Written by PMQs – snap verdict That was very missable. Alex Burghart, who was standing in for Kemi Badenoch, started well, with a very short, direct question, but after that it rapidly got worse. He used his first three questions to focus on inflation, trying to make an argument about Labour letting price rises get out of […]
No 10 defends Reeves’ record of being ‘straight’ with voters after Tories attack her over CV embellishment Downing Street has defended the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, as someone who’s been “straight with the public” in response to claims she embellished her CV. Last month the Guido Fawkes website said that Reeves was wrong to claim that […]
We can hit UK’s big carbon cut without disruption to people’s lives, says Starmer – UK politics live
Starmer claims government can reach new carbon target without people’s everyday lives being disrupted Q: [From the Times] Is it really realistic to think you can hit your new carbon target without any change to how people live their everyday lives? Starmer said this was realistic. He replied: Yes, of course it is. And the […]
Ministers will have to comply with tougher rules on declaring gifts as Labour closes ‘Tory freebies loophole’, MPs told Ellie Reeves, the Cabinet Office minister, has confirmed that the government will tighten the rules about the declaration of gifts given to ministers. In response to an urgent question tabled by John Glen, a shadow minister, […]