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  • Nandy downplays welfare rebellion despite whip’s ‘honourable’ resignation

    1 week ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

    News News Lisa Nandy has insisted a major rebellion is not brewing over the government’s welfare reforms, describing the resignation of a party whip over the issue as an “honourable” but isolated incident.

  • PMQs verdict: Chris Philp’s sound and fury signified little

    1 week ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

    Kemi Badenoch’s decision not to appoint a deputy when she assembled her frontbench last November raised eyebrows in Westminster. The Conservative leader simply declined the opportunity to vault some loyal operator or appease an erstwhile rival. The rationale, according to a briefing secured by the Express newspaper, concerned deputy prime minister’s questions (DPMQs) — and a plot to “wrong-foot” Angela Rayner.

  • Situation in Channel ‘deteriorating’, Starmer and Macron agree ahead of UK-France summit

    1 week ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

    News News The UK prime minister and French president have agreed that tackling the “deteriorating situation” of illegal migration across the Channel should be a key focus of an upcoming summit. Meeting at the G7 Summit in Canada, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron affirmed that their respective teams should pursue “high-ambition outcomes” to ensure progress on the issue.

  • Phillips: Conservatives would not be ‘interested’ in grooming gangs ‘without Elon Musk’

    1 week ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

    News Chris Philp / Jess Phillips / Keir Starmer / Kemi Badenoch News Chris Philp / Jess Phillips / Keir Starmer / Kemi Badenoch Jess Phillips has accused senior Conservative politicians of only recently taking an interest in the grooming gangs scandal due to the influence of tech billionaire Elon Musk.

  • Starmer urged to ‘change course’ as disability cuts could see 1.3m claimants lose out

    1 week ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

    News News More than 1.3 million people claiming Personal Independence Payments (Pip) are at risk of losing support under new government rules, according to an analysis by the Liberal Democrats. Research conducted by the Lib Dems, based on government data issued in response to a written parliamentary question, reveals that 1.1 million standard-rate Pip claimants and 200,000 enhanced-rate claimants could lose at least some of the payment.

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RT @Josh_Self_: From ‘tough choices’ to ‘Labour choices’: spending review marks major strategic shift This was the opening gambit of a new…

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From ‘tough choices’ to ‘Labour choices’: spending review marks major strategic shift This was the opening gambit of a new phase of Labour governance Latest long-read for @Politics_co_uk 👇 https://t.co/F4f8tBZr62