Labour slams “failure to grip this virus” as MPs vote for national lockdown
Labour’s Alex Norris slammed the government for its “failure to grip this virus” as MPs overwhelmingly backed retrospective…
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Starmer demands Johnson “keeps his side of the bargain” in Covid lockdown
Keir Starmer has demanded that Boris Johnson “keeps his side of the bargain”, with all four nations of …
Keir Starmer political peerage nominations unveiled
Nominations to the House of Lords for the 2020 political peerages have been unveiled today, with Keir Starmer…
We simply cannot afford to lose the Barnoldswick battle
As workers start their sixth week of strike action at the Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick plant in Lancashire, the stakes…
MPs vote to reinstate controversial sections of internal market bill
Ed Miliband has described the row over the internal market bill clauses as “calamitous, embarrassing and toxic” as…
“Spending announcement without a strategy”: Starmer on defence review
Keir Starmer has welcomed the increased spending on defence unveiled by Boris Johnson this morning but criticised the…
Dodds slams Sunak over “last-minute” U-turn on furlough extension
Anneliese Dodds has criticised Rishi Sunak for a “last-minute” U-turn as he announced that the furlough scheme would…
Commons votes for second Covid lockdown by 516 votes to 38
The government’s proposed new lockdown measures for England have been approved by the House of Commons with MPs…
PMQs: A deadline for Johnson. Fix test and trace by the end of lockdown
Keir Starmer laid out the stark human cost of the delay in introducing a lockdown in Prime Minister’s…
Labour backs our British farmers
There is a lot happening in parliament today. While the vote on the second national lockdown for England…
