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Caitlin Doherty

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Caitlin is a reporter at PoliticsHome having previously written for The Yorkshire Post and PA.

Labour's Scrutiny Of Potential MPs Is In The Firing Line After Rochdale Row

15 Feb Political parties

Labour's Scrutiny Of Potential MPs Is In The Firing Line After Rochdale Row

Labour insiders have defended the rigour of the process by which prospective MPs are selected after calls to tighten vetting in the wake of fallout over comments made by the party's former Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali.

Reform Anticipating 'Best Result Yet' In Wellingborough By-Election

14 Feb Political parties

Reform Anticipating "Best Result Yet" In Wellingborough By-Election

The Reform party is hoping to seriously challenge the Conservatives in Thursday’s Wellingborough by-election, as it continues to target despondent Tory voters.

Labour Withdraws Support For Rochdale By-Election Candidate Azhar Ali

12 Feb Political parties

Labour Withdraws Support For Rochdale By-Election Candidate Azhar Ali

Labour has withdrawn support for Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali, after widespread criticism of remarks he had made about Israel.

Government Could Need UN Nod On Rwanda Flights In New Lords Proposal

12 Feb Parliament

Government Could Need UN Nod On Rwanda Flights In New Lords Proposal

The House of Lords is exploring whether Government could need to seek UN advice on whether Rwanda is a safe country in order to deport asylum seekers to the country without exposing them to “unreasonable risk".

Lords Focussing On 'Best Interests' Of Children In Plans To Amend Rwanda Bill

09 Feb Parliament

Lords Focussing On "Best Interests" Of Children In Plans To Amend Rwanda Bill

A Labour peer is considering changes to Rishi Sunak's Safety of Rwanda Bill that focus on increasing protections for children as the contentious legislation to declare Rwanda a safe country makes its way through the House of Lords.

Labour Wants 'Proper Accountability And Oversight' Of Council Finance

06 Feb Communities

Labour Wants "Proper Accountability And Oversight" Of Council Finance

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has said that there “has to be proper accountability and oversight” when it comes to local government finance, as Labour is understood to be considering whether the system could be overhauled.

Windsor Framework And Good Friday Agreement Could Clash With Rwanda Bill

02 Feb Home affairs

Windsor Framework And Good Friday Agreement Could Clash With Rwanda Bill

Passing the Rwanda Bill could leave the UK with “two sets of contradictory legal obligations”, according to peers who believe that human rights protections afforded by the Good Friday Agreement and Windsor Framework are at odds with the controversial plans.

Lords Will Focus On Safety Guarantees With Rwanda Amendments

31 Jan Parliament

Lords Will Focus On Safety Guarantees With Rwanda Amendments

Lords amendments to the government's flagship Rwanda legislation will focus on a treaty to ensure Rwanda is safe is enacted, and will also seek safety assurances from the UN.

Lords Eye Up Significant Revisions To Rwanda Bill

29 Jan Home affairs

Lords Eye Up Significant Revisions To Rwanda Bill

A Lords committee report which said that the treaty with Rwanda should not be ratified until further guarantees about the country’s safety are in place, could be the “path” for any “revision” of the bill by peers, a Labour baroness has said.

Labour Creates Joint Shadow Treasury-Net Zero Role As Green Economics Faces Scrutiny

24 Jan Political parties

Labour Creates Joint Shadow Treasury-Net Zero Role As Green Economics Faces Scrutiny

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves and shadow net zero secretary Ed Miliband have appointed a joint ministerial assistant, as the party's green spending plans have come under scrutiny.

Childcare Sector Insists Workforce 'Has To Grow' To Cope With Free Hours Expansion

22 Jan Education

Childcare Sector Insists Workforce "Has To Grow" To Cope With Free Hours Expansion

Leaders in the childcare sector have said that the workforce “has to grow” if the sector is to cope with the upcoming expansion of free hours, but worry that efforts by Government to launch a large-scale recruitment campaign could amount to “too little too late”.

All The Hurdles Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Plan Must Still Jump

18 Jan Home affairs

All The Hurdles Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Plan Must Still Jump

Rishi Sunak’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill cleared a difficult House of Commons stage this week, but the legislation still faces a number of hurdles before it can be used to enact Government plans to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda.

Labour MP Tony Lloyd Has Died Aged 73

17 Jan Political parties

Labour MP Tony Lloyd Has Died Aged 73

Labour MP Tony Lloyd has died at the age of 73, his family have confirmed.

Lords Want Rwanda Safeguards In Place Before Treaty Can Be Ratified

17 Jan Home affairs

Lords Want Rwanda Safeguards In Place Before Treaty Can Be Ratified

An influential House of Lords committee has concluded that Rishi Sunak’s treaty declaring Rwanda is a safe country for asylum seekers should not be ratified until MPs are certain that the protections it aims to offer are in place.

Rwanda Bill Faces Tough Lords Test Even If It Survives Commons Row

16 Jan Home affairs

Rwanda Bill Faces Tough Lords Test Even If It Survives Commons Row

Attention is on the House of Commons this week, as Tory rebels threaten to revolt over Rishi Sunak’s legislation designed to revive the plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, but even if it survives a row amongst MPs, it must still get past the Lords.

By-Elections Are Due In Wellingborough And Kingswood: Here's What You Need To Know

11 Jan Political parties

By-Elections Are Due In Wellingborough And Kingswood: Here's What You Need To Know

The Conservatives are once again being forced to defend seats in unexpected by-elections, with two due in February in Kingswood near Bristol, and Wellingborough in the East Midlands. Both present a headache for the Tories that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could do without.

Lib Dems Hope Ed Davey's Role In Post Office Scandal Won't Cost Them Votes

11 Jan Political parties

Lib Dems Hope Ed Davey's Role In Post Office Scandal Won't Cost Them Votes

Liberal Democrats remain hopeful that Conservative attacks on leader Ed Davey about his role in the Horizon Post Office scandal won't do too much damage to their electoral prospects, and believe such criticisms from Tories in swing seats could be attempts to fight off Liberal Democrat opposition.

Rishi Sunak Confirms New Legislation To Exonerate Post Office Victims

10 Jan Home affairs

Rishi Sunak Confirms New Legislation To Exonerate Post Office Victims

Rishi Sunak has pledged to “right the wrongs of the past” by bringing forward legislation to exonerate and compensate people who were convicted as a result of the Post Office IT scandal.

Childcare Sector Warns Of 'Postcode Lottery' For Availability Of Free Hours

05 Jan Education

Childcare Sector Warns Of "Postcode Lottery" For Availability Of Free Hours

Parents and carers could be faced with a “postcode lottery” when the government expands free childcare hours this year, a sector leader has warned.

Rishi Sunak Has 'Working Assumption' Election Will Be In Late 2024

04 Jan Political parties

Rishi Sunak Has 'Working Assumption' Election Will Be In Late 2024

Rishi Sunak has said it is his “working assumption” that there will be a general election in the second half of this year following speculation that the Prime Minister may choose to call it in the spring.

Lib Dems Will Get More Election Campaign Cash If They Up Their Doorknocking

03 Jan Political parties

Lib Dems Will Get More Election Campaign Cash If They Up Their Doorknocking

Liberal Democrat campaigners who deliver more leaflets and knock on more doors will have their general election budgets boosted by HQ as the party escalates its ground game for 2024.

By-Election Winners Share What They’ve Learned On Hoovering Up Votes

29 Dec 2023 Political parties

By-Election Winners Share What They’ve Learned On Hoovering Up Votes

Seven unexpected by-elections were held in 2023, allowing parties a trial run of campaigning tactics ahead of the next general election and a chance to test whether the polls are on the money.

Commons Has Spent Over £50,000 Ridding Parliament Of Pests

27 Dec 2023 Parliament

Commons Has Spent Over £50,000 Ridding Parliament Of Pests

House of Commons authorities spent more than £54,000 on pest control measures to keep mice, rats, foxes and birds at bay in the first seven months of this year, data has shown.

Young Conservatives Feel Ignored By Their Party

20 Dec 2023 Political parties

Young Conservatives Feel Ignored By Their Party

A new survey by a grass roots group for young Tories has found that three quarters of young Conservatives do not think that the party’s current policies address the concerns of their age group.

Government Is Pushing A 'Cautious Approach' In New Trans Guidance For Schools

19 Dec 2023 Social affairs

Government Is Pushing A "Cautious Approach" In New Trans Guidance For Schools

The government has published its long-awaited trans guidance for schools, and said that a “cautious approach” should be taken if children wish to change their gender identity.

What Do The Tory Right Actually Want On Rwanda?

07 Dec 2023 Home affairs

What Do The Tory Right Actually Want On Rwanda?

Rishi Sunak had hoped to keep the right and moderate wings of his party happy with his emergency legislation designed to enact the government’s plans to forcibly deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Foreign Office Says Russian Intelligence Targeted MPs and Lords With 'Cyber Interference'

07 Dec 2023 Home affairs

Foreign Office Says Russian Intelligence Targeted MPs and Lords With "Cyber Interference"

A foreign office minister has told the House of Commons that Russian intelligence services are believed to be responsible for "cyber interference" on MPs and other influential figures that have intended to “meddle in British politics”.

Rwanda Wouldn't Agree To Migrant Deal 'Without Lawful Behaviour By The UK'

06 Dec 2023 Home affairs

Rwanda Wouldn't Agree To Migrant Deal "Without Lawful Behaviour By The UK"

Rwanda has said it would not have been able to continue with the deal to allow the UK to forcibly deport asylum seekers to the African country unless the UK complied with "lawful behaviour".

Visa Salary Threshold Raised To £38,700 In New Measures To Lower Legal Migration

04 Dec 2023 Home affairs

Visa Salary Threshold Raised To £38,700 In New Measures To Lower Legal Migration

Home Secretary James Cleverly has announced that the salary threshold for visas will be raised to nearly £40,000, and care workers will no longer be able to bring dependents to the UK in efforts to bring down legal migration numbers.

Lords Vow To Fight Attempts For Rwanda Plans To Bypass Human Rights Laws

04 Dec 2023 Home affairs

Lords Vow To Fight Attempts For Rwanda Plans To Bypass Human Rights Laws

Lords could “fight very hard” any attempt by the government to bypass human rights laws with their new Rwanda legislation, a peer has warned.

Rishi Sunak Tells COP28 Climate Politics Is 'Close To Breaking Point'

01 Dec 2023 Environment

Rishi Sunak Tells COP28 Climate Politics Is "Close To Breaking Point"

Rishi Sunak has said “climate politics is close to breaking point” and that targets must be reached in a way that “doesn’t burden working people,” as he defended his decision earlier this year to relax some net zero policies.

Alistair Darling Praised For “Calm Expertise And Honesty” Following Death Aged 70

30 Nov 2023 Political parties

Alistair Darling Praised For “Calm Expertise And Honesty” Following Death Aged 70

Labour leader Keir Starmer has paid tribute to Alistair Darling’s “calm expertise and honesty”, following the death of the former Labour chancellor aged 70.

Labour Will Attempt To Extend Rules Forcing Landlords To Deal With Mould To Private Sector

28 Nov 2023 Communities

Labour Will Attempt To Extend Rules Forcing Landlords To Deal With Mould To Private Sector

Labour are set to attempt to extend rules that force landlords in social housing to deal with mould issues within a certain timeframe to the private rented sector.

Sadiq Khan Felt 'Winded' By Covid Spread After Weeks Shut Out Of Cobra Meetings

27 Nov 2023 Health

Sadiq Khan Felt "Winded" By Covid Spread After Weeks Shut Out Of Cobra Meetings

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has told the Covid Inquiry he felt “almost winded” when he was informed of the scale of Covid’s spread in London at a high-level meeting in March 2020, after weeks of his team asking government officials for him to be invited to discussions.

Rishi Sunak Says He Has 'More To Do' To Reduce Net Migration Figures

24 Nov 2023 Home affairs

Rishi Sunak Says He Has "More To Do" To Reduce Net Migration Figures

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that he has “more to do” if he is going to succeed in bringing down migration numbers, as the Tory backbenches remain restless over last year’s figures being revised to a record high.

Jeremy Hunt Cuts National Insurance And Increases Minimum Wage In Autumn Statement

22 Nov 2023 Economy

Jeremy Hunt Cuts National Insurance And Increases Minimum Wage In Autumn Statement

Jeremy Hunt has cut national insurance and announced an increase to the minimum wage as part of his plans to “make work pay” in the Autumn Statement.

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