No room for reality as Yvette Cooper takes Nick Ferrari’s phone-in in her stride Neither home secretary nor presenter seemed willing to admit we live in an imperfect world we can’t fully control The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025
Calling people ‘workshy’ has become yet another meaningless dogwhistle COMMENT: Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp is the latest figure to claim that the UK has a poor work ethic. Katie Rosseinsky asks why workers are being criticised for wanting a better, more balanced quality of life The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025
Britons need better work ethic, says senior Tory MP Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has criticised Britain’s work ethic, saying the country needs to “up its game” to compete with nations like China and India. The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025
Tory Chris Philp accused of ‘brass neck’ after saying UK needs better work ethic Shadow home secretary says fact 9 million people are out of work shows Britain must ‘up our game’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025
Labour accuses Tories of ‘brass neck’ as Philp says UK needs better work ethic The shadow home secretary said he thought Britain was missing a ‘belief in hard work’. The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025
Budget to tackle violence against women and girls will be spent, minister vows It comes after the National Audit Office warned the Home Office had ‘historically underspent’ funding allocated to tackle the issue. The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025
UK must ‘up its game’ and needs a better work ethic, senior Tory MP says Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said millions of adults not in jobs ‘need to make a contribution’ Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025
‘Mistakes were made’ by previous Tory government, says shadow home secretary It came after Kemi Badenoch appeared to slap down Dame Priti Patel over immigration figures. Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025
Britons aren't working hard enough, senior Tory suggests Tory shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the UK "needs everyone to make a contribution" to keep up with countries like China and India The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025
Rise of Chris Philp tests the limits of the Peter principle With a knack for backing losers, the former enthusiastic supporter of Liz Truss became shadow home secretary The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025
Warning UK faces social care timebomb as number of over-85s set to double by 2047 Ministers told the social care sector is ‘nowhere near ready for this rise in older people’ The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025
Government not adopting expanded extremism definition, security minister says Dan Jarvis said a leaked report on expanding the definition ‘does not and will not represent Government policy’. The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025
Tories warn UK must halt spiralling net migration as population set to top 72 million After the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said net migration will push the population up by 5 million from 2022 levels, Chris Philp said the ‘shocking and unacceptable projection can and must be stopped from materialising’ The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025
UK extremism approach should be based on behaviours, not ideologies – report Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said in August she had directed the Home Office to conduct a ‘rapid analytical sprint on extremism’. Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025 KemiKaze’s best PMQs by far leaves Starmer entirely unruffled The Tory leader managed to devote all six questions to one subject, even if it was one she didn’t know much about
Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025 Inquiry should be free to seek answers without ‘ridiculous nonsense’ online – MP Patrick Hurley warned that speculation by ‘public figures who should know better’ could have caused a trial over the Southport attack to collapse.
The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025 Police were called to Rudakubana’s home five times before Southport attacks, Yvette Cooper says Multiple agencies failed to identify the ‘terrible danger’ posed by the 18-year-old, the home secretary said, announcing a new public inquiry into the murder of three girls in Southport
Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025 Withholding information on Southport attacker not personal decision – Starmer Sir Keir Starmer stressed that what information could be disclosed up to now has been limited to avoid prejudicing the trial.
The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025 Oldham gang rape survivor blasts ‘appalling’ Labour plan for local grooming inquiries and ‘rapid audit’ Survivor Samantha Walker-Roberts hit out at Yvette Cooper’s plan and called £5million budget for five government-backed inquiries ‘absolutely shocking’
Al Jazeera · Jan 15, 2025 Who is Tulip Siddiq and why has she resigned as UK minister? The MP resigned on Tuesday over links to her aunt, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2025 Warning food prices could soar by 20% as pressure mounts on Reeves over flailing economy Exclusive: Fears of a massive rise in the cost of imports have fuelled calls for Rachel Reeves to cancel her China trip with warnings that the UK is on the cusp of a financial crisis and recession
The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025 Yvette Cooper says professionals to face criminal sanctions for failing to report child abuse The home secretary defended her decision not to launch a national inquiry into the grooming scandal
Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025 MP subject to abuse as child ‘appalled’ by members ‘weaponising’ grooming Liberal Democrat Josh Babarinde said the discussion around a national investigation into child sexual abuse is being used as ‘political football’.
The National (Scotland) · Jan 6, 2025 Home Secretary defends decision not to launch national grooming inquiry Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has defended her decision not to launch a national inquiry into child sexual abuse, as she faced MPs in the Commons ...
Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025 Keir Starmer faces massive backlash after ‘far-right bandwagon’ remarks over grooming gang inquiry Shadow Home Secretary criticises comments made by PM