Rhiannon James
Business News
Planning reforms ‘critical’ to 1.5m homes pledge delivery clear Commons
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the Bill will help to tackle the UK’s housing crisis.
10 Jun 2025
Politics
MP calls for ‘chronic under-supply’ of Gypsy and Traveller sites to be addressed
Labour’s Mary Kelly Foy said planning decisions on these sites ‘have frequently been underpinned by prejudice’.
9 Jun 2025
Politics
Rayner warns MPs not to underestimate her over 1.5 million homes target
Speaking in the Commons, shadow housing minister Paul Holmes claimed ‘she won’t achieve it’.
9 Jun 2025
Politics
MP: Grenfell-style mistakes could be repeated over battery storage regulation
Liberal Democrat John Milne said there were ‘alarming parallels’ with the systemic failure which led to the west London tower block fire.
5 Jun 2025
Politics
China’s proposed ‘super embassy poses super risk’ to security, Tories claim
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart accused the Government of being ‘too weak’ to block the plans.
5 Jun 2025
Politics
New defence plans could lead to ‘significant cuts’ in other areas, MPs warn
John Healey said the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) is ‘not about cuts’, amid concerns the plans will be funded at the expense of existing programmes.
2 Jun 2025
Politics2 Jun 2025
Starmer faces further calls to sack his Attorney General
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp argued Lord Richard Hermer should be fired for having ‘appalling judgment’.
Politics29 May 2025
PM: Farage’s ‘fantasy’ economics will lead to Liz Truss-style meltdown
The Prime Minister is expected to urge the public to reject Reform UK’s calls to use ‘family finances’ as a gambling chip on ‘unfunded’ tax cuts
Business News29 May 2025
Workers could see £6,000 boost to pension pots under Government plans
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: ‘We’re making pensions work for Britain.’
Politics
Streeting urges doctors to vote against strike action
Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, in England are being balloted for strike action by the British Medical Association (BMA).
28 May 2025
Politics
Welsh First Minister calls for ‘damaging’ two-child benefit cap to be scrapped
Tensions between the Prime Minister and the Welsh Labour leader have appeared to be brewing over recent weeks.
28 May 2025
Politics
Proposals to protect creatives’ copyright from AI rejected by MPs
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said pitting the creative industries against artificial intelligence was ‘unnecessarily divisive’.
22 May 2025
Politics
Abolishing culture, media and sport department would be ‘madness’ – minister
Culture minister Sir Chris Bryant told MPs: “Honestly, the department is not going to be abolished.”
22 May 2025
Politics
Tories: Migrants would not be dying in Channel if Rwanda scheme had gone ahead
Chris Philp told that MPs immigration has created ‘social fractures’ and listed nationalities he claimed have high ‘levels of criminality’.
21 May 2025
Politics
Six-year-old ‘eco warrior’ gets warm reception in Parliament as he waves at PM
The boy could be seen sitting on his mother’s lap as Conservative MP Paul Holmes told the Commons of the youngster’s ‘mission to change the world’.
21 May 2025
Politics
Words of heartbroken mother read out in Parliament in emotional speech by MP
As Cheryl Korbel watched tearfully from the public gallery, the Labour MP for Knowsley praised her for her campaigning on Olivia’s law.
20 May 2025
Politics
Youth mobility scheme shouldn’t only benefit ‘middle class kids’ – Labour MP
Sir Keir Starmer had told the Commons the newly-agreed ‘youth experience scheme’ will allow young British people to travel and work in Europe.
20 May 2025
Politics
Badenoch accused of wearing transphobia as ‘badge of honour’ by Labour MP
A spokesman for the Conservative leader said she has ‘always defended the rights of trans people’.
19 May 2025
Business News
Energy minister pledges to put solar panels on ‘every possible rooftop’
‘If there is a rooftop that we can put solar panels on, we are keen to do so,’ Michael Shanks told the Commons.
16 May 2025
Politics
Speaker urges Government to apologise for not taking Ministerial Code seriously
For the second time this month, Sir Lindsay Hoyle berated ministers in the chamber for making policy announcements to the media.
15 May 2025