Gavin Cordon
UK
Meta Ramsay: the spy who could have been MI6’s first female ‘C’
After a 22-year career in intelligence she became a Labour minister in the Lords, helping to steer Scottish devolution.
By Gavin Cordon
29 May 2026
Politics
Britain welcomes issuing of arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin
The International Criminal Court has acted over the alleged abduction and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children.
By Gavin Cordon
17 Mar 2023
Politics
UK buys artillery from Sweden to replace kit sent to Ukraine
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it will meet the Army’s requirements until new equipment becomes available.
By Gavin Cordon
16 Mar 2023
Politics
MPs to vote next week on Sunak’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland
Downing Street said it was honouring a commitment to give Parliament a say on the arrangements agreed with the EU.
By Gavin Cordon
16 Mar 2023
Business News
Hunt defends ‘transformational’ Budget amid £1bn tax giveaway for wealthy
The Chancellor said he is ‘systematically’ removing barriers to work which have been holding back economic growth.
By Gavin Cordon
16 Mar 2023
Business News
Labour pledges to reverse Hunt’s pensions tax break for the wealthy
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said scrapping the £1.07 million lifetime allowance is the ‘wrong priority’.
By Gavin Cordon
16 Mar 2023
Health
Breakthrough ‘close’ in NHS pay talks – report
Negotiations between the Government and unions representing nurses and ambulance staff are said to have made positive progress.
By Gavin Cordon
15 Mar 2023
Politics
Freezing fuel duty is a ‘political choice’ by Hunt, says IFS
The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the £6 billion could have funded an inflation-matching pay offer to public sector workers.
By Gavin Cordon
15 Mar 2023
Politics
China condemns Aukus submarine plan as threat to peace in the Pacific
The UK, US and Australia have agreed to work together to develop a new generation of nuclear-powered attack boats.
By Gavin Cordon
14 Mar 2023
Tech
Hunt to announce new investment zones to ‘supercharge’ hi-tech growth
The Chancellor will set out plans for 12 new investment zones around the UK in his Budget on Wednesday.
By Gavin Cordon
13 Mar 2023
Politics
Keegan delays four new T-levels amid quality concerns
The Education Secretary said the technical qualifications will be approved only when they can be delivered to a high standard.
By Gavin Cordon
9 Mar 2023
Politics
Suella Braverman brushes off EU warning over small boats plan
The Home Secretary said the UK is free to set its own migration policy now it has left the EU
By Gavin Cordon
9 Mar 2023
Politics
Hancock ‘told to tone down China Covid lab leak claims’
The Cabinet Office said it would ’cause problems’ if the former health secretary repeated the allegations in his memoir’.
By Gavin Cordon
9 Mar 2023
Politics
Senior Tory MP ‘lobbied NHS chief on behalf of firm paying him’
The Telegraph said leaked messages showed Steve Brine tried to contact the head of the NHS on behalf of a firm he worked for
By Gavin Cordon
8 Mar 2023
Politics
The Channel migrant crisis – a timeline
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has set out plans to stop the small boats crossing from France.
By Gavin Cordon
7 Mar 2023
Politics
UK ammunition stockpile ‘dangerously low’ because of Ukraine war, say MPs
The Commons Defence Committee called for a plan to rebuild supplies.
By Gavin Cordon
7 Mar 2023
Politics
The partygate inquiry: The key questions facing Boris Johnson
The Commons Privileges Committee has set out the issues it intends to address when it questions the former prime minister.
By Gavin Cordon
3 Mar 2023
Politics
Ministers wanted to ‘get heavy’ with police over Covid rules
Leaked messages from ex-health secretary Matt Hancock suggested Whitehall concern over enforcement of lockdown restrictions.
By Gavin Cordon
2 Mar 2023
Politics
Boris Johnson is a ‘piece of work’ says ex-European Commission chief
Jean-Claude Juncker said the former prime minister could have achieved a better Brexit deal if he had been more precise in talks.
By Gavin Cordon
2 Mar 2023
Politics
Hancock in clash over schools opening during Covid, according to leak
Messages highlighted by The Telegraph suggest the then health secretary wanted ‘rearguard action’ against the then education secretary.
By Gavin Cordon
1 Mar 2023