Iceland supermarket boss Richard Walker says some food banks are rejecting potatoes and root veg because people ‘can’t afford the energy to boil them’
Jason Groves
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Jason Groves
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Political Editor of the Daily Mail. Views my own, I'm afraid.
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Joined May 2012
- Russian foreign ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova warns Finland and Sweden they would 'face some military and political consequences' if they tried to join Nato
- Tory MP on Liz Truss's appearance at the 1922 Committee: 'It was like someone trying to light a fire using a magnifying glass. Using damp wood. In the dark.'
- Fascinating that Starmer suggests he is a Christian in front of Trump when he’s spent years telling people he’s an atheist
- British Gas, EDF, E.ON, Scottish Power, So Energy all have websites down on the last day to register meter readings before tomorrow's massive bill hike
- Rumour that Channel Four has commissioned an ice sculpture of Boris Johnson to melt during tonight's televised debate on climate change. And yet he still doesn't want to go on...
- Sanctions lawyer Nigel Kushner says he’s being approached by wealthy Russians seeking advice on moving their assets before they are frozen. Suggests he’s puzzled by delays in govt action: ‘Some will say it defeats the whole object - that the govt has softened the blow’
- Downing Street unwilling to clarify whether Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, who is investigating the lockdown-busting Xmas party in No 10, was at the party himself
- Boris Johnson says biological males ‘should not be competing in women’s sport’
- Boris Johnson has banned ministers from attending next month's Davos summit - the annual gathering of the global elite. Govt source: 'Our focus is on delivering for the people, not champagne with billionaires'
- One Tory insider comments: 'I see Cressida is returning the favour for not being sacked...'Met Police says it will not conduct an investigation into Number 10 Christmas party *at this time* It says that the Allegra Stratton video 'does not provide evidence of a breach of health protection regulations'
- Tory grandee Sir Charles Walker tells @Channel4News that if Labour's 33-point poll lead is repeated at an election the Conservatives will 'cease to exist as a political party'
- Keir Starmer tells MPs that many councils have 'lots of housing' that could be used to accommodate asylum seekers. Asked if he can provide any examples, he replies: 'No'
