Press Association • 5th October 2021

UK officials hold talks with senior members of the Taliban in Afghanistan

UK officials have held talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan in part to prevent the country from becoming “an incubator for terrorism”.

Press Association • 5th October 2021

Get back to the office to stop colleagues gossiping about you, PM tells workers

Boris Johnson has said young people should get back to the office to stop their colleagues gossiping about them.

Press Association • 4th October 2021

All Tory donations vetted, says Boris Johnson amid Pandora paper claims

Boris Johnson has insisted that all Conservative Party donations are “vetted” after it was reported that a prominent donor was involved in one of Europe’s biggest corruption scandals.

Press Association • 4th October 2021

Government cannot ‘wave a magic wand’ to solve supply chain issues – Sunak

The Chancellor said the Government will do all it can to “mitigate” global supply issues, but he conceded that there is disruption and did not rule out Christmas being affected.

Press Association • 29th September 2021

Mother of murdered nurse moved to tears as Starmer vows to toughen up sentences

The mother of a nurse who was stabbed 71 times by her ex-boyfriend was moved to tears as Sir Keir Starmer pledged to increase sentences for rapists, stalkers and domestic abusers.

Press Association • 29th September 2021

Keir Starmer tells hecklers they can ‘chant all day’

Sir Keir Starmer has faced chants of “shame” and calls for Labour’s leadership to support a £15 minimum wage during his first conference speech.

Press Association • 28th September 2021

Starmer: Mental health help would be available within a month under Labour

Mental health treatment would be available within a month for all who need it under a Labour government, Sir Keir Starmer is to announce.

Press Association • 28th September 2021

Sadiq Khan needs 24/7 protection ‘due to colour of his skin and god he worships’

The mayor of London has said it is “tough” to have 24/7 protection but that it is necessary because of the “colour of his skin and the god he worships”.

Press Association • 28th September 2021

Labour warns that people are postponing having children due to cost of living

People are putting off settling down and having children because of the rising cost of living overseen by the Government a Labour frontbencher has said.

Press Association • 27th September 2021

Thornberry: Foreign forces trained in UK could commit human rights abuses

The shadow international trade secretary, Emily Thornberry pledged at Labour’s annual conference in Brighton that under a Labour Government the same controls would be placed on providing training as to the sale of arms.

Press Association • 27th September 2021

Government ‘bombast’ shows lack of confidence in foreign policy – Thornberry

Shadow frontbencher Emily Thornberry told a fringe event at Labour’s annual conference in Brighton that the Tories would not be the party to “lead our country down the right path” on the global stage in the next decade.

Press Association • 26th September 2021

Labour pledges to scrap business rates and close tax relief schemes

Labour has said it would scrap business rates and close a number of tax relief schemes which the party contends do not benefit the public or the economy.

Press Association • 26th September 2021

Piers Corbyn heckles brother Jeremy at climate event

Climate-sceptic Piers Corbyn has heckled his brother Jeremy over the climate crisis, reports suggest.

Press Association • 25th September 2021

Corbyn calls for music and poetry at every meeting to tempt people to socialism

More people could be tempted to embrace socialism by including music and poetry in every meeting, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

Press Association • 24th September 2021

Labour leadership wants to try to shut down debate, says Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Sir Keir Starmer of trying “to shut down debate” ahead of the party’s annual conference, which starts this weekend.

Press Association • 24th September 2021

Make-or-break moment for Starmer at first in-person Labour conference since 2019

Labour’s annual conference – its first to be held in person in two years – is set to kick off in Brighton on Saturday in what is being seen as a make-or-break moment for leader Sir Keir Starmer.

Press Association • 23rd September 2021

Call for action as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe spends 2,000th day in detention

The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has called on the Government to “be brave” and take a tougher stance against Iran as he marked 2,000 days of his wife being detained.

Press Association • 23rd September 2021

Former MP likened Commons clerk to prostitute in campaign of bullying

A former MP bullied a member of parliamentary staff in a “hostile, sustained, (and) harmful” way, a report has found.

Press Association • 23rd September 2021

Some wins for Johnson in the US – but questions remain over Brexit and trade

Boris Johnson’s trip to the White House – his first as Prime Minister – came at a tense time for the so-called special relationship between the UK and its closest ally.

Press Association • 22nd September 2021

Johnson: Grandchildren will blame us for climate destruction if we don’t act now

Coronavirus proved that “gloomy scientists” will be shown to be right on the devastation set to be caused by climate change, Boris Johnson is expected to tell world leaders in a speech in New York.