Sophie Wingate
Politics
Departments looking to cut budgets to fund defence, Lisa Nandy says
The Culture Secretary insisted ‘discussions are ongoing’ on finding more cash for the Defence Investment Plan over which two ministers quit.
14 Jun 2026
Politics
Suella Braverman: I want Donald Trump to be president
The former home secretary is widely expected to launch a bid in the contest to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader.
23 Jul 2024
Politics
Government must do ‘the sums’ before committing to axing two-child cap – Kendall
The Prime Minister will face pressure from MPs in the Commons to abolish the policy, which was introduced by the Tories in 2015.
23 Jul 2024
Politics
PM says ‘no silver bullet’ to end child poverty as he faces two-child cap revolt
Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged the ‘passion’ of Labour MPs who may back an amendment to abolish the two-child benefit limit.
22 Jul 2024
Tech
Whitehall crisis officials working on IT outage, Cabinet minister says
The Government response is being co-ordinated through the Cobra system that handles matters of national emergency or major disruption.
19 Jul 2024
Tech
Government urged to hold emergency Cobra meeting over IT outage
The Lib Dems called on ministers to ‘address the chaos being caused by these IT outages across the country’.
19 Jul 2024
Politics
Whitehall appointments vetting system ‘bust and needs fixing’ – watchdog
Acoba chairman Lord Pickles said there could be ‘no credibility’ in a process that has ‘no demonstrable consequences’ for rule-breaking.
18 Jul 2024
Business News
Rachel Reeves warns of ‘difficult decisions’ to fix public finances
The Chancellor vowed to be ‘honest about the scale of the challenge’.
18 Jul 2024
Business News
Law introduced to strengthen OBR and prevent repeat of Truss mini-budget
The budget watchdog will have new powers to publish an assessment of major government tax and spending changes.
18 Jul 2024
Politics
King’s Speech at a glance: Which Bills were announced by the Government?
Labour’s legislative programme is focused on improving living standards by driving economic growth.
17 Jul 2024
Politics
King’s Speech confirms Starmer’s Brexit ‘reset’ with laws to align with EU rules
The Product Safety and Metrology Bill allows the UK to ‘mirror or diverge from updated EU rules’.
17 Jul 2024
Politics
David Lammy calls for hostage deal within days during Israel trip
The Foreign Secretary met with political leaders to push for an immediate ceasefire and an increase in the flow of aid into Gaza.
15 Jul 2024
Politics
New European relations minister in Brussels to push for reset in UK-EU ties
Nick Thomas-Symonds will meet the vice president of the European Commission for their first face-to-face talks.
15 Jul 2024
Politics15 Jul 2024
Sunak should stay on as Tory leader until autumn, says Andrew Mitchell
The shadow foreign secretary argued the party should ‘play it long’ amid a split over the timeline of the contest to succeed Sunak
Politics
Corbyn talks of ‘new movement capable of challenging stale two-party system’
The former Labour leader said ‘people power’ led to his victory over his old party in Islington North last week.
12 Jul 2024
Tech
Keir Starmer not in favour of smartphone ban for under-16s
The Prime Minister suggested there should be stricter controls on what children can access online.
12 Jul 2024
Politics
Starmer: Setting deadline for 2.5% defence spending is ‘politics of yesterday’
The Prime Minister criticised Rishi Sunak’s ‘arbitrary’ 2030 deadline for reaching the target.
11 Jul 2024
Politics
Criticism of Starmer’s defence spending plans ‘unfair’, security minister says
Dan Jarvis defended the Prime Minister against accusations of hypocrisy after he pressed Nato allies to increase defence spending.
11 Jul 2024
Politics
Braverman hits out at Badenoch’s ‘nervous breakdown’ comment as row escalates
The two potential rivals for the Tory leadership have traded barbs ahead of the race to replace Rishi Sunak.
10 Jul 2024
Politics
Kemi Badenoch: There was ‘too much nodding along’ in previous Tory government
The potential leadership hopeful renewed her criticism of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet when the Conservatives were in power.
10 Jul 2024
Politics8 Jul 2024
Photo ID rule may have prevented 445,000 from voting in election
The ID rule disproportionately affected ethnic minorities, the data suggested