Home Office to lodge appeal in last-minute migrant returns deportation case Senior Treasury minister James Murray rejected suggestions that Labour had forgotten its values. Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025
Food prices are still rising despite inflation holding steady. Here’s why August’s inflation rate of 3.8 per cent means that if an item cost £100 a year ago, it would now cost £103.80 The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025
Why are food prices rising and what does it mean for me? August’s inflation rate of 3.8% means if an item cost £100 a year ago, it would now cost £103.80. Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025
Stocks slide and pound dives as bond yields spike The FTSE 100 index closed down 79.65 points at 9,116.69. Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025
Reshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightrope Economists say new team could help push back against Treasury but PM needs to spell out what he stands for The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2025
Starmer insists Downing Street shake-up is ‘second phase’ not reshuffle The Prime Minister said he wanted to focus on ‘delivery, delivery, delivery’. Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025
Keir Starmer brings back ex-Tony Blair comms chief in mini-reshuffle Keir Starmer has brought back a former adviser in Tony Blair's government as part of a mini-reshuffle of the UK Cabinet ... The National (Scotland) · Sep 1, 2025
Starmer appoints Darren Jones to new role as PM’s chief secretary Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’. The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025
Rising star Darren Jones named chief secretary to PM in Downing Street shake-up Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’. Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025
Sarah Parish and James Murray look back: ‘Losing a child is such a hard thing to digest, but when we harnessed the grief, it got easier’ The actors on getting off on the wrong foot, taming their wild sides, and navigating loss together The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025
Military pause not enough to ease Gaza suffering, Lammy warns The Foreign Secretary called for access to aid to be ‘urgently’ widened over the coming hours and days. Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2025
Minister slaps down Diane Abbott's claim that Labour chiefs want her out after sparking new racism row The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has said: ‘It is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out’ Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025
Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – as it happened Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2025
‘Not true’ that Labour wants Diane Abbott out, minister says Exchequer secretary to the Treasury James Murray said it was ‘absolutely not the case’ that Number 10 had wanted Ms Abbott to out of the party. Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025
Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2025 Anti-China rhetoric over British Steel is absurd, says country’s embassy A spokesperson for the embassy said individual UK politicians have shown ‘arrogance, ignorance and twisted mindset’.
The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2025 China has ‘hidden list’ of British politicians not allowed to enter Hong Kong, MP claims A Liberal Democrat MP has raised concerns about a ‘hidden blacklist’ of MPs barred from entering former British territory
Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2025 MP refused entry to Hong Kong warns of closer relations with China Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse raises concerns about a ‘hidden blacklist’ of MPs barred from entering former British territory
Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2025 Ministers race to attract more Chinese investment in UK despite Scunthorpe steelworks fiasco Trade minister Douglas Alexander is currently in China seeking to drum up business deals
The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2025 Labour minister clashes with Sky News presenter over British Steel future: ‘Give us an answer’ Labour minister James Murray clashed with a Sky News presenter as he was grilled on the future of British Steel.
International Business Times · Apr 14, 2025 UK Govt Races Against Time To Keep Steel Furnaces Running Britain's government on Monday raced to secure raw materials to keep the country's last steelmaking blast furnaces running after passing emergency legislation to take control of British Steel.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2025 UK MP refused entry to Hong Kong accuses China of ‘hidden blacklist’ Wera Hobhouse says her apparent presence on secret list of critics of country’s human rights record made her a target
The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2025 UK politics: No 10 ‘confident’ on securing supplies to keep Scunthorpe furnaces burning – as it happened PM’s spokesperson says ships carrying materials needed by the steel plant have docked in Lincolnshire
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Labour minister insists chlorinated US chicken ‘will remain illegal in the UK’ Treasury secretary James Murray says chlorinated chicken 'will remain illegal in the UK’, in light of Donald Trump’s demands for Britain to allow US chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-laced beef into UK markets in exchange for relief from his sweeping tariffs.
The National (Scotland) · Apr 4, 2025 BBC host clashes with Labour minister in live TV grilling over 'lack of empathy' THE host of BBC Breakfast clashed with a Labour minister in a live TV grilling.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025 UK politics: Unite hits back at Starmer over Birmingham bin strike, questioning Labour’s backing for ‘working people’– as it happened Union says the government should intervene directly and force the council to settle the dispute