Sophie Wingate
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Starmer faces calls for Elphicke probe and criticism over her anti-strike views
A union boss has hit out at the Tory defector’s ‘disgraceful attack on firefighters’ and called her opinions ‘incompatible’ with the Labour whip.
13 May 2024
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Cameron’s ‘golden era’ of UK-China ties was pathetic, says ex-Hong Kong governor
Lord Patten criticised the then-prime minister’s policy of seeking closer relations with Beijing.
13 May 2024
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Universal credit claimants working less than 18 hours must look for more work
The changes mean 180,000 universal credit claimants will have to look for more work from Monday.
13 May 2024
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Rishi Sunak vows to create ‘more secure future’ in pre-election pitch
The Prime Minister, whose party is trailing Labour in the polls, will argue he has ‘bold ideas’ to ‘restore people’s confidence’ in the UK.
12 May 2024
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Grant Shapps: Next Russian defence minister will be Putin puppet
The Defence Secretary said Moscow’s outgoing defence minister Sergei Shoigu has overseen mass civilian suffering in Ukraine.
12 May 2024
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Cameron condemns ‘terrible, inhuman’ Hamas over footage of hostage
The militant group claims British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell has died in Gaza
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Halting arms exports to Israel ‘not a wise path’, insists Cameron
The Foreign Secretary also said it would be wrong of Israel to launch a full invasion of Rafah ‘without a plan to protect people’.
12 May 2024
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Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour ‘naked opportunism’, Cameron says
The Dover MP has dismissed claims she lobbied ministers to interfere in her ex-husband’s trial as ‘nonsense’.
12 May 2024
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Cameron says ‘right’ for election to be later in year and denies wanting PM job
The Foreign Secretary said voters should be given more time to see the Government’s economic plan is working.
12 May 2024
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Labour rejects report saying its fair pay agreement could cost taxpayers £4.2bn
The Policy Exchange study claiming the plan could cost taxpayers £4.2bn a year was criticised as ‘morally bankrupt’ by unions.
12 May 2024
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Elphicke ‘lobbied justice secretary to interfere in husband’s trial’
Sir Robert Buckland has accused the new Labour MP of approaching him when he was lord chancellor before Charlie Elphicke’s trial.
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Applications for funded childcare open for parents of nine-month-olds
Families of children as young as nine months old in England can access 15 hours a week from September.
12 May 2024
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Dedicated diversity jobs to be axed in Civil Service – ‘common sense’ minister
Esther McVey claimed public money is being wasted ‘on woke hobby horses’.
11 May 2024
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Foreign Office seeking information as Hamas claims British-Israeli hostage dead
Nadav Popplewell, 51, was kidnapped from his home during Hamas’s October 7 attack.
11 May 2024
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Lord Kinnock: Fair to say voters not yet fully convinced by Labour
The former Labour leader expressed confidence that his party would not lose the general election.
11 May 2024
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Gove admits ‘regret’ over children living in temporary accommodation
The Housing Secretary conceded the Government needs to increase the supply of homes.
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Unknown whether thousands of missing migrants could pose threat – Cleverly
The Home Secretary insisted that more than 3,500 people not reporting to the Home Office will be found and removed to Rwanda.
11 May 2024
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Natalie Elphicke: The Tory defector who mocked Starmer as ‘Sir Softie’
She was elected in 2019, taking the Dover seat that had been held by her then-husband, disgraced Tory MP Charlie Elphicke.
8 May 2024
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Home Office should be broken up to curb immigration, MP says
Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick also proposed capping health and care visas at 30,000
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Government non-executive director hiring sluggish and not transparent, MPs warn
Not enough is being done to ensure these roles are representative of society at large, the Public Accounts Committee said.
8 May 2024
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Early prisoner release to be extended to 70 days – report
A scheme designed to ease overcrowding in jails is being extended again, according to The Times.
7 May 2024