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Tech Companies Resisting Online Safety Crackdown Shouldn't Be Welcome In The UK, Former Culture Secretary Says
Former Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan has said the UK should not back down on tough new rules that could see tech bosses sent to jail for failing t... → Read More
Rishi Sunak Rejects Call For Ethics Adviser To Take Over Dominic Raab Bullying Inquiry
Downing Street said Rishi Sunak would not give his ethics adviser a formal role in the investigation by Adam Tolley KC into claims Dominic Raab bul... → Read More
Rishi Sunak Tries To Look Tough on Ethics But Questions Remain Despite Brutal Nadhim Zahawi Sacking
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had been urged to sack Nadhim Zahawi long before his decision to dismiss him as Conservative party chair on Sunday. → Read More
Nadhim Zahawi Sacked By Rishi Sunak Over Tax Affairs
Rishi Sunak has sacked Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi over 'a serious breach of the ministerial code' following an investigation into his tax af... → Read More
Labour Says Haste To Scrap Thousands Of EU Laws Will Lead To "Mistakes We Might Regret"
Senior Labour frontbencher Baroness Jenny Chapman says the government’s plan to scrap thousands of EU laws from the UK statute book by the end of t... → Read More
Union Leader Questions Independence Of NHS Pay Review Body
Andy Prendergast, national secretary for the GMB union, representing thousands of NHS staff, has questioned the independence of the pay review body... → Read More
Elections Watchdog Warns Voter ID Plans Risk Undermining Confidence In Democracy
The Electoral Commission is warning that the shortened timeframe to raise awareness of the government’s controversial voter ID plans before people ... → Read More
Immigration Staff Still Doubt “Massively Theoretical” Rwanda Deportation Plan Will Go Ahead
Suella Braverman's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda was found to be lawful but the likelihood of a plane taking off for Kigali remains “massively ... → Read More
Andrea Leadsom Says Supporting Parents Is A “Major Battleground Issue” For 2023
Former cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom is determined to use her Family Hubs Network to put supporting families at the top of the Conservative agend... → Read More
Labour's Search For New MPs Has Provoked A Fresh Clash Between Leadership And The Left
Record polling leads for Labour suggest they could soon be set to win their first general election since 2005, but ongoing internal rows over who w... → Read More
Tory MP Accuses Rishi Sunak Of “Organised Hypocrisy” For Stopping Asylum Seekers Working
Former justice secretary Robert Buckland has urged the Prime Minister to scrap rules banning people who are waiting for an asylum claim to be proce... → Read More
Senior Tories Suggest Government Should Negotiate With Nurses On Pay As Thousands Strike
A number of prominent Conservative MPs have urged government to re-open pay talks with the nurses union the Royal College of Nursing as thousands o... → Read More
Government Warned Making Soldiers Cover Ambulance Strikes Will Worsen Army Recruitment Crisis
Senior ex-military figures have warned that soldiers being deployed over the picket line to drive ambulances during this month’s strikes will “exac... → Read More
Today's Top Stories: Tory MPs Criticise Harry And Meghan, Jeremy Hunt's Major Financial Reform, Labour To "Fast-track" Asylum Claims
Conservative MP Bob Seely has said he is planning to bring forward legislation in an attempt to strip Harry and Meghan of their titles in the wake ... → Read More
Vince Cable Warns Quitting MPs People Won't Be “Rushing To Offer” Them Big Jobs
Former Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has said the cohort of MPs who do not plan to stand at the next election, including Matt Hancock and Deh... → Read More
Today's Top Stories: Record NHS Hospital Waiting Times, Tory And Labour MPs Suspended, Strikes Disrupt Flights
People waiting for treatment in NHS hospitals in England has reached a record of 7.2m, according to new data released by NHS England, as a winter of ... → Read More
Winter strikes: Unions Accuse Government Of Refusing To Engage To End Strike Deadlock
Unions have accused the government of continually 'refusing to engage” in meaningful pay negotiations to avert widespread strikes, despite a recent... → Read More
Matt Hancock Will Not Stand To Be a Conservative MP At The Next Election
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed he does not intend to stand at the next election after he lost the Tory whip after agreeing to a... → Read More
Government's Double Climbdown Exposes "Varied" Whipping Operation, MP Says
A former minister has said parliamentary handling of the Levelling Up Bill, over which Rishi Sunak was forced into two major climbdowns, was a “mod... → Read More
Strikes In Areas You're Not Expecting Will See "Winter Of Discontent" Spread Far And Wide
Widespread disputes over pay and working conditions mean that it's not just the usual areas of life, such as travel, that will be affected by strik... → Read More