2 h. ago Conservative MP refers himself to watchdog over adviser role

It is alleged that George Freeman asked the director of a company that paid him what questions to ask the government.

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7 h. ago Labour slams Kemi Badenoch for 'failing to back NATO allies'

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard accused the Tory leader of "putting party politics first and national security last"

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11 h. ago Starmer: Labour will not take away ‘safety net’ from vulnerable people

The Prime Minister told the Welsh Labour conference the ‘broken’ welfare system must be fixed ‘in a Labour way’.

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28 h. ago BBC 'WILL show Kneecap at Glastonbury' despite calls for the outspoken Irish rappers to be banned from nation's screens

The broadcaster has been under mounting political pressure to deplatform the Irish rappers - with both Kemi Badenoch and Sir Keir Starmer critcising their upcoming set.

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56 h. ago Tory MP openly criticises Kemi Badenoch and challenges her to suspend him over national security row

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer told Conservative leader she would ‘never’ be PM

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58 h. ago Starmer criticises Badenoch as she claims PM is ‘irrelevant’ on world stage

Kemi Badenoch launches volley of criticism at Sir Keir Starmer after attendance at Nato and G7.

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58 h. ago Tory MP launches astonishing attack on Kemi Badenoch after staggering Commons blunder

There were gasps across the Commons as Kemi Badenoch accused Keir Starmer of 'evading' PMQs to attend two major international summits - prompting Tory Mark Pritchard to voice his disbelief

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4 d. ago Sadiq Khan leads huge Labour revolt against Keir Starmer's benefit cuts as Kemi Badenoch offers to save PM

City Hall warned that disabled Londoners face losses of between £3,800 and £5,700 a year if Labour reforms approved

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4 d. ago Kemi Badenoch offers to rescue Starmer’s welfare reforms as Labour rebellion grows

The prime minister has been warned that using Tory votes to pass his welfare reforms against a rebellion of more than 100 Labour MPs would be ‘shameful’

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5 d. ago Kemi Badenoch dismisses Labour plans to introduce new equality law as 'ideological dross' and says public sector could be heading for paralysis

Labour will paralyse public services and hand more power to unaccountable quangos under plans to introduce an equality law, Kemi Badenoch warns in the Mail today.

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5 d. ago KEMI BADENOCH: Labour's new equality law is a bureaucratic nightmare dressed up as progress

You've probably never heard of the so-called 'socio-economic duty', and nor should you have. It's a left-over clause from the Equality Act passed by Labour in 2010.

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7 d. ago Now Keir Starmer follows Kemi Badenoch in demanding Irish rappers Kneecap are dropped from Glastonbury after Hezbollah flag charge

Following similar calls from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Sir Keir Starmer said today it was 'not appropriate' for the Irish rappers to perform at the festival.

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7 d. ago BBC must not show Kneecap at Glastonbury says Kemi Badenoch after member of Irish rap group was charged with carrying Hezbollah flag

Liam Og O hAnnaidh is accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah while saying 'up Hamas, up Hezbollah' at a gig last November.

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7 d. ago Kneecap's Glastonbury set 'should not be shown' as Tory leader demands BBC blackout

Kemi Badenoch has said the BBC "should not be showing" Kneecap's performance at Glastonbury Festival next week, after one of the group's members appeared in court

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7 d. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch shares bizarre horror movie trick that helps her sleep

The under pressure Conservative leader says she deals with such harrowing stuff at work by tuning into vampire and fantasy flicks as a way to unwind and get sleep

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7 d. ago Badenoch says BBC would be ‘rewarding extremism’ with Kneecap Glastonbury coverage

The Tory leader of the Opposition has previously called for the group to be banned from Glastonbury

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7 d. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says BBC ‘should not show’ Kneecap at Glastonbury

The 45-year-old made the comments after Kneecap member Liam Og O hAnnaidh appeared in court on Wednesday.

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8 d. ago Assisted dying law faces crunch Commons vote as MPs switch sides

The relatively narrow majority of 55 from the historic yes vote in November means every vote will count on Friday.

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1 week ago Warm home discount to be extended to 2.7 million more households

This brings the number of households eligible for the warm home discount up to just over 6 million.

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1 week ago DWP says transitional payments scheme for those losing Pip ‘one of most generous ever’ – UK politics live

Department for Work and Pensions publishes text of bill cutting benefits and claims three-month transitional period is ‘one of most generous ever’Angela Rayner, the deputy PM, will be taking PMQs shortly. And she will be up against Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary.When Kemi Badenoch became Tory leader, she did not appoint a deputy (or even a “de factor deputy”, a post that has existed in Tory politics in recent years) and she said she would decide who would stand in for her at PMQs on a case by case basis. Alex Burghart, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, got the gig the first time Starmer was away.Chris Philp follows Alex Burghart in rotating for Kemi Badenoch at PMQs. One Westminster wag asks “When is it going to be Robert Jenrick’s turn?”We have this profound challenge of the number of people joining the armed forces being outweighed by the outflow the people leaving. So ultimately its about retention.And the number one issue reason cited in last month’s attitude survey fo...

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