Politics
Steve Baker tells Tories: ‘We urgently need to challenge our own attitude to people taking a knee’
The self-styled 'Brexit hardman' said "this may be a decisive moment for our party.”
Difficult week ends with a boost in the polls for the Tories
The Conservatives increased their lead by two points, while Labour lost three points putting them eleven points adrift.
Rees-Mogg claims BBC ‘damaging reputation’ by making ‘left-wing’ hires
He said bringing in journalists from alleged left-wing outlets undermined the perception of the BBC's independence.
Johnson survives revolt as MPs back £4bn foreign aid slash
MPs voted by a majority of 35 to back the reduced level of aid funding despite a Tory backbench rebellion.
Tory MP tells Tyrone Mings to ‘focus on football, not politics’
Andrew Rosindell, the Conservative MP for Romford, backed Priti Patel in her row with the England star.
Starmer: ‘There is only one living PM prepared to cut foreign aid, and he’s sitting there’
Theresa May also gave an impassioned speech announcing she will be voting against the cuts to the aid budget - the first time an ex-PM has voted against a Conservative three-line whip in 25 years.
One-in-five workers are in Covid self-isolation, MPs told
High street chiefs called on ministers to implement a test-to-release scheme to help ailing businesses.
Liz Truss tried to boast about exporting apples to India. It didn’t go well.
“Celebrating apples being exported to India when we are losing the ability to export many products to the EU is just a distraction," a British farmer told The London Economic.
‘Wasteminster’: Greenpeace dumps rubbish outside Downing Street in plastics protest
The campaigners said the pile of plastic amounted to the same volume that the UK exports every 30 seconds.