Sir Keir Starmer has been given the use of a corporate box by Arsenal football club worth thousands of pounds, it has been reported, amid the ongoing row over the prime minister’s donations. The PM – a season ticket holder and an avid supporter of the team – used theContinue Reading
The accounts of several British politicians and organisations around the world have been hacked on X. On Wednesday evening, the accounts of a number of MPs including Shabana Mahmood, the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Chris Elmore, Labour MP for Bridgend and Porthcawl and Carolyn Harris, Labour MP for NeathContinue Reading
The attorney general is coming under pressure to ask for a legal review of the suspended sentence handed to former BBC presenter Huw Edwards. Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has told The Independent that he is writing to Richard Hermer asking him to appeal the six-month suspended sentence forContinue Reading
Wes Streeting has vowed to fight “loud opposition” to his health reforms on both the left and the right of politics as he warned the future of the NHS was at stake. But the health secretary said that when it came to improving the nation’s lifestyles he wanted to make changes “with”Continue Reading
Wes Streeting has praised The Independent’s reporting on a children’s hospital where staff allegedly physically abused patients by dragging them by the feet, saying that the exposé was “truly shocking”. Joyce Parker Hospital, a children’s mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care in Coventry, will now close following theContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff received a pay rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the prime minister. Sue Gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 – £3,000 more than the PM and more than any cabinet minister – or herContinue Reading
Badenoch says she ‘went from middle class to working class’ after working at McDonald’s 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 Kemi Badenoch has claimed she grew up inContinue Reading
Labour MP defends Starmer over donor row: ‘He’s an Arsenal fan’ 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 Sir Keir Starmer will not face an investigation into aContinue Reading
Former Tory prime minister Sir John Major has described Rishi Sunak’s government as “unconservative” and “un-British” in the way it tried to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Speaking to the BBC’s Amol Rajan, Sir John admitted that he had not made any public pronouncements for some time because he foundContinue Reading
Sir Ed Davey has set out plans to “winterproof the NHS”, calling for a taskforce to be established to end the annual winter crises facing the health service. The Liberal Democrat leader used his conference speech to urge Sir Keir Starmer to “make this year the last winter crisis inContinue Reading
