Politics

No cheering warning to Commons gallery during Covid debate

The deputy Speaker has warned those in the public gallery to stop clapping during a debate on Covid and excess deaths. Dame Rosie Winterton said the ...

Scottish government scraps climate change targets

In the statement, she said "small businesses and independent traders" would be at the heart of car-use reduction, and the government would also work w...

Tory MP suspended over alleged misuse of campaign funds

The sum was reportedly paid later that morning, by which time it had risen to £6,500, from the personal savings of Mr Menzies' office manager, who wa...

Jeremy Hunt says he tackled Downing Street fleas with new carpets

"And she said that we need to bring down the tax burden, and from a European perspective, we look around the world and I think it is blindingly obviou...

Scotland to ditch key climate change target

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon saw her SNP administration as world leaders on climate change when the targets were introduced in 2019, often as...

Keir Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of 'smearing' working class Angela Rayner

Sir Keir leapt to the defence of Ms Rayner, who was sat behind him on the front bench, accusing Mr Sunak of being a "billionaire prime minister" who h...