MPs to vote on making Premier League games free-to-air
The coming 2025-26 season is the first season of the Premier League’s new TV rights deal with Sky Sports and TNT Sports.
‘Deluded’: Conservatives condemned after strategist says party has ‘done the apologies’
The Conservatives stand accused of being “completely deluded” after the party’s strategy chief claimed they have “done the apologies”. Baroness Maclean, one of Kemi Badenoch’s closest political allies, told supporters that the Conservatives had “done the mea culpas” in a leaked speech. According to a report in the Telegraph, Baroness Maclean said the previous government […]
‘We didn’t get the process right’ on welfare reforms, admits Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer has admitted that his government “didn’t get the process right” in the handling of its package of welfare reforms. The prime minister conceded that “it matters to” Labour MPs to ensure the process is correct and that his government “didn’t engage” in the way it should have done. The welfare bill, officially the […]
‘There will be an alternative’: Jeremy Corbyn vows to form socialist political party
The former Labour leader vowed that there would be an “alternative” in place by the time of the next general election.
Angela Rayner: ‘Not a chance’ I want to become prime minister
Angela Rayner has dismissed the prospect of her ever becoming prime minister, saying there is “not a chance” she will take on the role. The deputy prime minister said moving to 10 Downing Street would “age me by 10 years within six months”. Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, Rayner commented: “Even before I was in politics, […]
Labour will stick to manifesto ‘tax promises’, Pat McFadden vows after welfare U-turn
There will be “financial consequences” after the government made major concessions to its welfare rebels, a senior minister has admitted. Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, indicated that the fiscal fallout of the eleventh hour U-turn will be set out at the budget expected in the autumn. Hours before MPs were set […]
How every MP voted on Labour’s welfare bill after major eleventh hour U-turn
MPs have backed the government’s welfare reforms after ministers signalled an eleventh-hour U-turn to appease Labour rebels.
Latest: 39 Labour MPs sign new amendment to block welfare cuts
Ministers had hoped that a series of concessions would have been to win over Labour rebels when MPs vote on welfare changes.
Business secretary defends welfare plan as ‘better than we have at the minute’
Jonathan Reynolds has urged Labour MPs to back the government’s welfare plan amid a looming rebellion, insisting the proposed legislation is “far better than we have at the minute.” The business and trade secretary called on his colleagues to “confront difficult issues” and maintained that the approach is “part of what this government was elected […]
Welfare cuts still ‘leap in the dark’ despite Starmer U-turn, says Labour rebel
The comments come after Andy Burnham, the Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, urged MPs to vote against the government’s welfare cuts.
