At the first PMQ of the year, faced with tough questioning by Labour’s deputy leader, the prime minister threw truth to the windsIt’s an ill wind and all that. With Keir Starmer testing positive for Covid for the second time in a matter of months, it w…
PMQs: Boris Johnson and Angela Rayner clash over energy prices and inflation
Prime minister talks up rising employment and makes false claims over inflationBoris Johnson and Angela Rayner have clashed over energy prices and the wider cost of living in the first prime minister’s questions of the year, during which Johnson made a…
Keir Starmer to unveil plan to build on Labour’s poll lead momentum
Leader will accuse PM of treating politics like ‘a branch of the entertainment industry’ in speechKeir Starmer will launch his plan to maintain the momentum of Labour’s poll lead in the runup to the next election, accusing Boris Johnson of losing voter…
Keir Starmer is making headway, but has he got enough to worry the Tories? | Anne McElvoy
With a seven-point poll lead and a bolstered shadow cabinet, the Labour leader is finally making his markIf champagne socialism did not have such a bad rap, there should be a decent bottle or two open at Keir Starmer’s place this new year weekend. The …
The Observer view on UK politics in 2022 | Observer editorial
It’s too early to write off Boris Johnson, but the prime minister is definitely on the ropesThe contrast between the upbeat tone of the prime minister’s new year message and the political cloud hanging over him as he goes into 2022 could not be starker…
Labour lambasts reported £330k award of public money to repair peer’s road
Lisa Nandy questions whether ‘filling in potholes for a Conservative peer’ is what PM means by levelling-upLabour has demanded ministers explain why £330,000 of taxpayers’ money was spent on repairing a pothole-ridden road reportedly owned by a former …
The Guardian view on climate activism: between obedience and resistance | Editorial
Non-violent civil disobedience remains a vital tool for protest, but its form is shiftingIf asked to name a news story linked to environmental protest in 2021, chances are that most British people would, depending on where they live, mention either the…
Johnson faces trust crisis as sleaze shatters faith in MPs
Poll reveals huge public cynicism, with just 5% of respondents believing politicians work for public goodTrust in politicians to act in the national interest rather than for themselves has fallen dramatically since Boris Johnson became prime minister, …
UK politics live: PM’s social care plan ‘about helping very well off’, says former Tory pensions minister
Latest updates: Ros Altmann says plan only helps the wealthy, MPs are due to vote on social care proposals tonightBoris Johnson praises Peppa Pig and loses place in rambling speechUK minister refuses to rule out people having to sell homes to fund care…
MPs should not use personal companies to avoid tax, says Starmer
Labour leader’s comments come after an investigation had found that at least 10 MPs had done soKeir Starmer has indicated he would bar MPs from using personal companies to reduce the tax they pay on second jobs, saying he would stop any Labour MPs from…