Politics

"We could go into the biggest local elections since 2019 not even fielding a full slate of candidates”, one ex-Cabinet minister said.

The returns show Sturgeon receives one source of income - her salary as First Minister - and that she donates 20% back to the public purse.

Despite being voted in by a measly 0.17 per cent of Brits and having a net favourability rating of -70 she had a democratic mandate, apparently.

Parliamentary staff will vote on a motion to ballot for industrial action on 17th February. They won't find any friends on the Labour benches.

What is he trying to achieve here?

“One of the reasons I’m not in politics, and a lot of my former colleagues aren’t in politics anymore, is because we can’t get up and say Brexit is a success."

"Very weird how a ‘left-wing economic establishment’ can bring down a Tory Prime Minister with an 80 seat majority in 49 days, after 13 years of a Conservative govt which also managed to ‘Get Brexit Done’."

The PM and home secretary are expected to introduce immigration legislation that will take Britain to the “boundaries” of international law.

His Cabinet colleague said they had “heard too much” from civil servants claiming "that he’s an absolute s***” to disregard the allegations.