Francis Elliott

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Francis Elliott

Britain is leading efforts for Western nations to seize around £300bn of Russian state assets to help rebuild Ukraine, according to the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC). Sir Keir Starmer has publicly only committed to “look at the possibilities” of seizing Russian cash frozen when Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine three years ago.

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Francis Elliott

The fear of larger inheritance tax bills is already leading farmers to take their own lives, according to Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins. “I know it’s happening because I’ve been told by people that it’s happening within families,” the Conservative tells The i Paper, claiming that farmers are feeling pressured into dying to avoid the bills that are due from next year after Chancellor Rachel Reeves‘ controversial decision.

2 months ago | inews.co.uk | Francis Elliott

“This is a stain on our record – it’s one of the worst things we’ve ever done,” says Peter Lamb of a Labour government’s forcible removal of Chagossians to make way for a US military base. The newly-elected Labour MP for Crawley, home to many of the exiled islanders, is speaking as the consequences of that decision taken almost 60 years ago by Harold Wilson finally catch up with the UK government.

Jan 22, 2025 | politicshome.com | Francis Elliott |Sienna Rodgers |Matilda Martin |Sophie Church

3 min read Labour MP Sam Carling has called for the Modernisation Committee to consider reform of Parliament's voting system to make MPs "more productive" Speaking to PoliticsHome, the Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire said "MPs have a huge amount of demands on our time. Physically walking through a room to vote several times in a row, it may be 15 minutes, but then we have to hover till the next one starts. And so we could be there for over an hour straight...

Jan 20, 2025 | politicshome.com | Matilda Martin |Francis Elliott |Sienna Rodgers

2 min read Prime Minister Keir Starmer is coming under pressure from members on the right of Labour to keep its seven suspended MPs out of the party. John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Imran Hussain, Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana had the Labour whip suspended for six months pending review in July. They have since sat in the House of Commons as Independents.