Politics
Chief whip tells Corbyn to apologise over anti-Semitism comments
Nick Brown asked him to “unequivocally, unambiguously and without reservation” apologise for claiming that the scale of anti-Semitism in the party had been “dramatically overstated for political reasons”.
‘Have you pressed the button?’ – audio of PM lost in virtual Commons statement
“We’re just checking the sound Prime Minister, we lost your answer. Have you pressed the button by mistake Prime Minister? It’s not our end Prime Minister, it could well be yours.”
Boris Johnson says MPs should not be getting a pay rise this year
Plans for the 4.1 per cent hike sparked fury when they were set out in October.
A dozen Home Office staff have been fired for bullying in last two years
Yet the Home Secretary has refused to walk over similar misdemeanours.
Satire “retired” after Steve Baker quotes European Convention on Human Rights
He called new coronavirus measures "a major infringement on a right to a family life".
Sunak told not to ‘grind frontline workers down’ after a decade of pay austerity
According to research by union GMB public-sector employees outnumber new MPs’ majorities in 43 out of the 54 seats that the Conservatives won from Labour last year.
70 Tory MPs from ‘Covid recovery group’ send letter to PM threatening backbench revolt
However, Sage colleague Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter said it is “perfectly reasonable” to return to a tiered approach but warned a national easing over Christmas will have costs.
Despite ‘chumocracy’ Patel bullying allegations and dodgy PPE contracts Labour and Starmer lose ground
This drop is partly driven by 2019 Labour voters, whose confidence in the party leader has fallen slightly following his suspension of the whip from Jeremy Corbyn.
Video – Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out no-deal Brexit
“We should not be going for a deal at any price, that would be the wrong thing to do and I think there are things that are important to us in these negotiations, and we’ve been entirely, as I said, reasonable, consistent and transparent.”