Abbie Llewelyn

Politics

Survivors of Mohamed Al Fayed abuse call for full trafficking investigation

More than 400 allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against the billionaire Harrods owner, who died in 2023.
8 Jun 2026
Politics

MPs approve secret 16-year-old transcript be given to Omagh bombing inquiry

It comes after Parliament’s rules watchdog recommended the unreported evidence be handed to the inquiry.
30 Oct 2025
Politics

Home Office minister defends plans to house asylum seekers on military bases

Asylum minister Alex Norris said the two sites in Inverness and East Sussex are an ‘important part’ of driving down hotel use.
29 Oct 2025
Politics

'You'll have to clean toilets,' Jeremy Clarkson told peer on new pub

Baroness Monckton is about to launch a pub in Brighton with her charity Team Domenica, which supports young people with learning disabilities

24 Oct 2025
Politics

Tories urge inquiry into ‘personal attacks’ on top civil servant ‘from No 10’

Labour Party chairwoman Anna Turley said the Government has ‘full confidence’ in the Cabinet Secretary.
23 Oct 2025
Politics

Suspension of hereditary peer by-elections extended as aristocrats face removal

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill is set to remove the right of bloodline peers to sit and vote in the upper chamber.
22 Oct 2025
Politics

Tories will seek to prevent early release of rapists in sentencing reforms

The Sentencing Bill will include an ‘earned progression scheme’, which allows prisoners who demonstrate good behaviour to be freed earlier.
20 Oct 2025
Politics

Government defeated as Lords demand tougher crackdown on benefit fraud

Peers supported by 200 votes to 194, majority six, a Conservative amendment to the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill.
15 Oct 2025
Politics

Landmark Mental Health Bill one step closer to becoming law

The Bill will give patients a greater say over their case and treatment, and reform the use of detention and compulsory treatment.
14 Oct 2025
Politics

Theresa May calls on businesses to investigate supply chains for modern slavery

The former PM said that modern slavery is ‘the greatest human rights issue of our time’.
14 Oct 2025
Politics

Tories promise negative net migration and 10,000 more police if elected

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that the days of mass, low-skill migration have to end.
7 Oct 2025
Business News

Tories vow to cut energy bills by 20% by scrapping carbon tax and wind subsidies

Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho claimed these two policies will save the average family £165 a year.
7 Oct 2025
Politics

Conservatives pledge to rewrite London’s planning strategy if Tory mayor elected

Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly said the Conservatives will ‘get a grip’ on building in London.
6 Oct 2025
Politics

Tory plans to further cut foreign aid would be ‘epic act of self-harm’ – expert

Bond chief executive Romilly Greenhill said she is ‘deeply concerned’ to hear the Conservatives plan to further cut aid.
6 Oct 2025
Politics

Labour is ‘complicit’ in abuse towards Jewish community, says Priti Patel

The shadow foreign secretary told Conservative Party members on Sunday evening that Labour has lost ‘any moral purpose’.
6 Oct 2025
Politics

Baroness Mone accuses Chancellor of ‘inflammatory’ language in letter to PM

Rachel Reeves is reported to have joked that the Government had a vendetta against peer Lady Mone during a fringe event at Labour’s party conference.
2 Oct 2025
Politics

Scrapping landmark legislation risks future jobs, says Tory ex-climate chief

Conservative peer Alok Sharma urged his party not to ‘squander’ its legacy of climate progress.
2 Oct 2025
Politics

Tories urge Michelle Mone to hand back peerage after PPE contract breach

Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho described Baroness Michelle Mone’s actions as ‘disgraceful’.
2 Oct 2025
Politics

Support for digital ID plummets after Starmer announces policy

More In Common polling showed net support for the scheme had dropped from plus 35% in June to minus 14% over the weekend.
1 Oct 2025
Politics

Scheme to register foreign agents comes into full effect as grace period ends

The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme requires anyone carrying out ‘political influence activities’ on a foreign power’s behalf to register.
1 Oct 2025
Politics

Campaigner says Hillsborough Law must not be ‘watered down’ as she thanks PM

Margaret Aspinall, who lost her son James in the disaster, has been a key campaigner for what is now the Public Office (Accountability) Bill.
30 Sept 2025