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Thornberry apologises after busting herself for speeding

Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry has apologised after posting a picture of herself speeding on a motorway at 81mph. The Mail on Sunday said the shadow attorney general uploaded the photograph, taken by a backseat passenger, of her driving a ...

02 Oct 2022 at 17:04

Labour says ministers have unforgivable lack of urgency over rape victim report

Labour has accused the Government of displaying an “unforgivable lack of urgency” in addressing the needs of rape victims and implementing crucial recommendations made by the Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorate (CJJI). Analysis by the party ...

28 Jul 2023 at 22:30

Dorries pledges to hand back nearly £17,000 mistakenly received as severance pay

Former Tory MP Nadine Dorries has said she will hand back more than £16,000 she mistakenly received in severance pay for being a Cabinet minister. Ms Dorries received the money following her tenure as culture secretary under Boris Johnson, ...

28 Jan 2024 at 16:22

Ministers’ severance payouts under Truss and Johnson nearly £1m, analysis shows

Ministers who lost their jobs during the chaos under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss received nearly £1 million in severance payments, according to a Labour analysis. Sir Sajid Javid accepted £16,876 compensation after he quit as Mr Johnson’s ...

25 Jan 2024 at 14:22

Starmer recommits to campaign blaming Sunak for living costs

Sir Keir Starmer has told his shadow Cabinet that voters “must know that Rishi Sunak’s fingerprints are all over their struggling household budgets”. Labour is set to launch adverts blaming the Prime Minister personally for the country’s ...

10 Apr 2023 at 22:30

Labour to launch more attacks on Sunak despite adverts backlash

Labour is to launch more adverts attacking Rishi Sunak by blaming him for “crashing the economy”, despite criticism from within the party. The initial ad, which accused the Prime Minister of not wanting child sex abusers to go to prison,...

10 Apr 2023 at 09:58

Waspi campaigners demand action as politicians avoid compensation commitment

Campaigners have demanded action after politicians shied away from committing to compensating women affected by changes in the state pension age. Neither the Conservatives nor Labour have issued a response to Thursday’s report by the ...

22 Mar 2024 at 13:52

Police forces to be given powers to charge domestic abuse suspects under Labour

Six police forces would be given powers to charge domestic abuse suspects under a Labour government, the party said as it criticised a “breakdown in communication” between prosecutors and officers. Rape victims would also be offered ...

21 Mar 2024 at 22:30

National campaign against fraud launched to help people protect themselves

A new anti-fraud campaign to help people protect themselves against crime has been launched, but critics say it is “too little, too late”. The Government’s Stop! Think Fraud campaign, starting on Monday, includes a new website with ...

12 Feb 2024 at 13:04

Braverman jokingly labelled ‘next prime minister’ during Commons appearance

Attorney General Suella Braverman has been mocked in the House of Commons after she declared her leadership ambitions on live television. The Cabinet minister arrived for Attorney General questions to a loud and sustained shout of ...

07 Jul 2022 at 13:18

VAT on private schools may lead to ‘larger classes’ in state sector – Thornberry

Class sizes in state schools may increase as a result of Labour adding VAT to private school fees, shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said the policy will generate ...

09 Jun 2024 at 14:06

Starmer rejects Thornberry suggestion private school fees VAT may swell classes

Sir Keir Starmer said it was wrong for shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry to suggest that Labour’s plan to add VAT to private school fees would lead to larger class sizes in the state sector. Ms Thornberry said on ...

10 Jun 2024 at 14:45

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