S pin doctor-turned-podcaster Alastair Campbell said campaigns where rivals “try to destroy each other” are putting people off politics. The former Downing Street press secretary in Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour government said MPs need to better look after their own mental wellbeing as he described Parliament as being aContinue Reading
The Met announced on Tuesday it was reopening its investigation into potential Covid lockdown breaches at the 2020 event, after video footage emerged showing Tory staffers – reportedly part of Mr Bailey’s mayoral campaign team – dancing and joking about “bending the rules”. Questions about the Met’s probe into theContinue Reading
T he archbishops of Canterbury and York have renewed calls for the Government to back changes to its Illegal Migration Bill to ensure “just” and “compassionate” asylum policy. In a letter to The Times newspaper, faith leaders warn the draft legislation to stop small boat crossings to the UK “fallsContinue Reading
N igel Farage has not denied a report that he isn’t wealthy enough to hold an account at private bank Coutts. The Brexit leader fell below the financial threshold needed to hold a Coutts account, and was offered a standard account at NatWest instead, the BBC reported on Tuesday. TheContinue Reading
C ouncillors in Orkney have voted to back a motion to explore the future governance of the islands. Orkney Islands Council leader Councillor James Stockan proposed a motion that instructs the local authority’s officers to publish a report on different options available to the islands, including exploring previous “Nordic connections”.Continue Reading
The Tory former cabinet minister will seek to table his Republic of Somaliland (Recognition) Bill on Tuesday, with the aim to challenge the diplomatic inertia that has kept the East African nation unrecognised on the international stage for decades. Somaliland, a self-declared independent state in the north-western part of Somalia,Continue Reading
A Labour government will ensure that community decisions are taken by “people with skin in the game”, according to the party’s deputy leader. Angela Rayner is expected to use a speech on Tuesday to pledge that a Sir Keir Starmer premiership will give local people a “bigger stake” in theContinue Reading
T he Foreign Secretary hailed the “close and friendly” co-operation between London and Brussels in a speech to EU parliamentarians. James Cleverly said the “level of trust” between him and European Commission diplomat Maros Sefcovic was part of the reason the Windsor Framework was secured. He accepted that it hadContinue Reading
A n under-threat police station in Boris Johnson’s old constituency is set to remain open, after London Mayor Sadiq Khan intervened to save it weeks before a crunch by-election. Local campaigners have long opposed the potential closure of the police station, with the former prime minister using a rare CommonsContinue Reading
S tate schools in England have paid recruitment agencies more than £8 billion in fees since 2010, Labour has said. It came as Sir Keir Starmer’s party promised that its plan to address growing concerns over the retention and recruitment of teachers would save taxpayers billions of pounds. Labour hasContinue Reading
