“Worst fears” realised as North braces for scaled back integrated rail plan
Ministers will today unveil the long-awaited integrated rail plan. They are expected to drop the eastern leg of HS2 to…
Sleaze
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…
Dodds on Tory sleaze: “Publish every dot and comma related to these deals”
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Labour Party Chair Anneliese Dodds in the opposition…
Rayner on Randox and Tory sleaze: “End the cover up and begin the clean up”
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Angela Rayner this afternoon on the opposition day…
PMQs: Sleaze and second jobs offer a stick with which to beat Boris Johnson
“A coward, not a leader,” Keir Starmer branded Boris Johnson in a session more combative than usual. The…
A sleaze scandal that actually punishes the Conservatives at the ballot box?
Labour has claimed a victory. Following two weeks of Tory sleaze headlines, the party tabled a motion calling for a…
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…
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…
How Labour plans on putting the screws to Johnson over Tory sleaze this week
The row sparked by the Owen Paterson £112,000-lobbying scandal has developed into an embarrassing mess for the Prime…
Starmer urges Prime Minister: “We need to call time on the Tory sleaze scandal”
Countries agreed a watered-down climate deal as COP26 ended this weekend. India and China managed to force a last-minute change…
