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Exclusive: council leaders accuse Rishi Sunak of offering ‘pre-election bribes’ as many deprived areas miss outTory seats have been awarded significantly more money per person from the government’s £4bn levelling up fund than areas with similar levels …
Labour leader likens scale of change needed to policing reforms in Northern Ireland after Good Friday agreementKeir Starmer has indicated the Metropolitan police might need to change its name as part of a much-needed “root and branch” review in the wak…
Labour’s top team take advantage of Rishi Sunak’s absence from the World Economic ForumIt was blue versus red in Davos. Within minutes of the business secretary, Grant Shapps, regaling a CBI lunch at the swanky Belvedere hotel about his plans to “scale…
Labour hits out at PM’s ‘recklessly expensive habits’ after latest flight to event in LancashireUK politics live – latest news updatesRishi Sunak has been criticised for taking a domestic flight in an RAF jet for the third time in 10 days.The prime min…
This live blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereRishi Sunak has defended the distribution of levelling up funds, saying that the north of England has received more per head than the south.Speaking on a visit to Accrington, in Lancash…
Ex-prime minister used £800,000 facility backed by a relative, wealthy Canadian businessman Sam Blyth, while at No 10Labour is calling for an investigation into an alleged arrangement by which Boris Johnson used a relative to act as a guarantor for an …
Labour leader and shadow chancellor to promote green investment at forum in Sunak’s absenceKeir Starmer hopes to entice global finance leaders in Davos on Thursday by ensuring them Britain “will be open for business” under a future Labour government.Wi…
Exclusive: Party fears basic rights such as maternity protections and holiday entitlement could be swept awayLabour is seeking to protect workers’ employment rights from being abolished as part of ministers’ controversial retained EU law bill by forcin…
Nicola Sturgeon’s party has been quick to portray the overruling of the Scottish parliament as another sign independence is needed“I honestly can’t tell if I’m angry or exhausted, probably a mix,” said Arabel, one of a group of young trans Scots who sh…
Nicola Sturgeon says her government will be ‘vigorously defending’ democracy as well as the bill passed in ScotlandI am sorry the comments are closed at the moment. There has been an update this morning that has created a glitch with the system, but th…