Disgraced Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay claimed more than £4,400 in expenses for a month after quitting Cabinet for bombarding boy, 16, with 270 texts The MSP quit Nicola Sturgeon’s Cabinet on February 6, the day of the budget It emerged he had bombarded the schoolboy with texts calling him ‘cute’ Figures now reveal he … Read more
Disgraced Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay claimed more than £4,400 in expenses for a month after quitting Cabinet for bombarding boy, 16, with 270 texts The MSP quit Nicola Sturgeon’s Cabinet on February 6, the day of the budget It emerged he had bombarded the schoolboy with texts calling him ‘cute’ Figures now reveal he … Read more
Britain has carried a series of covert attacks on Russia‘s leaders and their allies, the former cabinet secretary has disclosed. Lord Sedwill said the UK Government had launched cyber attacks to punish President Vladimir Putin and his senior allies. He said the aim of such actions had been to ‘impose a price greater than one they … Read more
Matt Hancock appears to have lost a Cabinet battle over control of the coronavirus restrictions after he was sidelined by the Prime Minister last night. Boris Johnson was flanked by hawkish Chancellor Rishi Sunak as he unveiled new lockdown measures last night that placed millions of people into a stricter regime to control the pandemic. … Read more
Old, new, borrowed and true blue: Former Cabinet Minister and TV presenter Esther McVey marries fellow Tory MP Philip Davies in Westminster ceremony The couple tied the knot in Parliament’s historic St Mary Undercroft chapel However they had to uninvite dozens of guests in order to meet Covid rules The scaled-down ceremony also involved ditching … Read more
Shocking footage shows the moment two-year-old triplets were pinned underneath a chest of drawers in their bedroom. Toddlers Riley, Spencer and Haven White, from Illinois, climbed on top of the heavy wooden cabinet, which had a changing table on top, after getting out of bed during nap time last Sunday. But the weight of their … Read more
David Cameron urges Boris Johnson to bring ex-health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt back into the Cabinet saying he should not fear having experienced ‘big beasts’ around him to help with coronavirus battle Mr Cameron said that Mr Hunt ‘talks a lot of sense’ as health committee chairman PM has been accused of having a … Read more
The entire Irish cabinet is self-isolating and Parliament has been suspended after the country’s health minister reported having coronavirus symptoms. Ceann Comhairle (speaker) Sean O Fearghail made the announcement in the Dail (parliament) today that Stephen Donnelly had fallen ill and that ministers would therefore be restricting their movements. The move came just hours after … Read more
Boris Johnson tells Cabinet ministers to ‘get a grip or go’ as he plots reshuffle after the Spending Review Number 10 is planning to ditch under performing ministers in a reshuffle The likes of Gavin Williamson and Liz Truss are both seen as vulnerable Sources claim ministers who are seen as competent will keep their … Read more
Don’t mention the B word!* No.10’s secret crib sheet for Ministers who can’t be trusted to say the right thing on EU talks (*That’s Brexit, which is officially done and dusted and can only be spoken of as a historical event) Ministers have been banned from using the word Brexit by Number 10 A memo … Read more