But what do we know about Labour s Tracy Brabin?
Background:
Ms Brabin was born in Batley, the town she would go onto represent as an MP, in 1961 and educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School.
Tracy Brabin pictured in Ilkley. Pic by Getty Images
Before entering politics she was an actress and television writer, appearing in several British soap operas including Coronation Street, EastEnders, Casualty and Emmerdale.
Among the other eye-catching roles viewers might remember are a role in the film Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992), in which she played Sarah, Duchess of York, and clumsy waitress Sandra playing opposite David Jason in A Bit of a Do.
On New Year s Day last year, Melinda Gates told her Instagram followers that her heart was full as she celebrated her long marriage to Bill, wishing a happy anniversary to the man who keeps me dancing through life .
What a shock it was, then, when we heard this multi-billionaire couple are divorcing after 27 supposedly happy years together.
Now Melinda says her marriage is irretrievably broken , and the dancing has stopped.
In a pandemic that has sent divorce rates soaring, especially among older couples, the marital travails of this privileged pair struck a sad chord with many.
If the Gateses, with their unimaginable advantages, can t make it work, who can?
David Cameron lobbied Bank of England at least six times over Greensill Capital Mirror 12 hrs ago Lizzy Buchan & Mikey Smith
David Cameron contacted the Bank of England at least six times to lobby on behalf of his employer Lex Greensill, new documents show.
Emails released under Freedom of Information rules show the Tory ex-Prime Minister repeatedly attempted to persuade the Bank to extend support to Greensill Capital, where he worked as a paid adviser.
It comes as the Treasury s top official revealed that the doomed firm had persistently lobbied to join the Government s Covid support schemes.
Sir Tom Scholar, the Treasury permanent secretary, told the Public Accounts Committee that Mr Cameron had rung him personally sent some text messages to demand Covid help.
Source: Labour Party UK
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be hauled before Parliament tomorrow to explain why he granted Greensill Capital access to a Covid loan scheme for businesses, putting hundreds of millions of pounds of public money at risk.
The Speaker has granted an Urgent Question tabled by Labourâs Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds asking the Chancellor to explain the process by which Greensill Capital was accredited as a lender for the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Scheme (CLBILS) in June 2020.
That decision allowed the lending firm to issue state-backed loans of up to £50 million, with media reports suggesting that eight such loans, totalling £400 million, were issued to Sanjeev Guptaâs GFG Alliance group of companies. Greensillâs collapse has plunged GFG into financial crisis, putting 5,000 jobs at risk in across its UK operations, including 3,000 at Liberty Steel.
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