Downing Street insists it is all part of the plan as five members of PM’s team quit
Rats are jumping ship. At the time of writing, five members of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street team have…
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Labour on the attack as it tears down Tory levelling up and energy bill plans
“After all the delays, all the slogans, all the big promises. Is this it?” asked Lisa Nandy after Michael…
No new money, no new ideas? Michael Gove unveils “levelling up” white paper
The ‘levelling up’ white paper is finally unveiled today. This lays the foundations for what is to become…
Starmer delivers pitch-perfect speech on parties – but Tory MPs allow PM to go on
The police are investigating 12 out of 16 gatherings that took place in government during lockdown, Sue Gray has…
Anyone else feeling a sense of déjà vu? Westminster braces for the Gray report
Feeling a sense of déjà vu? Me too. After last week, it is with no small amount of…
Met Police asks Gray to make “minimal reference” to No 10 parties in report
The absurdity of partygate knows no bounds. Earlier this week, Tory minister Conor Burns told us that Boris…
Keir Starmer is having a good week, both outside the Labour Party and within it
When it comes to long-awaited reports, Sue Gray has nothing on Martin Forde QC. A new deadline was…
Operation Save Big Dog spirals as MP claims PM was “ambushed with a cake”
The plot thickens. Boris Johnson was, according to one Tory MP, “ambushed with a cake”. His birthday bash was…
But our Covid lockdown rules were stupid, government appears to tell us
But the rules that we created were stupid! Once again, this is the bottom line of the excuses…
PM forced to order another Cabinet Office inquiry after Nusrat Ghani claims
Another scandal, another Cabinet Office inquiry. Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani publicly claimed over the weekend that her “Muslimness…
