Category: Pat McFadden

UK politics: Labour MP calls for Starmer’s resignation to end ‘psychodrama’ – as it happened

Jonathan Brash says ‘own goals’ are distracting from Labour’s achievementsUK inflation accelerated to 3.3% in March after the Iran war triggered the biggest jump in fuel prices for more than three years,...

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Labour MP calls for Starmer’s resignation to end ‘psychodrama’ – UK politics live

Jonathan Brash says ‘own goals’ are distracting from Labour’s achievementsUK inflation accelerated to 3.3% in March after the Iran war triggered the biggest jump in fuel prices for more than three years,...

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Starmer refuses to deny No 10 considered giving aide Matthew Doyle a diplomatic post – UK politics live

Olly Robbins told MPs he had been asked to find Doyle a diplomatic position – and not mention it to then Foreign Secretary David LammyUK inflation accelerated to 3.3% in March after the Iran war triggered the biggest jump...

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Starmer and Badenoch clash over Olly Robbins’ Mandelson evidence – UK politics live

PM also refuses to deny No 10 considered offering Matthew Doyle diplomatic post, as Robbins told MPs in his evidenceUK inflation accelerated to 3.3% in March after the Iran war triggered the biggest jump in fuel prices for more...

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Starmer to face MPs as loyalist minister declines to say that sacking Olly Robbins was fair – UK politics live

Pat McFadden repeatedly declined to say that he thought the sacking of Foreign Office’s top official over Mandelson vetting was fairPat McFadden was not exactly gung-ho in his support for Keir Starmer this morning, but he...

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Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’

Research for TUC analyses link between job quality and economic inactivity, as UK youth unemployment risesYoung people in the UK are more likely to leave their job for health reasons and become economically inactive when they...

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Labour MPs have no reason to oppose new welfare reforms, says minister

Pat McFadden unveils £1bn youth employment scheme and appeals for support from backbench MPs who rebelled over welfare last year Labour MPs have no reason to oppose a fresh government attempt to overhaul the welfare...

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UK not obliged to support every demand of ‘transactional’ US president, minister says

Donald Trump has threatened Nato allies over failure to send ships to protect strait of Hormuz, but Pat McFadden says UK relation with US remain strongMiddle East crisis liveDonald Trump is a “very transactional”...

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Starmer announces visa-free travel to China after talks with Xi in Beijing – UK politics live

Downing Street gives no date for when the agreement of 30 days of visa-free travel will come into forceFor more context on today’s Starmer-Xi meeting, China is the world’s second-biggest economy and Britain’s...

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Former minister says government should quit X over child sexual abuse imagery – UK politics live

Louise Haigh says use of Elon Musk’s social media platform ‘unconscionable’ amid proliferation of abuse imageryThe right to protest is under attack in England and Wales with laws trampling over human rights...

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