Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Dominic Raab “made a member of staff cry”, an ex-colleague has claimed in the latest in a string of allegations of bullying made against the deputy prime minister. Mr Raab […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, died Monday at the age of 65. Friends of Beyer said […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Boris Johnson has put his father Stanley forward for a knighthood as part of his resignation honours list, according to reports. The former prime minister, who left office last September, […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The Government has been warned that plans to render as inadmissible asylum claims from those who travel to the UK on small boats will leave thousands “permanently in limbo”. The […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The former vaccines taskforce boss has branded Matt Hancock a “bit like a headless chicken”, as new messages emerged in the leak of the former health secretary’s WhatsApp correspondence. Dr […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Boris Johnson was a “nationally distrusted figure” during the Covid crisis, the UK’s top civil servant warned according to the latest leaks of Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages. Remarks by Simon Case from October […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Waiting times to assess new claims for a crucial sickness benefit has doubled under the Conservatives, new analysis shared with The Independent shows. It comes as the Tories make a […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Millions of pupils face missing out on fresh fruits and vegetables after the UK’s food shortages hit school lunches. School meal providers say items such as lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers […] More
