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  • Michael Gove awarded peerage in Sunak’s resignation resignation honours list

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

    News house of lords / Jeremy Hunt / Michael Gove News house of lords / Jeremy Hunt / Michael Gove Michael Gove is among several former cabinet ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list. The former levelling up secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers before standing down as an MP ahead of last July’s general election.

  • Kemi Badenoch opens door to Conservative deals with Reform UK at local level

    2 weeks ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

    Kemi Badenoch has appeared to condone the prospect of Conservative councillors forming coalitions with local counterparts in Reform UK. The Conservative leader has consistently ruled out any national deal with Reform, citing leader Nigel Farage’s pledge to “destroy” the Tories. But Badenoch has now suggested that the picture is different for Conservatives at a local level.

  • Keir Starmer: Labour will give 16- and 17-year-olds right to vote

    2 weeks ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

    Video The prime minister has vowed to legislate to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote, in line with Labour’s election manifesto commitment. Dame Meg Hillier, the chair of the liaison committee of senior MPs, delivered a question Tuesday put together by members of the UK youth parliament.

  • Keir Starmer criticises budget watchdog over welfare assessment

    2 weeks ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

    Video Keir Starmer has criticised the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) for failing to assess the potential economic impact of the government’s welfare reforms. The prime minister said the watchdog’s economic forecast had not “priced in” the measures set out in the government’s Pathways to Work Green Paper, which was published alongside the Spring Statement.

  • Senior Labour MP calls for fiscal rules to be revised ahead of Starmer grilling

    2 weeks ago | politics.co.uk | Josh Self

    It’s the last day of term here in Westminster, with MPs set to head off for Easter recess this afternoon. The House will return on 22 April with campaigning ahead of the local elections in full swing. Having chaired cabinet this morning, Keir Starmer is due for the usual pre-recess Q&A at the liaison committee — the supergroup of senior parliamentarians who take turns grilling the prime minister on their specialist subject.

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Josh Self @Josh_Self_
11 Apr 25

🚨 The Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill will provide the govt with the “power to direct steel companies in England” Statement from No 10 spokesperson ahead of the recall of parliament tomorrow: https://t.co/4RTiKFeVy8

Josh Self
Josh Self @Josh_Self_
11 Apr 25

RT @Politics_co_uk: “We must move away from short-term thinking and start treating sport and PE with the same seriousness we afford to engl…

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Josh Self @Josh_Self_
10 Apr 25

Powerful piece from Labour MP @JohannaBaxter in @Politics_co_uk today: 🇺🇦 “There can be no true peace in Ukraine without the return of the children Putin has stolen” Read in full here: https://t.co/WmQtMs8HQ9 https://t.co/bUsgwPwaFt