41 h. ago Senior ministers wipe away tears as Holocaust survivor addresses Cabinet

Mala Tribich, 95, received a standing ovation after her five-minute speech at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday.

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59 h. ago Suella makes the ultimate sacrifice as she ditches Tories for Reform | John Crace

Most of those at Monday’s event had to remind themselves that Braverman hadn’t defected long agoThat noise? The sound of the barrel getting scraped. Only last summer, Reform insiders were briefing the rightwing media that the party would never welcome Suella Braverman into its ranks. Too much baggage. Too out of control. Reform wasn’t a convalescent home for disgraced and failed Tory MPs. Surely not? Heaven forbid.So it was only a matter of time before the MP forced to resign from Liz Truss’s cabinet as home secretary for breaking the ministerial code – imagine the shame of being sacked by Liz – and then fired by Rishi Sunak for criticising Scotland Yard’s policing of protests was welcomed by Nigel Farage. Let’s face it: if Kemi Badenoch weren’t already leader of the Tory party, she’d almost certainly be next in line to defect. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Will the 'Red Queen' become King of the North's Number Two? Angela Rayner poised for dramatic return to Government if Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister

The so-called Red Queen is expected to regain her post of Deputy Prime Minister as well as a plum Cabinet job as rewards for backing Mr Burnham.

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7 d. ago Cabinet minister says Britain would be 'crazy' not to look at a customs union with the EU... the day after Rachel Reeves ruled the idea out

Trade Secretary Peter Kyle said Britain had to consider where the 'best opportunities' were for the economy in the longer term.

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8 d. ago UK hits back after Trump slams Starmer for 'great stupidity' on the Chagos Islands deal backed by Marco Rubio

Cabinet minister Darren Jones said the US administration had welcomed the deal on the islands in the Indian Ocean

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8 d. ago UK hits back after Trump slams Starmer for 'great stupidity' over Chagos Islands as Greenland row explodes

Cabinet minister Darren Jones said the US administration had welcomed the deal on the islands in the Indian Ocean

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8 d. ago Trump slams Starmer for 'great stupidity' over Chagos Islands as Greenland row explodes

But Cabinet minister Darren Jones said the US administration had welcomed the deal on the islands in the Indian Ocean

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9 d. ago TOBY YOUNG: It's a crowded field, but Bridget Phillipson's failure to protect free speech in universities makes her the most useless Cabinet minister

The Education Secretary has been promising to shore up free-speech protections on campus for more than a year but, so far, there's been no sign of action, despite the desperate need.

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1 week ago Lisa Nandy urges Cabinet ministers to end infighting after PM's right

One senior minister admitted she was dismayed in the wake of renewed attacks by the Prime Minister's allies against Wes Streeting for harbouring leadership ambitions.

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1 week ago Labour ministers urging Keir Starmer to sack Wes Streeting are hoping to land the top job themselves, insiders say

Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls from cabinet ministers to sack Wes Streeting because rival factions are all jockeying for position to topple him as Prime Minister, it has been claimed.

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1 week ago Keir Starmer 'under pressure to sack Wes Streeting' for disloyalty over leadership ambitions

Cabinet ministers are said to have become increasingly frustrated by the Health Secretary's outspoken pronouncements.

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1 week ago Former councillor jailed for stalking former MP Penny Mordaunt

Edward Brandt sentenced to 20 weeks in prison after behaviour left former Tory minister ‘in fear of sexual violence’A former councillor has been jailed for 20 weeks after stalking Penny Mordaunt, which the former cabinet minister said left her fearing “sexual violence”.Edward Brandt, a professional sailor, had been found guilty of the offence but was acquitted of a more serious charge of stalking involving serious alarm or distress. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘I’m not mucky middle class,' says Labour’s deputy leader Lucy Powell

The former Cabinet minister spoke about her Irish roots and the ‘anti-Farage alliance’ in a wide-ranging interview with Vogue

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1 week ago Backdoor blasphemy laws ‘will never happen’, says Cabinet minister amid row over Labour’s redefinition of Islamophobia

It comes after Reform’s candidate for London mayor Laila Cunningham suggested women in burkas should be stopped and searched by police

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1 week ago 'Traitors' politics: Cabinet minister's warning as Farage teases high

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Reform UK was a ‘Right-wing project’ despite Nigel Farage’s party attracting a significant number of Labour voters

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1 week ago 'Traitors' politics: Cabinet minister seeks to brush off looming Labour defection to Reform trailed by Farage

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Reform UK was a ‘Right-wing project’ despite Nigel Farage’s party attracting a significant number of Labour voters

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1 week ago Everything we know about Robert Jenrick defecting to Reform UK

The former Tory cabinet minister has joined Nigel Farage's party

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1 week ago Cabinet minister says voters WANT Labour to cancel 'pointless' local elections as Nigel Farage vows legal action

At least 30 councils - covering more than five million people - are expected to have applied to postpone elections by a deadline that expired at midnight.

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1 week ago 'Resign today,' Cabinet minister tells Chief Constable in storm over Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban

Health Secretary Wes Streeting slams West Midlands police boss Craig Guildford

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2 w. ago Andy Burnham piles pressure on Rachel Reeves to 'rebalance' taxes on the high street after Chancellor refuses to extend rate bail out beyond pubs despite fear of mass closures

The Greater Manchester mayor, a former Cabinet minister and possible challenger to Keir Starmer, said changes were needed as part of wider reform that includes revaluing council tax.

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