MPs put on alert for climate activists trying to infiltrate their offices
Ministers and MPs have been told to watch out for climate activists trying to infiltrate their offices by posing as would-be Conservative campaigners.
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We’ll lose seats if Rishi Sunak dilutes net zero, warn blue wall Tories
Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash from blue wall Tory MPs who have said that he will cost them their seats at the next election if he panders to the right of the party on climate change and human rights commitments.
Foreign Office clams up over David Cameron briefing for China
The Foreign Office has taken nearly two years to decide whether it is in the public interest to release briefing notes given to David Cameron before a trip to China a decade ago.
State pensions to cost more than education, policing and defence combined
Britain will spend more on old-age pensions in two years’ time than on education, policing and defence combined, official figures show.
Sleaze complaints quadruple amid Boris Johnson and Tory scandals
Complaints to the parliament’s sleaze watchdog nearly quadrupled last year amid misconduct scandals, fallout from the Downing Street parties and Boris Johnson’s exit.
Stay out of politics, Tory MP tells businesses after Costa Coffee row
Costa Coffee and other companies should stay out of politics instead of engaging in “societal fads”, a cabinet minister has warned.
Get on your (Deliveroo) bike if you need to work, minister tells over-50s
The over-50s should consider delivering takeaways and other flexible jobs traditionally targeted at young people if they want to maintain their lifestyle into old age, a cabinet minister has said.
I was ignored after traumatic birth — no mother should experience that
Lying on a hospital bed and bleeding heavily, Theo Clarke was sure she would never get to properly meet her daughter.
Middle-aged women ‘hold key to winning the next election’
Middle-aged women are the key to winning the next election, the major political parties believe, as campaigns target the “National Trusters”, “Take A Break-ers” and the Women’s Institute (WI).
Break up Oxbridge PPE clique who decide policy, says Jake Berry
Government policy being led by civil servants and ministers must break away from “blobonomics” to stand a chance in the north, the former Tory party chairman will say.
Labour to return £100k donation from finance boss sued for harassment
The Labour Party is to return £100,000 in donations from a finance boss who commented on the size of a female colleague’s breasts.
Crackdown on Westminster sex pests amid new scandal
MPs and peers accused of violent or sexual offences face being banned from Westminster under new rules due to be approved this month.
Whitehall accused of ‘racist institutional bias’
Whitehall has been accused of “racist institutional bias” by the civil service’s largest union as it was claimed white staff were twice as likely to be promoted than their non-white colleagues.
Tories could lose millions in donations from angry housebuilders
Property developers that have donated millions of pounds to the Conservative Party are considering withholding their funding over concerns the government has become more houseblocker than housebuilder.
Parliament in decay: MPs endure flooding, rats and broken toilets
When Queen Elizabeth died last year, visitors queued for hours to make their way through Westminster Hall to see the monarch lying in state and soak up the atmosphere.
Parliamentary cleaners were left soaking up something very different, as the antiquated plumbing which snakes around the Palace of Westminster buckled under the pressure, providing yet another example of the crumbling mess at the heart of Britain’s democracy.
Parliamentary cleaners were left soaking up something very different, as the antiquated plumbing which snakes around the Palace of Westminster buckled under the pressure, providing yet another example of the crumbling mess at the heart of Britain’s democracy.
Labour sends in hit squads to boost local election wins
Failing local Labour groups put under the supervision of the party’s HQ have been asked to reflect on the leadership style of one of the most well-known and successful army commanders in order to win at the ballot box.
Yvette Cooper shrugs off hostile briefing by colleagues
Yvette Cooper has hit back at those in her own party who said she should be sacked over her apparent failure to back attack adverts aimed at Rishi Sunak.
Labour’s answer to Lynton Crosby was banned from contacting ministers
Sir Keir Starmer has recruited a lobbyist nicknamed Labour’s Lynton Crosby who was banned from contacting Australian state ministers in an integrity inquiry.
Lib Dems see cracks in blue wall and set sights on Michael Gove
Alasdair Pinkerton is knocking on doors in Bisley, a pleasant village near Woking in Surrey. The clean-cut Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate is clutching a pile of leaflets, with the faces of the party’s local election picks on the front, smiling out at voters.
Tory HQ sacks cleaners to boost elections war chest
The Conservative Party has sacked security staff and cleaners to try to bolster its election war chest after months of leadership chaos.
Universities have ‘risky’ ties to China
More than 40 British universities have collaborated with institutions that have been linked to malign activities of the Chinese state.
Rishi Sunak’s jet to be upgraded with an XXL loo
Rishi Sunak’s private plane is to be upgraded to include an XXL lavatory.
Levelling up is so 2019... Rishi Sunak’s Tories are now gauging up
It was once seen as the panacea to almost all of Britain’s ills. Levelling up would solve racial inequality, antisemitism, and boost disability rights, according to officials, as well as fulfilling its initial aim of fixing regional disparities.
But now Boris Johnson’s flagship policy — which helped him to win the 2019 election — has been the victim of a “mercy killing” akin to that of its biggest backer.
But now Boris Johnson’s flagship policy — which helped him to win the 2019 election — has been the victim of a “mercy killing” akin to that of its biggest backer.
Ministers’ phones ‘could be hacked in 20 minutes’ using online data
The mobile phone numbers, social media profiles and personal details of thousands of civil servants left publicly online for years could be used by hackers in “parlour tricks” to try to access sensitive government information, it has been claimed.
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