The Latest Breaking News from Pat McFadden

Pubs won't be forced to close early in England, says top Starmer ally rejecting health minister's idea

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden pours cold water on the suggestion

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2024

Labour delegates long to celebrate, but ministers can’t quite feel the joy

The party should be toasting its landslide, but instead a state of near-paralysis seems to have set in

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024

‘Keir has integrity’: Labour’s Pat McFadden says Starmer will bring reasons to be cheerful

Cabinet minister defends PM in gifts row and says UK ‘can be turned around’ despite economic gloom

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024

Jacob Rees-Mogg ‘very strongly’ considering standing for election again

Former minister said Conservatives had ‘deserved’ to lose power and that he had not been shocked to lose his seat

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

Not in the minister’s back yard: is Starmer’s cabinet onboard with housebuilding plans?

The manifesto promises 1.5m homes – but some on the PM’s frontbench have had their own nimby moments

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024

Britons urged to leave Lebanon amid fears of wider Middle East conflict

Warning against travel to Lebanon comes after Hezbollah rocket attack in Golan Heights

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2024

UK politics: Winter fuel payments to be restricted as Reeves says there is £22bn spending shortfall – as it happened

Chancellor suggests budget, on 30 October, will involve tax rises and cuts to spending and benefits

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

Millions of public sector workers to get inflation-busting pay rises, confirms Rachel Reeves

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden left open the prospect of a string of tax rises apart from on VAT, income tax and National Insurance

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2024

McDonald’s sales fall for first time since 2020, as higher prices deter consumers – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as McDonald’s faces pressure to cut prices and lure back customers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

HS2 high speed rail link may end in London suburb rather than Euston, signals Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden says HS2 route will be re-examined

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2024