Sky News presenter Sir Trevor Phillips labelled the Labour government a pretty miserable bunch” during an interview with the Foreign Secretary. The broadcaster challenged David Lammy over current pledges the new government has made since coming to power in July. Speaking on his Sunday breakfast show today (15 September), SirContinue Reading
Boris Johnson and five ex-defence secretaries have called for Sir Keir Starmer to go it alone and allow Ukraine to use British-made missiles to strike Russia – as foreign secretary David Lammy appeared to play down the importance of Shadow Storm missiles. The former prime minister, as well as GrantContinue Reading
The Liberal Democrats are calling for free school meals to be offered to an additional 900,000 children living in poverty. Britain’s third largest party will use its annual conference to say free school meals should be offered to all children in poverty, as for many it could be their onlyContinue Reading
Keir Starmer is open to sending asylum seekers to Albania as he prepares to hold a mini summit with Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni. The prime minister told journalists travelling with him to Washington DC before he flew to Rome that he would see how Italy’s deal with Albania workedContinue Reading
The chief whip of the Liberal Democrats has taken a pop at Sir Keir Starmer, saying he has “gone quite grey” since taking over as prime minister. Days after a TV interview which saw an apparent change in the PM’s hair colour go viral online, Wendy Chamberlain piled in onContinue Reading
When a rain-drenched Rishi Sunak shocked the nation by calling a snap general election, many thought he was being pushed by MPs demanding a confidence vote amid the dying embers of 14 years of Conservative rule. But now Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee, has revealed heContinue Reading
Labour has been accused of being “cruel” over cuts to the winter fuel payment as figures emerged showing almost 800,000 pensioners who need the benefit will lose it this winter. Keir Starmer is facing increased pressure with Unite, the party’s biggest union backer, reportedly submitting a motion to Labour’s partyContinue Reading
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace has said he is “disappointed” by the “tug of war” discussions between US President Joe Biden and PM Sir Keir Starmer about Ukraine amid an apparent delay on a decision on the use of long-range missiles. Sir Keir has said the UK and US haveContinue Reading
US president Joe Biden scolded a British journalist in a fiery exchange during a bilateral meeting with Sir Keir Starmer in Washington. Mr Biden told Sky News US correspondent James Matthews to be quiet as he shouted a question about Vladimir Putin’s threat of war over Kyiv’s use of long-rangeContinue Reading
Children in the UK could potentially be banned from using social media because of the harm it’s causing to their health and mental health, a minister has suggested. Technology secretary Peter Kyle has vowed to look closely at what happens in Australia, where the government plans to introduce a billContinue Reading
