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Senior Labour MPs Warn Joining Picket Lines Despite Ban Is A 'Tory Trap'
Political parties
By Adam Payne and Noa Hoffman
Senior Labour MPs Warn Joining Picket Lines Despite Ban Is A "Tory Trap"
Labour shadow ministers have doubled down on Keir Starmer's order that senior MPs stay away from picket lines this week, as the party's chief whip prepares to discipline a number of front benchers who have defied the leadership.
Conservative MP Arrested On Suspicion Of Rape And Sexual Assault
Political parties
Conservative MP Arrested On Suspicion Of Rape And Sexual Assault
A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual offences that took place over a period of seven years.
Choppy Waters Await Boris Johnson After Local Election Results Tories Say Are Bad “On Any Measure”
Political parties
By Adam Payne and Noa Hoffman
Choppy Waters Await Boris Johnson After Local Election Results Tories Say Are Bad “On Any Measure”
According to one government official who was present when Conservative Campaign Headquarters briefed Downing Street on the scale of the Tory party's local election losses on Friday, "nobody was celebrating".
Imminent Deal To Process Migrants In Rwanda Is Being Played Down By Government
Home affairs
By Adam Payne and Noa Hoffman
Imminent Deal To Process Migrants In Rwanda Is Being Played Down By Government
Government sources have played down suggestions that the UK is on the brink of announcing a deal for migrants to be processed offshore in Rwanda.
Senior Tories Urge Johnson To Sack Officials Given Partygate Fixed Penalty Notices By Met
Political parties
By Adam Payne and Noa Hoffman
Senior Tories Urge Johnson To Sack Officials Given Partygate Fixed Penalty Notices By Met
Senior Tory MPs want Boris Johnson to sack officials who are being issued Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for their involvement in parties held in Downing Street and Whitehall during lockdown.
Government's Energy Strategy Faces Further Delays, Downing Street Confirms
Energy
By Adam Payne and Noa Hoffman
Government's Energy Strategy Faces Further Delays, Downing Street Confirms
A new paper outlining the government’s strategy for energy security in Britain has been delayed, Downing Street has confirmed.
Government Officials Turn On Patel's 'Completely Incompetent' Home Office Over Channel Crossings
Home affairs
By Adam Payne and Noa Hoffman
Government Officials Turn On Patel's "Completely Incompetent" Home Office Over Channel Crossings
Priti Patel is under growing pressure over what critics say is her failure to manage Channel crossings, with a Whitehall source telling PoliticsHome that the Home Office is "completely incompetent" and her leadership "outdated".
Lord Frost Tells EU The Northern Ireland Protocol Has Lost Consent And Threatens Peace Agreement
Brexit
By Adam Payne and Noa Hoffman
Lord Frost Tells EU The Northern Ireland Protocol Has Lost Consent And Threatens Peace Agreement
Lord Frost has proposed a new protocol for Northern Ireland, arguing that existing arrangements negotiated by the UK government have lost consent and risk inflaming sectarian tensions.
Emergency Lorry Driver Visas Will Be Extended After Government U-Turn On Deadline
Home affairs
By Adam Payne and Noa Hoffman
Emergency Lorry Driver Visas Will Be Extended After Government U-Turn On Deadline
The emergency visas the UK government is offering to European workers to help abate labour shortages will now last beyond the originally proposed deadline of 24 December.