Downing St intervened to have the story about Carrie Johnson job offer pulled from later editions of The Times, it has been confirmed.
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lee harpin
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- Starmer to confirm pledge to end charitable status of private schools like Eton in speech today in Gateshead. He will say:”When I say we are going to pay for kids to catch up at school, I also say it’ll be funded by removing private schools’ charitable status.”
- Yvette Cooper and Chris Bryant amongst those stressing just how serious the admission by the PM that he met Alexander Lebedev, the former KGB agent with links to Putin, without officials present, in Italy, at height of Salisbury poisonings, appears to be.
- Nadine Dorries warns in The Times: "Removing Boris Johnson will give us one thing: Keir Starmer as PM."
- Replying to @BenMFreemanStupid response that only serves to whip up more fear.
00:00- Updated with headshots of the two females holding pro-terror group banners EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Hezbollah placards openly displayed at latest Palestine demo jewishnews.co.uk/exclusive-pro-… via @JewishNewsUK
- Starmer defends decision to go on holiday: "I’ve also got another job that’s really important, and that is I’m a dad, and I’m not going to apologise for going on holiday with my wife and kids ..the first time we’ve had a real holiday for about three years."
- This is very uncomfortable. In Commons Labour female raises concern over failure to prosecute rapes. Male Tories heckle from government benches.
- Astonishingly, it appears as though Nigel Farage is NOT in the Commons chamber for Child Sexual Exploitation announcement.
- Labour hitting back on Kemi Badenoch speech to farmers. “Let us not forget that it was Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives that forced over twelve thousand farmers and agricultural businesses out of business. They sold farmers out in trade deals, left them facing spiralling
- Biggest takeaway. Trump knows Starmer’s no mug. Second biggest takeaway. So many of Starmer’s political opponents in this country are desperate for him to fail.
- Labour tonight calling for investigation into Robert Jenrick’s campaign after serious concerns raised about the legality of donations. Records reveal Jenrick took total of £75,000 in donations from company called The Spott Fitness but it has no employees & never made a profit
- Several MPs admit to me it is not uncommon to hear of complaints from some pensioners in their constituencies that cutting winter fuel allowance will leave them short of a lump sum normally reserved for Xmas presents.