Conservative MP Dan Poulter has defected to Labor in the latest blow to Rishi Sunak's government. The former health secretary, who works part-time as a doctor, said that as a Tory he had found it “increasingly difficult to look his NHS colleagues in the eye”. He claimed the Conservatives were not prioritizing public services and said they no longer had a "compassionate attitude towards supporting the disadvantaged in society". Dr. Poulter added that he had “no animosity” towards Rishi Sunak but...
The Labour deputy leader lashed out as she faced jibes from Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden and other Tory MPs in the Commons, as they stood in for Mr Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer.
There are few policy reasons to change leader, so lack of campaigning nous of PM who ‘can’t do human’ may be only argumentWith just two days to go before a knife-edge election in Rishi Sunak’s own back yard, it was the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, campaigning in North Yorkshire, where Labour is expected to win the mayoralty. The prime minister wasn’t even elsewhere on the campaign trail, but in London, speaking to editors at a media freedom event.It is a stark contrast to the last time...
More than 50 MPs and peers have written to the Prime Minister asking him to go further to tackle the 'disastrous consequences of a phone-based childhood'.
Every voter in England and Wales will be able to cast a ballot in at least one type of election on May 2, with elections in local councils as well as for mayors in cities including London.
Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves kicked off an advertising blitz aimed at undermining the Prime Minister's ambition to wipe out the 'double tax' on incomes.
The former MP, who has died from cancer aged 81, was long an admirer of Margaret Thatcher and even called her 'Mrs T'. He helped to persuade Mrs Thatcher to resign in November 1990.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has cut National Insurance by a third in six months By Jason Groves Published: 7:41 p.m. EDT, April 21, 2024 | Updated: 7:41 p.m. EDT, April 21, 2024 Labor was accused of scaremongering about the future of the state pension last night as it launched a "cynical" campaign against Rishi Sunak's plan to abolish National Insurance.Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves...
Fans were left reeling after the American pop star's shows were cancelled just hours before lights-on
In a complaint, filed on Friday in Washington D.C., three ticket buyers accused her of breaking the law by arriving two hours late to both of her shows at the city's Capital One Arena in December.
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The prime minister is travelling to Poland and Germany, highlighting an additional £500m to Ukraine.