‘Cash for questions’ Tory MP cleared
‘Tory gain!’ is a cry heard less and less frequently these days. But in a rare piece of good news…
Labour: Farage wants Britain to fail
Following Farage’s deportation declaration yesterday, Labour have gone on the attack. In a speech today on the future of EU…
Rayner in storm over council tax
Power, said Henry Kissinger, is the ultimate aphrodisiac – but it also seems to improve your property chances too. Angela…
Corbyn’s party seeks a new name
The magic grandpa is back in town! Jeremy Corbyn’s new leftwing outfit – ‘Your Party’ – is seeking a rebrand,…
Corbyn-Sultana party to launch Scottish branch
The new party of the left has got off to a pretty shaky start. It doesn’t have a proper name,…
Home Office seeks to appeal High Court migrant hotel decision
It’s the issue that has dominated the week: hotels housing asylum seekers. On Tuesday, the High Court granted a temporary…
More people blame Tories than Labour for migrant hotels
Migrant hotels have been the talk of the week after the High Court granted Epping Forest district council a temporary…
Labour’s first year sees 111,000 asylum claims
When it rains for Sir Keir Starmer, it pours. Now it has emerged that during the Labour lot’s first year…
Labour MSP charged over child sex abuse images
Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged in connection with the possession of indecent images. The 52-year-old…
White House joins TikTok – despite US ban looming
To the Land of the Free, where Donald Trump’s administration has been busy, er, setting up a TikTok account. The…
Ex-Scottish Labour councillor joins Reform UK
Well, well, well. The Scottish Tories have lost a number of councillors to Nigel Farage’s ranks and now Labour appears…
Listen: Labour minister’s car crash asylum hotel interview
Dear oh dear. As Steerpike wrote on Tuesday afternoon, asylum seekers will be removed from the Bell Hotel in Essex…
Migrants to be removed from Epping hotel after council wins injunction
Asylum seekers will be removed from the Bell Hotel in Essex after Epping Forest district council was granted a temporary…
Poll: children’s exposure to porn higher after Online Safety Act
Well, well, well. According to research by the children’s commissioner for England, children’s exposure to pornography has increased since the…
Scottish Labour faces councillor crisis as Reform eyes up seats
It’s not a good time to be in Scottish Labour. With nine months to go until the 2026 Holyrood election,…
Revealed: Mental health claims see Foreign Office absences soar
Back to the UK’s bloated civil service. As if the government didn’t have enough on its plate trying to slash…
Sally Rooney to use BBC royalties to support Palestine Action
The UK government’s proscription of campaign group Palestine Action saw over more than 500 protestors arrested this month – the…
BBC admits Huw Edwards hasn’t returned six-figure sum
Now the beleaguered BBC is facing fury from its own staff – after it emerged that Huw Edwards has not…
Tories accuse Sturgeon of breaking ministerial code over indyref2
The SNP’s former Dear Leader Nicola Sturgeon released her memoir this week – but it has not quite had the…
Defence Secretary blasts Farage as ‘Putin apologist’
Ding ding ding! John Healey was pulling no punches this morning as he took aim at Reform UK on the…
The National’s latest journalistic mishap
Well, well, well. Back to Scotland’s self-identifying ‘newspaper’, which has planted itself at the centre of a row over the…
Portcullis House costs through the roof
‘Smashing Westminster’s glass ceiling’ is generally hailed as a good thing – except when it is the taxpayer left holding…
NHS Fife admits it broke the law over single-sex changing room
Well, well, well. Scottish health board NHS Fife has admitted to the UK’s equalities watchdog that it was in breach…
Lammy refers himself to watchdog over Vance fishing trip
Dear oh dear. Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with US Vice President JD Vance at the weekend to discuss the…
Ian Blackford refuses to rule out Holyrood bid
Well, well, well. After Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes announced she was stepping down at next year’s Scottish parliament election,…
