Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has refused to comment on whether the party has provided funding for tax or legal advice for his deputy Angela Rayner’s tax affairs. Mr Starmer said, “I have said I am absolutely pleased to be out with Angela today, and that is the focus that she has, that is the focus that I have had.”
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Police should investigate allegations an MP misused campaign funds, Labour has said. Mark Menzies lost the Conservative whip after claims emerged that he had used political donations to cover medical expenses. Menzies disputes the allegations. Starmer said: “There are obviously a lot of unanswered questions in relation to these allegations, not least why it seems the Conservative Party took so long to act and whether they’ve reported this to the police, who, it seems to me, should be involved" Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rishi Sunak has refused to explain how he intends to fund a £46bn plan to abolish National Insurance – during this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions.
Despite being pressed multiple times by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, the PM insisted his government has delivered the biggest tax cut since the 1980s. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Keir Starmer has accused the prime minister of 'smearing a working class woman' as the two clashed during PMQs.
The Labour leader accused ‘billionaire’ Rishi Sunak of using schemes for tax evasion while trying to draw attention to Angela Rayner's tax affairs. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Labour Chair Anneliese Dodds says the party has urged the prime minister to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, while ensuring there is restraint from Israel.
She adds the Labour Party believes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) should be proscribed in the UK. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The defence secretary pledged support for Israel as long as it 'behaves responsibly' ' and 'within international law'. Grant Shapps blamed Iran for all the problems in the region and reiterated Israel's right to defend itself. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Grant Shapps comments on Tory MP Mark Menzies losing his whip over allegations he misused campaign funds. The defence secretary defends the Conservatives arguing it is not a ''party issue''. Mark Menzies is the eighth Conservative MP who has lost his whip over the course of the current Parliament.
Defence Secretary comments on Mark Menzies losing his whip over allegations he misused campaign funds. Grant Shapps defended the Conservatives arguing it is not a ''party issue''. Mark Menzies is the eight Conservative MP who lost his whip over the course of the current Parliament.
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Grant Shapps has accused Labour of "extraordinary" double-standards, as Greater Manchester Police announces it will investigate Angela Rayner over a house declaration. Labour's deputy leader is accused of failing to properly disclose her living situation a decade ago in official documents. The defence secretary argues Ms Rayner has spent her political career calling people out for "exactly what she seems to be doing now". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The defence secretary says Sir Keir Starmer's announcement that Labour will back the UK's nuclear deterrent is "not credible". Grant Shapps adds "you can't trust Labour on this" and claims many of the Labour leader's backbenchers are "absolutely against having a nuclear deterrent". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
When asked if the West is doing sufficient to keep “the Russians at bay”, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps says we “need to do more” and “that it is unthinkable that we would lose this war to Putin." Report by Rowlandi. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Commuters in Crewe react to the government’s reallocation of funds from the Government's abandoned HS2 plans. The North of England will be allocated £2.5 billion and the Midlands will receive £2.2 billion from money previously earmarked for the axed northern leg of the flagship levelling-up project. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rishi Sunak has set out how transport funding redirected from the Government's abandoned HS2 plans will be shared across regional councils. The North of England will be allocated £2.5 billion and the Midlands will receive £2.2 billion from money previously earmarked for the axed northern leg of the flagship levelling-up project. The funding will not be made available until April 2025 - months after the next general election expected later this year. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The prime minister visits the site of what will be Haxby station, which closed in 1930 and is set to be reopened as part of the government's Network North scheme. The decision to scrap the northern leg of HS2 and put the money into local transport schemes will be “transformational”, Rishi Sunak claimed as the Government earmarked £4.7 billion of funding for the north and Midlands. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Rishi Sunak meets engineering apprentices in the north of England as he undertakes a business visit in Goole. It comes as the prime minister claims the decision to scrap the northern leg of HS2 and put the money into local transport schemes will be “transformational”. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Disgruntled commuters in northern England have reacted with scepticism to the government’s announcement of new funding for regional transport infrastructure and services. The north of England has been allocated £2.5bn and the Midlands £2.2bn from April 2025 following the scaling back of HS2. But passengers at Crewe Station in Cheshire say the will ‘believe it when they see it’. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been charged by police as part of a probe into the party's finances. The husband of Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon was charged on Thursday in connection with the alleged embezzlement of funds. First Minister Humza Yousaf says the development is “a really serious matter indeed.” It comes more than a year after 59-year-old Murrell was originally arrested as part of the investigation known as Operation Branchform. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Almost a billion people will head to the polls over the next six weeks in the world’s biggest general election. The economy, startups, paid maternity, and the rights of minorities are some of the key issues being debated in a campaign dominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition coalition fronted by Rahul Gandhi. In the UK, a Channel 4 News survey of 500 people tests how British Indians feel about politics in their ancestral homeland. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the situation has been "incredibly difficult" after her husband, former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, was charged in connection with an alleged embezzlement of funds.
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First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf has said the news that former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been charged in connection with embezzlement of funds is a "really serious matter indeed".
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