Old Bexley and Sidcup: Labour receives biggest increase in vote share in any parliamentary by-election since 2016
Although the Tories held the seat, they did so with a significantly reduce majority from nearly 19,000 to 4,478.
Conservatives
76% of Tory party activists believe that MPs should have outside interests
Tory party activists are out of step with the wider public.
EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters think the government is corrupt, poll finds
54% of those asked think the UK government is corrupt, compared to 26% who think the government is not corrupt
Why Boris Johnson’s ban on MPs working as paid consultants doesn’t go far enough
A kneejerk reaction that doesn’t actually solve the problem
Hywel Williams MP: Boris Johnson’s iceberg will soon topple over
‘My view of Boris Johnson is that he is a dodgy, incompetent fake with few principles or scruples’
Wera Hobhouse MP: Tory fossil fuel funding is delaying an end date for fossil fuels
‘As long as we have a Government dominated by vested interests, the UK will make no progress on climate action.’
The MPs making thousands in extra income who could be affected by a consultancy ban
Here’s a list of some of the most prominent MPs, mostly Tories, earning thousands in extra income who could be affected by any ban on consultancy work
Why government grants to replace gas boilers with heat pumps don’t go far enough
Although up to 25 million UK homes have gas boilers, the grants will fund just 90,000 pumps over three years
Right-wing ‘anti-woke’ warriors launch alarming ideological campaign against National Trust
The directors of Restore Trust, reportedly include a financier who has backed a leading climate-sceptic lobby group.
5 false claims made by Boris Johnson during his Conservative Party conference speech
We take a closer look at some of the false claims made by the prime minister during the 45-minute address.