Met police says it is now investigating Downing Street parties
The Met’s intervention also means that Sue Gray will not publish her partygate report while the Met police investigate.
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Health unions call for game-changing pay rise to halt NHS staff exodus
The 14 unions – representing 1.2 million health staff in England – are calling on ministers to act urgently with a significant wage boost.
Tory MP Michael Fabricant slammed for saying Nusrat Ghani ‘hardly obviously Muslim’
Isn’t it time the Tories removed the whip from Fabricant?
Why I’m not shocked at the Conservative Party’s appalling treatment of Nusrat Ghani
‘What also strikes me is the clear disconnect that exists right now in the Westminster bubble, between politicians to media pundits, on the one hand and Muslim communities up and down the country on the other, so many of whom who aren’t shocked by these appalling allegations.’
Tory MP who blamed Muslims and BAME communities for breaking lockdown rules doesn’t have much to say on Downing Street lockdown parties
Would Craig Whittaker like to apologise?
Tory MP William Wragg accuses government of blackmail and intimidation over no confidence vote and urges rebels to report matter to police
“The intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter” he said.
Investigation launched into Tommy Robinson’s ‘hidden millions’ following his claims of bankruptcy
The UK’s leading antifascism campaign group, Hope not Hate, is fundraising to pay for the cost of an independent insolvency expert to look into Robinson’s finances and hidden assets.
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Tory MP Christian Wakeford defects to the Labour Party in first brick to fall from Johnson’s red wall
Wakeford had written a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister.