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Angela Rayner has declared that Boris Johnson is a "man unfit to lead this country" after a picture emerged that appears to capture the Prime Minister hosting a Covid rule-breaking Christmas quiz in Downing Street last year. Commenting…
Two new polls put Labour ahead of the Conservatives. YouGov has Labour up four points on last week on 37% with the Tories behind on 33%, down three points. Labour is up one point on 40% and the Tories down two points on 34%, according to…
Keir Starmer’s overhaul of the Labour frontbench was a success on its own terms: the leader made lots of changes and got everyone appointed to the jobs he wanted them in. That sounds basic but, as he noted in his interview with The Times…
Angela Rayner was delivering her big speech on Tory sleaze and cleaning up politics when Keir Starmer began his shadow cabinet reshuffle. The big shake-up got off to a wobbly start as a result, with the morning dominated by a briefing war…
Angela Rayner has delivered a speech setting out Labour's plans to "clean up our politics" this morning – but her address risked being overshadowed by the news of a shadow cabinet reshuffle starting at the same time. After her speech…
Ministers are making off with public money and taxpayers are paying the price, Labour has said. Following weeks of Tory sleaze allegations, the party has set out plans for an overhaul of the "broken" system that regulates ministers. Angela…
Labour has accused ministers of having "failed the public" by not preparing adequately for the Covid pandemic after a report found that the government had not put in place plans for diseases with similar characteristics to coronavirus…
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Angela Rayner this afternoon on the opposition day motion calling on ministers to publish correspondence, relating to Covid contracts, between Tory figures and the company Randox. Mr…
Trevor Phillips on Sunday Ed Miliband, the Shadow Business Secretary, declared that after COP26, which saw leaders agree a watered-down climate deal on Saturday, keeping the global warming target of 1.5°C alive is "in intensive care". On…
New analysis of the parliamentary register of interests shows that 50 Conservative MPs have earned more than £1.7m in consultancy fees since the beginning of 2021 alone. Commenting on the analysis released by Labour amid the ongoing row…
Our Tory MPs are working hard, but not for you. Geoffrey Cox MP appears to have spent April, May and June working a second job in the Caribbean using special Covid parliamentary procedures to vote from abroad. According to The Times, the…
Labour is putting further pressure on the government following the Owen Paterson controversy by demanding a "sleaze inquiry" into whether Boris Johnson broke the rules when he chose not to declare a luxury holiday donation. The Prime…
