Ministers were under mounting pressure on Friday night to encourage Britons to wear face masks as part of a staged plan to get the country back to work. London mayor Sadiq Khan urged the Government to change its advice on masks to combat the spread of the virus. He was supported by former Health Secretary … Read more
Ministers are under huge pressure to come up with an ‘exit strategy’ from coronavirus lockdown today after the scale of the looming economic meltdown became clear. Cabinet infighting is in full swing over how and when to ease the draconian curbs strangling UK plc, with demands for primary schools and non-essential shops to reopen early … Read more
Parliament will reopen digitally in little over a week’s time to allow ministers to face scrutiny over their much-criticised handling of the coronavirus pandemic, it was confirmed today. The House of Commons will sit on April 21, the scheduled end of its Easter recess, despite the UK continuing to be under a stringent lockdown. Ministers, … Read more
Opposition parties unite to demand the recall of Parliament as new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer calls for right to probe ministers as coronavirus death toll nears 10,000 Sir Keir said that the House of Commons must be open for business after Easter The new Labour leader said even if it means MPs asking questions … Read more
Momentum’s anger at Keir Starmer’s purge of Labour left as they call on Corbynistas to unite to stop party being ‘taken over’ by centrists’ The organisation has called on left-wing factions within the Labour party to unite Momentum backed Rebecca Long-Bailey in the election, who lost in a landslide New leader has spent his first week … Read more
Donald Trump joined world leaders throwing their support behind Boris Johnson as he wished him a speedy recovery after he was moved in to intensive care battling coronavirus. Hundreds of messages of support have been sent to Mr Johnson by Conservative colleagues, opposition MPs and world leaders. The President, speaking at a White House press … Read more
‘The country’s thoughts are with you’: Keir Starmer leads chorus of best wishes from across the political divide as Boris Johnson’s condition worsens Prime Minister transferred to ICU at St Thomas’ Hospital in London at 7pm He remains conscious with No 10 stressing the move was made ‘as a precaution’ Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer … Read more
Former Labour leader Ed Miliband returned to the party’s frontbench today as he was unveiled as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s new-look shadow cabinet. Mr Miliband has been brought back as shadow business secretary as Sir Keir announced a second wave of changes after replacing Jeremy Corbyn. The former party leader replaces Rebecca Long-Bailey after … Read more
Social media posts can be ever so revealing. Who is the unlikeliest fan of Labour’s new leader Sir Keir Starmer? None other, it seems, than our Tory Prime Minister’s own younger brother, Leo Johnson, who has ‘liked’ a series of gushingly positive tweets about the millionaire former lawyer. One of the missives Leo, 52, has … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has made leadership rival Lisa Nandy his shadow foreign secretary as the new Labour leader announced a series of senior appointments to his top team – and ousted allies of Jeremy Corbyn. Sir Keir has handed massive promotions to shadow junior Treasury minister Anneliese Dodds who he has made his shadow chancellor … Read more