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The potential of a Labour leadership contest has dominated the headlines this week. But if it was to happen, what does it actually entail and how does it work? At the beginning of the week, some MPs were coming out saying they are no longer backing Sir Keir Starmer. That number has now reached around […]
It has been announced this morning that the former deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has been cleared of wrongdoing by HMRC. She initially failed to pay the correct stamp duty on a flat in Hove. In a statement this morning, she said that she “welcomes” the conclusions from HMRC “which has cleared me of any […]
It has been a difficult week for Sir Keir Starmer. After a hard loss in the local elections, he has been under scrutiny from the general public, other Labour party MPs, and also, members of his own government. 90 Labour MPs have called for him to step down. Wes Streeting, the Secretary for Health and […]
During the aftermath of yesterday’s cabinet meeting, Sir Keir Starmer made it clear he isn’t going to resign. There has yet to be 81 Labour MPs backing one single candidate. If a change of leadership is imminent, who is going to take over the role? It seems that Wes Streeting is the number one pick […]
Hester’s Way have officially voted in their first ever Reform councillor in the Cheltenham Borough Council elections. “With Labour, I find that they’re going back on everything they’ve promised. Everything that Starmer promised, was a dream that turned into a nightmare,” says resident Luke Davis. Hester’s Way locals we spoke to say they are annoyed […]
“If they know what they are voting for, they might start questioning it. And you wonder why we are in such a sh*thole”. That was the verdict of Britain’s only Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, in conversation with veteran environmental campaigner Jonathan Porritt. The Cheltenham Green Party hosted Ms Lucas at the Parabola Arts Centre, […]
A Scottish Parliament bill intended to make it easier for transgender people to transition is being opposed by Westminster. The bill, which was passed with 86 to 39 votes, would make the process for changing your legal gender much easier. Previously, a transgender person would have to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria by a doctor, […]
Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie has just announced she is pregnant with her second child after midwifery debate. The soon to be mother of two has already been parenting for nearly two years, after giving birth to a baby girl in May 2020, and is due for her second this summer. She took to Instagram after […]
Finding out your nan has stage three cancer is hard enough. Being told she will have to wait 3 months for a critical operation she desperately needs, while her cancer festers, is even more difficult. Throughout this time, me and my family experienced many emotions: fear, sadness, even anger. This anger was converted to rage […]
Boris Johnson is under pressure to explain how and when the costs were met for the refurbishment of his private flat above 11 Downing Street According to Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, the prime minister had devised a plan to have donors “secretly pay for the renovation”, which he regarded as “possibly illegal”. […]