Kate McCann

Nov 15, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Kate McCann

Having already faced the ire of farmers and businesses within months of entering Government, it is perhaps no surprise that Labour’s pensions minister gave an unusually straight answer when asked about a four-day working week for civil servants in a recent interview. So shocked was the presenter asking Emma Reynolds the questions on Times Radio on Wednesday morning that she was momentarily lost for words.

Nov 9, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Kate McCann

Keir Starmer and his team recognised the potential for a second Donald Trump term in the White House long before the new president-elect won the election this week. It is why for months the Prime Minister has refused to be drawn into rows about Trump’s previous controversial comments or his thoughts on women, abortion or foreign affairs. The team around Starmer believe both men are ultimately pragmatists who will find ways to work together so long as both the UK and the US come out as winners.

Nov 9, 2024 | thetimes.com | Kate McCann

The Taliban is forcing women to live under “gender apartheid” in Afghanistan and its ideology is spilling over into neighbouring countries, Malala Yousafzai has warned. The girl’s education activist, who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012 because of her campaigning, also said the group’s ideology was spreading because the international community had failed to counter it.

Nov 1, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Kate McCann

Spending other people’s money can be quite stressful – speak to anyone who has ever organised a hen do or booked a group holiday. So perhaps it’s no wonder that Rachel Reeves has decided to appoint someone to make sure the haul of taxes she’s raking in after the biggest Budget in recent history is spent well. It makes complete sense. Every friendship group has a head of value for money – typically the one who knows how to find a bargain. The thing is, not everyone is cut out for the job.

Oct 24, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Kate McCann

Politics is much easier when you’re not actually in charge, as Keir Starmer is finding out. It’s not the lack of accountability that makes things simpler in opposition, it’s the sense that you are freer to be guided by principles rather than knowing you’ll have to follow warm words with actions. But from the NHS to the economy, Labour politicians now find their own words thrown back at them across the House of Commons chamber at a surprising rate.