Category: Angela Rayner

‘Cabinet no longer feels safe’: Labour MPs criticise briefings against female ministers

Female MPs say they are unnerved by how women seem to be taking brunt of anger over government decisionsAs Keir Starmer’s cabinet gathered last week, a female minister spoke directly to the prime minister to complain about...

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Only 21% of Britons believe Labour’s claim it’s not returning to austerity, poll suggests – UK politics live

More in Common UK, a campaign group working for community cohesion, has published some detailed polling on attitudes to the economyDowning Street has rejected suggestions that Britain is a “freeloading” country that...

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Starmer welcomes Zelenskyy’s offer to work with Trump on Ukraine peace deal – UK politics live

PM says any deal must be ‘lasting and secure’ following fiery Trump-Zelenskyy meeting last week and UK weekend summitMichelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s first minister, has described a decision to build...

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JD Vance claims he was not referring to Britain or France in jibe about European troops – UK politics live

US vice president says he ‘didn’t even mention’ UK or France in jab about ‘20,000 troops from random country’ protecting UkraineMichelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s first minister, has...

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Starmer won’t be derailed from Ukraine plan, Rayner says, amid claims Trump’s aid decision ‘humiliated’ PM – UK politics live

Few hours after Starmer’s statement to Commons on Monday, White House suspended all military aid to UkraineGood morning. Yesterday Keir Starmer had a comfortable two hours in the Commons during which MPs from all sides...

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Starmer defends aid cuts but praises Annaliese Dodds after resignation – as it happened

PM tells former minister ‘you will have more to contribute’ but says reduction in aid spending is part of ‘protecting our national security’Anneliese Dodds has posted the text of her resignation letter on...

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Starmer refuses to rule out defence budget being used to fund Chagos Islands deal – UK politics live

PM fields questions on his announcement that the UK will raise defence spending and cut the foreign aid budgetPMQs is about to start.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.The threat from the far right is real, but that...

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