Ex-Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson appointed UK investment minister_P
Co-founder of £4bn British tech firm to lead Office for Investment as a minister in Treasury and Department of Business and Trade Poppy Gustafsson will become a peer. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images The co-founder of the £4bn British tech firm Darktrace, Poppy…
Councillor who oversaw Grenfell works donated to Badenoch’s Tory leadership bid_P
Survivor of blaze which killed 72 ‘disgusted’ Quentin Marshall gave £5,000 to candidate promoting deregulation As business secretary, Kemi Badenoch announced initiatives to ‘slash red tape for businesses’. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images One of Kemi Badenoch’s Tory leadership campaign funders is a…
Labour whips warn party’s MPs not to try to amend bills or disagree in public_P
Exclusive: Private message from whips aims to crack down on dissent, telling MPs to speak with ‘one voice’ The whips said amendments suggested there was a lack of trust in the government. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters Labour MPs have been warned they…
Labour should cut foreign aid not winter fuel payments for pensioners, says Lee Anderson! B
Reform MP Lee Anderson (Image: Getty) This leaves millions fearful of freezing this winter or choosing between heating and eating. Labour’s own research concluded winter fuel cuts could kill up to 4,000 elderly. Even this discovery hasn’t curbed their determination. Keir…
Employers must protect workers from sexual harassment under new bill! B
Bill will give new rights to millions of workers including protection from third-party harassment Angela Rayner: ‘These packages are pro-business and pro-worker, and we’ve worked with businesses – big, small, medium – all over the country.’ Photograph: Chris Furlong/PA Employers must…
‘Postal vote chaos risk’ means Tory leader can’t be decided before Budget! B
Shortened contest would risk ballot papers not arriving in time for all party members, says 1922 Committee chairman Robert Jenrick, who is running against Kemi Badenoch, has pushed for the final round of the contest to be brought forward Justin Tallis/AFP…
Keir Starmer might think he’s saved himself — here’s why it’s too little too late for PM! B
Keir Starmer reckons he’s saved himself with a recent move (Image: PA) To say the first few months of Sir Keir Starmer’s Government have been something of an omnishambles would be an understatement. This is a period most new governments enjoy as…
‘Labour is not inevitable’: Plaid Cymru leader says he senses an opportunity_P
On eve of its conference, Rhun ap Iorwerth talks of his party becoming the largest in the Welsh parliament Rhun ap lorwerth outside the Senedd: ‘There’s a real opportunity for a change of leadership in Wales.’ Photograph: Kara Thomas/Athena Pictures The…
State pensioners handed Christmas bonus cash after losing Winter Fuel Payment! B
State pensioners across the UK will automatically be sent a Christmas bonus despite losing their Winter Fuel Payment this year. Millions of state pensioners will be handed a Christmas cash bonus this winter after losing their £300 Winter Fuel Payment. Though…
Centrist Conservatives refuse to back Badenoch or Jenrick_P
Tory Reform Group declines to endorse either leadership candidate amid fears lurch to the right could split party The final two Conservative leadership candidates, Kemi Badenoch (left) and Robert Jenrick, ‘focused on issues which are far and away from the…