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Government sees off backbench rebellion as welfare reforms clear Commons

‘If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025

Ex-Reform UK MP’s business affairs referred to fraud body

Public Sector Fraud Authority to look into loans taken out by James McMurdock during pandemic

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025

Ex-Tory minister breached post-government jobs rules, watchdog says

Lord Harrington, now a non-affiliated peer, apologised for miscalculating the period he had to give notice for jobs he took up after leaving office.

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025

David Lammy hands taxpayer-funded Foreign Office job to Labour donor

FOREIGN Secretary David Lammy has given a taxpayer-funded position to one of his political donors.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2025

Welfare reforms risk leaving stain on Labour, MP warns

Rachael Maskell said pressing ahead with the welfare reform Bill risked leaving ‘such a stain’ on her party.

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025

UK and France agree on need for new migration boat crossing ‘deterrent’

Britain has proposed a ‘one in, one out’ arrangement for asylum seekers – a deal France has refused to sign.

Al Jazeera · Jul 9, 2025

Birmingham council at ‘absolute limit’ of pay dispute offer

Rubbish has been piling up in the city since Unite members began strike action in March.

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025

Tory MP claims SNP Government 'cutting funding from Unionist areas'

A SCOTTISH Tory MP and former UK government minister has claimed that the SNP administration has “systematically deprived funding from areas that…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2025

Keir Starmer sticks by fiscal rules despite dire economic warnings

KEIR Starmer has pledged to stick with Labour’s self-imposed fiscal rules – despite dire warnings about the state of the economy.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2025

Voices: Now, Starmer the statesman needs to up his game at home

COMMENT: It’s the eternal puzzle of Keir Starmer’s premiership, one that has been brought to light again by Emmanuel Macron’s state visit: how can the PM perform so well on an international stage but so badly on the domestic front? Andrew Grice thinks he has the answer

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025