on political donations amid fears of ‘bidding war for influence’
Manuela Perteghella described her Political Donations Bill as one ‘that will take big money out of British politics’.
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Will Durrant
12 Feb 2025
Politics
£26 billion national insurance ‘grab’ could dent police front line, warns MP
Esther McVey accused the Government of ‘financial illiteracy’, ahead of a change to employers’ national insurance contribution rates.
By
Will Durrant
11 Feb 2025
Politics
Axing Chagos deal to swerve Trump tariffs on steel a ‘hypothetical’ strategy
US import tariffs on UK steel have ‘not come as a surprise’, trade minister Douglas Alexander told the Commons.
By
Will Durrant
11 Feb 2025
Politics
National Lottery £38 billion pledge for good causes ‘looks fanciful’
National Lottery operator Allwyn has committed to increasing the amount of funding for good causes from £30 million a week to £60 million a week.
By
Will Durrant
10 Feb 2025
Business News
Government ‘must draw out lessons from Thatcher-era coal pit closures’
Tory MP David Simmonds urged the Government to learn ‘some of the lessons that we need to draw out’ of coal pit closures for the ‘just transition’.
By
Will Durrant
6 Feb 2025
Politics
Government accused of ‘quietly and wrongly’ backing assisted dying
The Government is officially neutral on the principles behind the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
By
Will Durrant
6 Feb 2025
Politics
Fresh calls to make drivers stop and report incidents involving cats
‘Cats are regularly hit and just scooped to the side of the road, and there’s no legal duty to report that’, Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP said.
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Will Durrant
6 Feb 2025
Politics
Elections delayed in nine council areas as more town halls urged to come forward
Deputy PM Angela Rayner agreed to cancel elections because the Government is ‘not in the business of holding elections to bodies that won’t exist’.
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Will Durrant
5 Feb 2025
Politics
More police funding a ‘drop in the ocean’ for force which costs £3.8 billion
Metropolitan Police officers are ‘abstracted away’ from outer London streets to cover city centre protests, MPs heard on Wednesday.
By
Will Durrant
5 Feb 2025
Politics
Unmarried grieving parents face ‘ridiculous bureaucracy’, MP says
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Will Durrant
4 Feb 2025
Politics
Minister vows to ‘shift the dial’ on cancer as MPs tell of their own heartbreak
Andrew Gwynne, who lost his parents to cancer, told the Commons tackling rarer types will be a ‘crucial part’ of the emerging national cancer plan.
By
Will Durrant
4 Feb 2025
Tech
AI tools have put child sexual abuse ‘on steroids’, Home Secretary warns
The Home Office said fake images are being used to blackmail children and force them to livestream further abuse.
By
Will Durrant
2 Feb 2025
Politics
Yvette Cooper defends Sir Keir Starmer amid ‘HR manager’ claims
Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney described the PM ‘like an HR manager, not a leader’, it is claimed.
By
Will Durrant
2 Feb 2025
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