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
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Business News

Government urged to crack down on ‘exploitative’ baby formula marketing

Formula manufacturers increased prices by an average of 25% in the two years up to November 2023 and they remain at near record highs.
12 Aug 2025
Politics

Trump comes across as a chauvinist but does respect women, says Reform MP

Sarah Pochin also said her party leader Nigel Farage was ‘quite right’ to have backed former Reform MP James McMurdock.
11 Aug 2025
Business News

Starmer defends handling of economy but declines to rule out tax hikes

The Prime Minister said Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ upcoming budget will ‘build on what we’ve done’ by focusing on ‘living standards’.

6 Aug 2025
Politics

Starmer has ‘made a mistake’ with plan to recognise Palestinian state – Badenoch

The Government announced last week it would recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel meets certain conditions.
5 Aug 2025
Politics

Orgreave miners prioritised over grooming gang victims, Tories claim

Shadow policing minister Matt Vickers told the Commons that the unions ‘should not determine the pecking order of justice’.
22 Jul 2025
Politics

Defence Secretary offers ‘sincere apology’ for leak of Afghans’ personal data

Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge also apologised on behalf of the former Conservative government, who were in power when the leak occurred.
15 Jul 2025
Politics

Ex-deputy PM Therese Coffey claims civil servants advised her to break the law

Baroness Therese Coffey told the House of Lords that she had been advised to knowingly break the law, but said ‘I wasn’t prepared to do that’.
4 Jul 2025
Politics

House of Lords votes to block expulsion of hereditary peers

Peers supported an amendment to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill that would instead see a gradual reduction of bloodline peers.
2 Jul 2025
Politics

Call to end postcode lottery in children’s social care after Sara Sharif tragedy

A Liberal Democrat peer has tabled amendments that aim to give a ‘basic level of protection’ to every child.
19 Jun 2025
Politics

NHS has ‘culture of cover-up’ over failures, Health Secretary says

Wes Streeting told MPs that reputations are protected instead of patients being told the truth.
17 Jun 2025
Politics

Government’s £445m for railways in Wales branded ‘peanuts’ by Tories

The investment in Welsh rail announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her spending review will be spent on new stations and upgraded lines.
11 Jun 2025
Politics

Former NI Secretary rejects reports he ‘turned a blind eye’ to IRA crimes

Lord Reid said the transition from war to peace is ‘not always easy’.
21 May 2025
Politics

Government defeated for third time in Lords over copyright protection against AI

The House of Lords supported by 287 votes to 118, majority 169, an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill.
19 May 2025
Politics

Controversial ex-Ofsted chief warns against ‘vilifying’ public bodies

Baroness Amanda Spielman said it can be ‘easy’ to label decision-makers as ‘soulless and unfair’ in her maiden speech in the House of Lords.
15 May 2025
Politics

Government accused of ‘running scared’ over bid to block sentencing guidelines

The Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reporters) Bill has received its second reading in the House of Lords.
7 May 2025
Politics

Badenoch accused of being ‘in the pay of climate deniers’ over net zero remarks

The Conservative Party leader said last month that achieving net zero by 2050 is “impossible”.
4 Apr 2025
Business News

New workers’ rights plan is anti-business and will harm growth, critics warn

Shadow business minister Lord Hunt of Wirral argued that Labour’s 299-page Employment Rights Bill should be called the Unemployment Bill.
27 Mar 2025
Politics

Minister apologises for mathematical error in infected blood compensation offers

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent told the House of Lords that those impacted were reached out to on Wednesday to inform them of the mistake.
19 Mar 2025
Politics

Lords back lifting of ban on Catholics representing King at Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Bill received universal praise during its second reading in the House of Lords.
19 Mar 2025
Business News

Ministers told to ‘stop pussyfooting around’ and end nuclear block in Scotland

Scotland’s sole remaining nuclear power station is at Torness, where operations have been extended to 2030.
19 Mar 2025