Keir Starmer has defended his gift taking insisting that it is transparency that matters in two eve of conference interviews. But the prime minister has also admitted that squabbling among his senior staff and rows surrounding Sue Gray are damaging his government after less than three months in office. TheContinue Reading
Angela Rayner may have floundered on the BBC while talking about gifts from wealthy donors, but her opening speech to the Labour conference injected some life into what was threatening to be a despondent affair. Dark clouds gathering over Liverpool as activists arrived symbolised a sense of foreboding about theContinue Reading
Starmer defends accepting free Arsenal tickets Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner looked like she was holding back tears as she tookContinue Reading
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will pledge decent homes for all in a speech that puts the dismal state of housing front and centre of the Labour party conference. Opening the conference in Liverpool on Sunday, Ms Rayner will announce a number of measures designed to ensure tenants are notContinue Reading
Keir Starmer’s top team is unapologetic about the cut to the winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners as the party chair warned “we have to get the money from somewhere” on the eve of Labour’s conference in Liverpool. Rising star in the cabinet Ellie Reeves, who is due toContinue Reading
When Neil Kinnock’s Labour suffered a humiliating shock defeat to John Major’s Tories in 1992, he would not have known that a school mock election coinciding with the national vote would launch two of his party’s future stars. At Cator Park School for Girls, in Beckenham, a 13-year-old Rachel ReevesContinue Reading
Channel 4 is facing demands to stop running betting companies’ adverts ahead of attempts to bring in a full ban on the “harmful” commercials. A letter from Leeds Central and Headingley MP Alex Sobel has been sent to chief executive Alex Mahon, pushing for an end to accepting paid advertsContinue Reading
Diane Abbott has accused Keir Starmer of being “in the pocket of millionaires” as senior party insiders fear that Labour is being put on trial over the freebies saga. The claim by the veteran leftwing Labour MP, who Sir Keir’s allies attempted to block from standing in the recent election,Continue Reading
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering increasing alcohol duties in next month’s Budget, it has been reported Ms Reeves has not ruled out putting up tax on beer, wine and spirits as part of a plan to restore public finances. She has been presented with forecasts that show that putting upContinue Reading
Reform UK’s conference had the buzz of a party punching well above its weight. And that is exactly what the party’s leadership is attempting to do. Nigel Farage and other senior figures spent today’s conference – the largest it has ever held – trying to persuade its members, and theContinue Reading
