Talks between leading nations on how to tackle the growing threat of cyber attacks are to be convened by the UK on Monday as part of a three-day summit on the issue. Ministers will be joined by representatives from the US, EU and others for talks on how to strengthenContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer insisted he does not want to get involved with people’s personal life choices when questioned on whether he wants to persuade people to have more children. The issue was put to the prime minister amid growing concern the birth rate in the UK, and many Western countries,Continue Reading
Four-week waits for a GP appointment could be on course to reach a new record high this year, new analysis suggests. The Liberal Democrats, who carried out the research, said fixing the GP crisis is critical and are campaigning for everyone to have the right to see a GP withinContinue Reading
Sir Ed Davey said Ukraine should be allowed to use Western weapons to strike inside Russia, becoming the latest senior figure to urge a change of course from Sir Keir Starmer. After Boris Johnson and five former defence secretaries called for Kyiv to be allowed to use British-made Storm ShadowsContinue Reading
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
