Keir Starmer
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) today welcomed the announcement by the government, in its 2025 Spending Review, that funding for NHS services will increase by 3%. While it is positive that healthcare services have been prioritised in the Spending Review, the MDU emphasises that reform is still urgently needed to ensure this extra funding is… Read more »
New YouGov polls show that both the public and MPs are overwhelmingly in favour of legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales. The data has been released on the eve of a House of Commons debate. It shows that support is consistent across all parties and all religious groups, and underlines Humanists UK’s… Read more »
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Labour restored the party whip to four MPs yesterday afternoon who were suspended for rebelling over the two-child benefit cap. The parliamentarians in question — Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain, and Rebecca Long-Bailey — are now back in the party after a six-month sojourn in the Westminster wilderness. Those four MPs, alongside Apsana Begum,… Read more »
It was in every sense a classic Kemi Badenoch performance at prime minister’s questions this afternoon. The open goal, identified beforehand by commentators and Conservative strategists alike; the blithe pivot away to a significantly less salient subject; and the meandering narrative, which failed to scathe Keir Starmer on any topic. As is now convention, the… Read more »
