Politics
Food bank use ‘well above’ pre-pandemic level, Trussell Trust says
The Trussell Trust handed out 935,749 parcels over the six months to October 2021 - with more than a third going to children.
Industrial communities protest as North sees funding cut post-Brexit
Grants given through the government’s Shared Prosperity Fund were supposed to match EU cash previously handed out to UK regions for development. In reality, the north is £1.65 billion down.
David Cameron lobbied Tory peer at Lloyds to save Greensill deal
The former prime minister reached out to a former Tory treasurer - whom he ennobled - to rescue a deal between Lloyds and Greensill.
‘Like Mourinho – good a decade ago’: Tories pen Boris no confidence letters
A number of Tory MPs have submitted letters of no confidence to the 1922 committee, it has emerged.
‘It’s called being a god damn bloody adult’: Aussie politician’s blunt takedown of anti-vax bill
"Being accountable for your own actions isn't called discrimination, it's called being a god damn bloody adult."
Stella Creasy told she cannot bring baby into Commons
"Mothers in the mother of all parliament are not to be seen or heard it seems…."
Nadine Dorries asked if her tweets would break her own online safety legislation
The culture secretary had described LBC presenter James O'Brien as a “public school posh boy f*** wit”.
‘Concern’ inside Downing Street about the PM
A senior Downing Street said "it's just not working."
Tory MPs suggest migrants should be sent to Falkland Islands
"The only way we will put these people off is by giving them the message that if you come here you are going to be sent 8,000 miles away."