Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy has said that she doesn't 'know who to believe' after former Number 10 aide Dominic Cummings and Home Secretary Priti Patel gave contradictory descriptions of government decision making in the early stages of the pandemic over the weekend.
Cummings is due to give evidence to a joint parliamentary committee on Wednesday.
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Labour’s Lisa Nandy defends Angela Rayner after it emerged that Greater Manchester Police said it will reassess its decision not to investigate allegations the party’s deputy leader gave false information regarding the sale of her house in 2015. The shadow cabinet minister for international development says, “Angela has been clear that she’s taken legal and tax advice and believes she has done absolutely nothing wrong”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Communities Secretary Michael Gove brands the management of Thames Water a “disgrace”, insisting they should “carry the can” for any future investment, instead of consumers. Bosses at the company have admitted the firm could face the risk of emergency nationalisation as its funding crisis deepened – after shareholders refused to give the troubled utility giant extra cash. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned events in Belarus as a “shocking assault on civil aviation and an assault on international law”. Aircraft have been instructed to avoid Belarusian airspace..
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Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy says she is concerned the lack of a clear border policy to prevent spread of new Covid variants and a lack of support for those asked to self-isolate. She added that..
Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy has called on her opposite number Dominic Raab to summon the Belarusian ambassador in order to demand the release of imprisoned journalist Roman Protasevich...