Joe Pike

City of Westminster

Politics and Investigations Correspondent at BBC Newsnight

I report on politics for @BBCNews | Author of Project Fear - Books of The Year, The Guardian & The Independent | Story? DM or [email protected]

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Labour MP Mary Foy failed to declare relationship with union boss

5 days ago | bbc.com | Joe Pike

Labour MP failed to declare relationship with union bossJoe PikePolitics investigations correspondentJessica Taylor/UK ParliamentLabour MP Mary Foy has referred herself to Parliament's standards watchdog after lobbying on behalf of a trade union run by her partner. The Durham MP is understood to be in a relationship with Matt Wrack, who was the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for two decades until January 2025.
Farage commits to reinstating winter fuel payment

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Joe Pike |Adam D. Durbin

Reform UK has said it will fully reinstate winter fuel payments to pensioners and scrap the two-child benefit cap, if the party gets into government. The commitments - to be unveiled at a press conference next week - come after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faced pressure from Labour MPs to change his approach to both policies. By the time of the next general election there may be no need to reverse either policy.
Visa applications for some nationalities could be restricted

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Joe Pike |Fiona Nimoni

Visa applications from nationalities thought most likely to overstay and claim asylum in the UK could be restricted under a new government crackdown. Under Home Office plans, first reported in the Times, people from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it more difficult to come to the UK to work and study.
Visa applications for some nationalities could be restricted

1 month ago | bbc.com | Joe Pike

Visa applications for some nationalities could be restrictedJoe PikePolitical investigations correspondentGetty ImagesVisa applications from nationalities thought most likely to overstay and claim asylum in the UK could be restricted under a new government crackdown. Under Home Office plans, first reported in the Times, people from countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka may find it more difficult to come to the UK to work and study.
MPs watchdog probes Reeves' theatre tickets declaration

1 month ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Kate Whannel |Joe Pike

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is being investigated by Parliament's standards watchdog after failing to declare on time that she received free theatre tickets. It is understood the chancellor attended an event at the National Theatre over Christmas but did not add the donation to the MPs' register of interests within the specified timeframe. The BBC has been told Reeves did declare the trip on her ministerial register, which is separate from the MPs' register.
Nationalities of foreign criminals to be published

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Joe Pike |Chris Graham

The nationalities of foreign criminals in the UK are due to be published for the first time under plans being unveiled later. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have ordered officials to publish the data, including crimes that have been committed, by the end of the year. There were more than 19,000 foreign offenders awaiting deportation at the end of last year, up from almost 18,000 when the Conservatives left office, figures show.
Nationalities of foreign criminals to be published

1 month ago | bbc.com | Joe Pike |Chris Graham

Nationalities of foreign criminals to be publishedJoe Pike & Chris GrahamPA MediaThe nationalities of foreign criminals living in the UK will be published for the first time under plans to be unveiled later. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have ordered officials to publish data by the end of the year, showing the nationalities and crimes of those awaiting deportation.
Ex-minister Alister Jack who bet on election in line for peerage

2 months ago | bbc.com | Joe Pike

Minister who bet on election in line for peerageJoe PikeReutersA former Conservative cabinet minister who admitted placing three bets on the date of the 2024 general election is set to be awarded a seat in the House of Lords. Sir Alister Jack, who served as Scottish Secretary under Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, is expected to be given a peerage in Sunak's resignation honours list.
Farage’s dogs will soon turn on him

2 months ago | nickcohen.substack.com | Joshua Nevett |Joe Pike |Nick Cohen

“Let Hercules himself do what he may,The cat will mew, and dog will have his day”HamletNigel Farage is finding out that even the most manipulative leaders can be undone by dog-whistle politics. The shock may finish him off. For more than a decade, dog-whistling has served Farage well. He has used coded and suggestive messages to reassure the British far right that he is on its side, while presenting himself to the wider electorate as an unthreatening bloke who just tells it like it is.
Grassroots anger tests Farage's grip on Reform UK

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Joshua Nevett |Joe Pike

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage put on a brave face this week, as he sought to put a blazing row with one of the party's now suspended MPs behind him. The party is still neck-and-neck with Labour in the polls, and on Monday, it showed off 29 councillors who had recently defected to Reform UK. While Farage acknowledged there had been "a little bit of turbulence", he stressed the upset was "very much at the edges". AdvertisementBut does the disquiet within the party go deeper than he suggested?