Rachel Reeves to extend support fund to help poorest households Chancellor understood to be looking at fifth extension of scheme to support people at risk of destitution The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2024
Tories accuse Labour of waging war on pensioners after Starmer says budget will be ‘painful’ – as it happened Prime minister says government left with ‘no other choice’ but to make difficult decisions after discovering £22bn ‘black hole’ in public finances The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2024
Minister: Majority of sectors have mostly recovered following global IT outage UK Government officials expect minor disruption to continue over the next couple of days. The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2024
IT outage will continue to affect NHS services for days, minister warns Effects of Friday’s CrowdStrike crash will still be felt this week The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2024
Rachel Reeves: Britain's First Woman Finance Chief Rachel Reeves, Britain's first woman finance minister, is a former child chess champion and Bank of England economist who has pledged to grow the nation's economy while showing strong fiscal discipline. International Business Times · Jul 5, 2024
General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP...in Lewisham West & East Dulwich? Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2024
Labour candidates told they are campaigning too much in their own seats Instruction to spend more time in battleground areas causes friction with those concerned about voter backlash The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024
Meet the top teams: the key election advisers to Sunak and Starmer We look at the people who will strategise for the prime minister and opposition leader in the coming weeks The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024
Labour condemns party source’s ‘racist’ West Midlands comment Unnamed source said Andy Street was likely to win mayoral vote thanks to ‘Middle East not West Midlands’ The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024
‘You can’t rule out a complete panicked meltdown’: Tories fear wipeout after another disastrous week Infighting, suspensions and bizarre allegations have dogged efforts to restore order as the party prepares for May’s byelections The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2024
Diane Abbott says Labour leadership determined to keep her out of parliamentary party Party insists a long-running investigation into Abbott should not be conflated with its support for her now over a Tory donor ‘racism’ row Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2024
Wes Streeting is 'Wesley' to me, says Labour's Rachel Reeves Labour MPs and a former Countdown presenter attended her book launch Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023
‘It’s been a good week’: Labour buoyed up by slick reshuffle and Tory woes Party off to promising start to new parliamentary term but knows it cannot be complacent The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023
Starmer tells new-look shadow cabinet to show public they are ready to govern Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said there could be no complacency ahead of the general election and things would get harder as polling day approaches. The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023 The winners and losers in Keir Starmer’s Labour reshuffle The key changes as the party leader prepares his shadow cabinet for a general election
Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2023 Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle: Who’s in and who’s out of Keir Starmer’s team? Here is who Starmer’s new cabinet includes
The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023 Killer nurse Lucy Letby could be forced to attend sentencing as victim’s family condemns ‘coward’ Serial child killer found guilty on Friday of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder six others
The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023 ‘If you want cartwheels, I’m not your person’: Rachel Reeves on charisma, U-turns and rescuing the economy Labour’s shadow chancellor is proud of her background, sure of her ability – and miserable about the choices she might face after a general election
The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023 Chalk says he is committed to law change to make offenders attend sentencing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the commitment remains ‘in place’.
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023 Nearly 70% of rape victims drop out of investigations in England and Wales Exclusive: MoJ statistics unearthed by Labour as party presses Rishi Sunak to improve conviction rates
The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2023 Court backlogs for rape and sexual offences hit record high with ‘devastating’ waits for justice The stark figures coincide with the scathing Casey report into policing, which found officers had failed to protect women
The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023 Tories lack will to tackle violence against women and girls, Labour says Frontbencher Ellie Reeves said rape had effectively been decriminalised.
The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022 Calls for domestic abuse register to stop ‘chilling’ numbers of women killed by partners Exclusive: ‘We need to see that very often there is a long history of domestic abuse. It is not just something that is against one partner,’ shadow justice minister says
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022 MoJ requests urgent use of 400 police cells for male prisoners Prisons minister writes to police chiefs to establish Operation Safeguard due to lack of space in men’s prisons
Daily Mirror · Nov 7, 2022 Labour vows to introduce 'Jade's Law' to end killers having a say in their children's lives Shadow justice minister Ellie Reeves said Labour would introduce a law to automatically stop men who kill their partners being consulted on decisions affecting their children's lives from behind bars