5 h. 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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30 h. 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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67 h. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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4 d. 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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4 d. 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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4 d. 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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5 d. ago Reform UK should be banned from speaking at universities, more than a third of students say

Fines can be imposed on universities and colleges if it is found they have failed to protect free speech rights

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6 d. 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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7 d. ago Nadhim Zahawi once warned Nigel Farage's Britain would be 'frightening' for foreign

The former cabinet minister and MP was unveiled by a beaming Mr Farage at a press conference today. But he was not a fan of his new leader when they were on opposing sides.

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7 d. ago Hit Elon Musk's X with 'full extent of the law,' Cabinet minister urges Ofcom amid Grok sexual images storm

Business Secretary Peter Kyle slammed as ‘disgusting’ that women were being digitally pictured in bikinis

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1 week ago UK ministers considering leaving X amid concern over AI tool images

Labour party chair says government having conversations about use of platform in light of sexualised Grok images UK politics live – latest updatesUK ministers are considering leaving X as a result of the controversy over the platform’s AI tool, which has been allowing users to generate digitally altered pictures of people – including children – with their clothes removed.Anna Turley, the chair of the Labour party and a minister without portfolio in the Cabinet Office, said on Friday that conversations were happening within the government and Labour about their continued use of the social media platform, which is controlled by Elon Musk. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Elon Musk's X should be ditched by Labour, former Cabinet minister demands

Louise Haigh, who was previously Transport Secretary, called on the Labour Party and the Government to ditch Elon Musk's X after its AI chatbot was used for sexualised deepfakes

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1 week ago British soldiers sent to Ukraine on peace keeping mission would be 'legitimate combat targets,' says Russia

Cabinet minister Pat McFadden said UK troops deployed to Ukraine would be in a position to fire back if attacked by Vladimir Putin’s army

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1 week ago Pub chiefs demand ‘fast solution’ to easing punishing business rates hikes after government talks

PUB chiefs are demanding a “fast and meaningful” solution to easing punishing business rates hikes following talks yesterday with government. Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson and officials are understood to be in “listening mode” after the Budget tax grab threatens the sector. The meeting comes as Cabinet Ministers are understood to be opposed to the hike....

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