Downing Street defends Johnson’s ‘Captain Hindsight’ jibes at Starmer
Boris Johnson’s “Captain Hindsight” nickname for Sir Keir Starmer is not “rude” or “unpleasant”, Downing Street aides have insisted.
Boris Johnson’s “Captain Hindsight” nickname for Sir Keir Starmer is not “rude” or “unpleasant”, Downing Street aides have insisted.
Anas Sarwar and Monica Lennon have both ruled out joining a "unionist coalition" after Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said he is willing to work with other parties to take on the SNP.
The two Scottish Labour leadership hopefuls have vowed they will make decisions independent of the UK party.
Boris Johnson has announced a £23 million compensation scheme for the fishing industry, after Scottish seafood firms took their protest over Brexit border delays to the gates of Downing Street.
The former Senedd leader of the Welsh Conservatives has denied equating protesters at the US Capitol to those who supported a second referendum on Brexit.
Boris Johnson "simply isn't up to the job", Keir Starmer shot as he claimed the prime minister's "serial incompetence" has cost lives and jobs.
Families face a £1.9 billion council tax “bombshell” in April, Sir Keir Starmer warned as he criticised the support on offer from the Government.
I believe, as an independence-supporting online delivery driver – delivering groceries around Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire – that the problem with division is not unique to the SNP, it is something at the heart of all political parties.
Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has raised concerns that people are not complying with lockdown rules closely enough in supermarkets and when exercising amid suggestions the restrictions may need to be toughened.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will use a speech to lay out how Britain can rise up after the pandemic, using the creation of the NHS after the Second World War as inspiration.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the Prime Minister and the Chancellor to guard pandemic-hit family budgets by protecting them from “absurd” council tax rises this spring.
Clap for Carers relaunched tonight under a new name of Clap for Heroes but received a lukewarm reception.
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has demanded the Conservative Party takes action against a Welsh Senedd member who compared protesters at the US Capitol to those who supported a second referendum on Brexit.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said there is a “national duty” to give people confidence to get vaccinated against coronavirus and called for more volunteers to help with the rollout.
The Home Office should consider denying Donald Trump entry to the UK after he leaves office, Scotland’s Justice Secretary has said.
A Labour MP has expressed her gratitude after she returned home following treatment in hospital for coronavirus.
A former Welsh Conservative Party leader has been criticised for equating protesters at the US Capitol to those who supported a second referendum on Brexit.
Boris Johnson has risked inflaming a constitutional row over Covid support cash by suggesting Nicola Sturgeon is delaying financial help for businesses.
MPs will return to Westminster to vote on regulations enforcing England’s national lockdown as the stringent restrictions entered into force overnight amid spiralling coronavirus cases.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the Government to use the third national lockdown in England to create a “round-the-clock” vaccination scheme in order to end “this nightmare”.
The condition of Labour MP Jo Stevens is “improving”, her team has said, after it was announced she is being treated for coronavirus in hospital.
Labour MP Jo Stevens is being treated for coronavirus in hospital, her team has said.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing a high-profile revolt over his decision to back Boris Johnson’s EU trade deal in this week’s Commons vote.
EU ambassadors have given provisional approval for Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal to be implemented from January 1.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the party will vote in favour of the Government’s “thin” EU deal, saying that no deal is simply not an option.
Michel Barnier is to update ambassadors from the 27 European Union nations on the state of the negotiations with the UK as time runs out for a deal.
Boris Johnson continued to take a tough stance with the EU over talks on a post-Brexit trade agreement, insisting the UK would prosper without such a deal.
Boris Johnson will not give in to demands to extend the Brexit transition period despite the coronavirus crisis, Downing Street said.
The Government could use emergency legal powers to force schools to stay open after council leaders urged them to close early and move to online learning before the Christmas break.
The Government has demanded that schools stay open until the end of term as council leaders and headteachers have called for a move to online learning amid a rise in coronavirus cases.