Basit Mahmood
Must watch: Ian Lavery savages Liz Truss over derisory 72p pay rise offer for nurses
"Prime Minister claps don’t pay the bills and neither does a 72 pence pay rise"
Kwarteng seeks savings from aid budget to help offset cost of tax cuts that benefit the wealthy
'Kwarteng is looking to save £5bn from Britain’s overseas aid budget as he tries desperately to convince investors he has a plan to reduce the country’s debt'
Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses BBC of breaching impartiality for suggesting financial turmoil has anything to do with mini-budget
“I think jumping to conclusions about causality is not meeting the BBC requirement for impartiality"
No, having a smartphone doesn’t mean you’re not poor
‘If they’re so poor why do they have a smartphone’ is a ridiculous argument. You can’t apply for benefits, jobs, manage your bank account or contact your family without internet and for many in poverty, a phone is the most affordable internet access they have.'
Public spending watchdog to investigate ‘festival of Brexit’ after ‘wasting £120m of taxpayer money’
The festival, officially known as Unboxed, had hoped to attract 66 million visitors but has thus far managed to only attract 240,000 people.
Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey in car crash interviews during media round leaving listeners stunned
"Therese Coffey is a truly dreadful communicator. Truss has surrounded herself with duds”.