Category: Jonathan Ashworth

Independent Muslim who beat Labour in Leicester says victory was not ‘sectarian’

Shockat Adam says he is not a single-issue MP, but will fight on NHS and housing as well as GazaThe man who pulled off a shock victory at the general election by ousting shadow cabinet member Jonathan Ashworth has criticised...

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Labour dismisses no confidence vote in Welsh first minister Vaughan Gething as Tory ‘stunt’ – UK politics live

Andrew RT Davies, Welsh Conservative leader, says vote reflects badly on Keir Starmer as Labour says vote is a stuntEd Davey, the Lib Dem leader, has been fined for speeding after being caught doing 73mph in a 60mph zone on the...

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Starmer says Sunak ‘revealed character’ by lying about Labour’s tax plans – UK politics live

Labour leader says PM’s tactics in Tuesday night TV debate show he is dishonest when put under pressureReality check: the truth behind the Tories’ £2,000 tax claimSign up for the general election email...

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Labour says Sunak should apologise for lying 12 times about its tax plans in ITV debate – UK politics live

Shadow deputy chief secretary to the Treasury says civil servants told Conservatives they could not say figures were done by officialsSunak and Starmer scrap over tax and immigration in heated first TV debate‘Rishi comes...

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Treasury queries Sunak’s £2,000 tax claim he used in general election debate – UK politics live

The PM claimed ‘independent Treasury officials’ were behind a claim that Labour would raise taxes for every family by £2,000Sign up for the general election email newsletterIn the debate last night Rishi Sunak...

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Tory MP Robert Halfon quits as minister and James Heappey confirms resignation, paving way for mini reshuffle – as it happened

Robert Halfon quits as skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister as James Heappey confirms decision to step downIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational...

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Tory MP Robert Halfon quits as minister and James Heappey confirms resignation, paving way for mini reshuffle – UK politics live

Robert Halfon quits as skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister as James Heappey confirms decision to step downIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational...

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Tory MP Robert Halfon unexpectedly quits as minister as James Heappey confirms decision to resign – UK politics live

Robert Halfon quits as skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister as James Heappey confirms decision to step downIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special educational...

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Home Office efforts to stop abuse of care worker visa system inadequate, leading to ‘shocking’ abuse, says watchdog – politics live

Former chief inspector of borders says Home Office does not appear to have identified any lessons from ‘this debacle’In interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that special...

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Sunak gently mocks Liz Truss’s ‘deep state’ claims – UK politics live

‘I wouldn’t tell you if I was,’ PM tells MPs at liaison committee when asked if he is a member of group cited by his predecessorIn interviews this morning Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, admitted that...

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