Starmer: Johnson failed “first test of levelling up” and “betrayed” North
Keir Starmer has argued that the government failed “the first test of levelling up” with its integrated rail…
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Ministers “sold us out”, McMahon says as he condemns integrated rail plan
Northern MP and Labour frontbencher Jim McMahon has accused the government of having “completely sold us out” as…
Labour MP with history of alcohol addiction calls for minimum unit pricing
Labour MP Dan Carden, who has talked openly about his personal experience of alcohol addiction, has tabled an…
Ministers “water down” second jobs ban as MPs back government amendment
The Commons has backed, by a 297-vote majority (297 in favour with none voting against), a government amendment…
Social care cap a “bigger con than we initially thought”, shadow minister says
Liz Kendall has warned that the social care cap announced earlier in the year by the Conservative government…
Labour figures condemn attempts to “destabilise” Bolivian government
A group of left-wing Labour MPs have joined other figures in the labour movement to condemn what they…
Boris Johnson playing “dirty tricks” ahead of second jobs vote, Labour says
Labour has accused Boris Johnson of playing “dirty tricks” as MPs prepare to vote on an opposition day…
Starmer claims win as PM proposes banning MPs from paid consultancy jobs
Keir Starmer has claimed a victory after Boris Johnson proposed that MPs should be banned from acting as…
Paterson motion passed as Rees-Mogg says backing MP was a “mistake”
The motion accepting the parliamentary standards commissioner’s report recommending the suspension of Tory MP Owen Paterson, for what…
COP26 commitments to cut emissions by 2030 “still way short”, Starmer warns
The world is on track for “devastating” global warming even if all the commitments made by countries at…
