The Latest Breaking News from Melanie Ward

Minister flounders as Scotland Office attempts Government by TikTok

THE Scotland Office has, for some reason, decided that the best way to explain how the Barnett Formula works is by flinging chips about ...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 25

Charity Commission to investigate donations to illegal Israeli settlements

Official action by regulator for England and Wales comes after formal complaint made by Labour MP about the funds

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4

UK charity funding school at heart of illegal Israeli settlement expansion

Friends of Yeshivat Shavei Hevron sent nearly £200,000 to school in Hebron – where Israel has been accused of imposing apartheid – between 2019 and 2024

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6

Who would be in Wes Streeting’s corner if he ran for the Labour leadership?

The health secretary’s backers have different – not always ideological – reasons for supporting him

The Guardian - UK · May 13

Cabinet ministers turn on Starmer and urge him to quit, with Streeting ‘poised to launch leadership bid’

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood among cabinet ministers urging Starmer to set out a timetable for his resignation – just hours after PM pledges to fight for the soul of Britain

The Independent UK · May 12

Starmer latest: Wes Streeting to visit PM for No 10 showdown over Labour division ahead of King’s Speech

More than 100 Labour MPs have signed a statement urging Sir Keir Starmer not to stand down

The Independent UK · May 12

Starmer leadership in peril as ‘Cabinet ministers tell him to consider position’

Dozens of MPs have demanded the Prime Minister stand down.

Evening Standard · May 11

Melanie Ward statement in full after resigning as David Lammy aide amid call for Starmer to stand down

Ms Ward was the fourth government aide to resign on Monday

The Independent UK · May 11

Three more Scottish Labour MPs join calls for Starmer to quit

The MPs each pointed to last week’s election results as they called for a change in leadership.

Evening Standard · May 11

London politics LIVE: Labour clears path for Burnham's Westminster comeback as Farage vows to 'throw everything' at Makerfield by-election

Reform UK leader says party will ‘throw absolutely everything at’ the Makerfield by-election

Evening Standard · May 11