Keir Starmer sparks Labour anger with decision to admit Natalie Elphicke MP says many in party think rightwing Tory defector is ‘vile’, while shadow minister asks: ‘Are we welcoming Farage next week?’ The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
The Guardian view on MPs crossing the floor: a triumph of political theatre over substance Editorial: Natalie Elphicke is not a comfortable fit for Labour, but her defection is eloquent in expressing the decline of Rishi Sunak’s Tories The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
Who is Natalie Elphicke? Conservative MP defects to Labour New Labour MP is no stranger to controversy after criticising England and Manchester United star Marcus Rashford in the past Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour moments before Prime Minister's Questions Dover MP Natalie Elphicke said the PM ‘cannot be trusted’ on border security or the small boats crisis Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
Cabinet minister rebuffs bid by Tory hardliners to push Rishi Sunak to the Right ahead of general election The row flared up ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
Home Office should be broken up with department solely for 'controlling immigration', Robert Jenrick says Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick also proposed capping health and care visas at 30,000 Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
Labour defends welcoming rightwing Tory MP Natalie Elphicke into party – as it happened Natalie Elphicke said she was defecting to Labour due to ‘broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic government’ The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
AI boss: How autonomous car drove me through London past Big Ben and Trafalgar Square with no hands on wheel Alex Kendall, co-founder and chief executive of Wayve, told how artificial intelligence is revolutionising driving Evening Standard · May 8, 2024
Toxic Tories doomed as Sunak hunkers down and Labour sticks the boot in While the Conservatives have given up, Rachel Reeves didn’t make the alternative sound exciting. But maybe that’s OK The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024
University bosses to visit Downing Street to discuss campus antisemitism Rishi Sunak warns of ‘unacceptable rise’ as Gaza protests escalate and 10 students vow to go on hunger strike The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024
OPINION - The Conservatives are reaching terminal velocity in their flight from sanity The real Conservative plot is a subversive struggle against reality. In last Thursday’s elections, the Tories lost 397 seats and Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens gained a total of 394; in Blackpool South, the by-election swing from the Conservatives to Labour was more than 20 per cent for… Evening Standard · May 7, 2024
UK Says Defence Ministry Targeted In Cyberattack A senior British lawmaker said on Tuesday China was probably behind a massive cyberattack on the names and banking details of UK armed forces personnel, prompting a furious denial by Beijing. International Business Times · May 7, 2024
Sadiq Khan: Rishi Sunak's 'on something' if he thinks UK is heading for hung Parliament Sadiq Khan tells Standard the scale of his re-election as mayor means PM was deluded to believe the country was not set for a Labour victory Evening Standard · May 7, 2024
Lying politicians in the Senedd may finally be held to account – but why should we stop at Wales? The Welsh parliament could make wilfully misleading the public a criminal offence. The rest of the UK deserves the same protection from untruths, says the barrister and broadcaster Sam Fowles The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024 Grant Shapps says it will ‘take some time’ to conclude who was to blame for cyber-attack on armed forces payroll – as it happened Defence secretary makes statement after 270,000 payroll records belonging to members of Britain’s armed forces been exposed to hackers
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024 Tories must face hard truths: Reform-lite wreckers like Braverman are why the public just don’t like us The PM has danced to their tune and the dreadful election results were the inevitable outcome. The solution can’t be more of the same, says the former Conservative MP Justine Greening
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024 Rachel Reeves accuses Tories of ‘gaslighting’ public over economy Shadow chancellor will highlight Labour’s plans to boost economy and say Conservatives are ‘out of touch’
The Guardian - AU · May 6, 2024 Morning Mail: Hamas accept ceasefire, police sack First Nations advisers, Australia’s heaviest oyster Hopes for truce amid the threat of Israeli assault on Rafah; anger in Queensland as Indigenous group fears being ‘gagged’
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024 Tory rebels call time on leadership challenge as Sunak limps on Despite disastrous election results, long-threatened coup lacks numbers to force no-confidence vote
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024 The Guardian view on the local elections: an anti-Tory landslide points to the end of an era Editorial: The surprise defeat of the West Midlands mayor, Andy Street, confirmed that the tectonic plates are shifting in British politics
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024 The Guardian view on disability benefit reform: the latest proposals are dangerously out of touch Editorial: Threatening to withdraw personal independence payments will only ramp up stress on unwell people
Top News · May 6, 2024 British PM Expresses Concern Over Potential Israeli Ground Attack British PM expresses concern over potential Israeli ground attack in Rafah, calls for ceasefire and aid delivery.
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024 General election result is not a foregone conclusion, Sunak says PM ‘absolutely determined to fight’ despite Tories’ disastrous local election results and Labour poll lead
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024 Could there really be a hung parliament at the next UK general election? After PM’s bold reading of disastrous Tory local election results, we assess the variables in play at national level
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024 General election result not a ‘foregone conclusion,’ says Sunak – UK politics as it happened PM says he is ‘determined to fight on’ after disastrous local, mayoral and Blackpool byelection results last week