Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
The five most agonising car-crash interviews with Tory MPs on the parties’ fiasco
The partygate debacle has put Conservative MPs under pressure on camera as they attempt to defend the beleaguered PM and add some justification to the whole sorry affair.
‘How about we get what we were promised’: Andy Burnham hits out at Tories’ Northern Powerhouse remarks
As the government finally publishes the long-waited ‘levelling up’ white paper, the Manchester mayor blasts MPs for suggesting the city ‘should be grateful’ for scaled-back rail plans.
‘Hugely outrageous’: Raab under fire for inaccurate claims on rape conviction rates
The deputy PM has been slammed for making false accusations that Starmer oversaw falling rape and sexual offence conviction rates while director of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Energy crisis: Shell reports ‘momentous year’ as households face 50% rise in bills
As families face soaring energy bills, the oil giant celebrates a 14-fold rise in profits, sparking fresh calls for a windfall tax.
Food banks risk turning people away as government continues assault on welfare claimants
As the government launches a fresh attack on Universal Credit claimants and confirms the NI rise will go ahead, food banks warn they will not be able to keep up with demand.
Five urgent policies dwarfed by ‘partygate’ chaos
Preoccupied with self-inflicted ‘bring your own booze’ garden parties and ‘cheese and wine’ controversies, political agenda the country desperately needs is being starved of attention.