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By day, Sir Keir Starmer is the mild-mannered Leader of the Opposition; by night he is D.I. Starmer of the Fashion Police, his forensic gaze scanning for slobbery, sloppiness and other sartorial crimes. Or so the Westminster gossip would have us believe. Allegedly, the Labour leader’s team was appalled by the clothing choices of his deputy, Angela Rayner, on an official visit to Hartlepool ahead of the by-election last week. Jim McMahon, the Oldham MP who ran the party’s campaign, is said t...

Action speaks louder than words: MPs call on government to replace Green Homes Grant scheme Environmental Audit Committee writes to government slamming decision to axe grant scheme and urging Ministers to deliver replacement The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) of MPs has offered an excoriating assessment of the governments controversial handling of the axed Green Homes Grant, warning the closure of the scheme with minimal notice could undermine progress on retrofitting homes in the owner oc...

Health unions branded the sum “insulting” and threatened strike action. At Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly pressed Mr Johnson over the issue. “My mum was a nurse; my sister was a nurse; my wife works in the NHS—I know what it means to work for the NHS “When I clapped for carers, I meant it; the Prime Minister clapped for carers, then he shut the door in their face at the first opportunity,” the Labour leader said. Boris Johnson on his way to PMQs ...

And some businesses will need more time to get back on their feet, even after social distancing restrictions are lifted. That’s why unions are calling for full furlough support to remain available for longer – until at least the end of the year. Many workers will be able to return to their job sooner than that, so demand for furlough will naturally fall. But for others, if furlough ends too early, they may not have a job to return to. And we will have a surge in unemployment that will cost ...

Careful rather than carefree plan appears completely out of character – but that's exactly why the PM has adopted it

Im not sure it just applies to covid response, too. Adrian Thornton 1.1.1.2.1 That was the point I was making, Covid will be controlled to a more or lesser degree as time passes, and life goes on, and the same pressing issues remain….still undealt and even exacerbated by both Labour and National.,,because they both have fundamentally the same political/economic ideology You know I took the dogs for a walk yesterday, on the short walk though some trees to the dog park.thr...

The plea comes as new figures showed Britains unemployment rate has soared to its highest level for more than four years with more than 200,000 workers losing their jobs in the three months to November. Official data revealed the unemployment rate reached 5 percent for the first time since early 2016, with the second lockdown ripping through the UK jobs market. As the number of unemployed rose to a five-year high of 1.72 million, redundancies also surged to a new record and the growth in vacanc...

Departure is ancient history. how was his aide, gina coladangelo, appointed to the board of the department of health? when did their relationship start, and did he sometimes do government work on a private e—mail account? the opposition is pushing to know. i have right here the minutes of a departmental meeting . in which senior civil servantsi report government contracts being approved from the ministers private e—mail address. _ can the minister now say from this despatch box categorically...

A public inquiry into what has happened, but i would just remind the right honourable gentleman that when he goes back over the decision—making processes that we had in those very, very difficult and dark times, that these are incredibly tough balancing decisions that you have to take. again, you have to balance the catastrophe of the disease against the suffering that is caused by lockdowns, the impacts on mental health, the loss of life chances for young people, mr speaker. the labour leader...

You have to take. again, you have to balance the catastrophe of the disease against the suffering that is caused by lockdowns, the impacts on mental health, the loss of life chances for young people, mr speaker. the labour leader accused borisjohnson of breaking numerous promises. mr speaker, he also promised that monday would be freedom day. he said 18 times from that despatch box that itd be irreversible. but the truth is hes let a new variant into the country, hes let cases soar and hes left ...