The Latest Breaking News from Eric Pickles

Labour is ‘complicit’ in abuse towards Jewish community, says Priti Patel

The shadow foreign secretary told Conservative Party members on Sunday evening that Labour has lost ‘any moral purpose’.

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2025

Boris Johnson was paid £240,000 after Maduro meeting, invoice shows

Johnson’s office sent invoice to hedge fund manager, which was paid, weeks after meeting Venezuelan leader last year

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025

Acoba axed: how the post-ministerial jobs watchdog proved ‘next to useless’

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments could do little more to enforce rules than write letters

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025

Ministers to oversee Tower Hamlets council amid concerns over leadership

Exclusive: inspectors raise alarm about mayor Lutfur Rahman, who previously served a five-year ban from office

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

Grenfell survivors furious over David Cameron’s claim that inquiry backed him over red-tape drive

Ex-PM is accused of ‘total bullshit’ for saying inquiry agreed that fire regulations were excluded from government push

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

The people of Grenfell knew the truth before the fire. It’s we who must learn from them now

The inquiry’s report has increased the anger, not least of a younger generation that wants justice and won’t be silent, says playwright Gillian Slovo

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Eric Pickles urged to quit as Tory peer over Grenfell inquiry criticism

Emma Dent Coad, who was Kensington MP at time of fire, says former housing secretary should ‘have grace to resign’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024

Grenfell Tower: the fire, the findings, who’s to blame and what happens next

Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report paints a horrifying picture of failures in the construction industry and officialdom – but justice is some way off

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2024

Grenfell report blames decades of government failure and ‘systematic dishonesty’ of companies

Verdict of seven-year inquiry into disaster that killed 72 people apportions responsibility widely

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

Grenfell survivors expect inquiry’s final report to end ‘carousel of blame’

Companies and politicians braced for heavy criticism, with bereaved hoping it will lead to criminal prosecutions

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2024