Ian Lavery
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Downing Street under fire over hiring of aide who linked intelligence to race
- UK
- February 18, 2020, 12:39
Downing Street has come under intense pressure to explain how an adviser who argued that intelligence is linked to race came to work at No 10, amid fr(...)

Johnson adviser quits over comments on eugenics and race
- UK
- February 17, 2020, 16:28
A Downing Street adviser has been forced to quit after attracting criticism for his comments on eugenics and whether black people on average have lowe(...)

Keir Starmer tops leadership poll of Labour Party members
- UK
- January 2, 2020, 09:25
Keir Starmer has emerged as an early frontrunner in the Labour Party leadership race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn after a poll of members suggested he was(...)

UK election: Quotes of the night
- UK
- December 13, 2019, 08:58
Here are some of the best quotes from the UK general election results night so far: “It does look as though this One Nation Conservative government h(...)

UK election results: Winners and losers
- UK
- December 13, 2019, 08:04
As election night wore on, the fates of politicians from across the political spectrum hung in the balance, with the casualties and survivors. Winner(...)

Corbyn says Labour would back remain in Brexit referendum
- UK
- July 9, 2019, 12:00
Jeremy Corbyn has sought to draw a line under Labour’s Brexit travails by announcing a “settled” policy of backing remain in any referendum called on (...)

Corbyn warned of more resignations at stormy meeting
- UK
- February 19, 2019
Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been warned he faces more resignations by MPs unless he gets a grip of the problem of anti-Semitism wi(...)

UK request to delay Brexit would be ‘shameful’, Boris Johnson says
- UK
- January 18, 2019, 07:09
Former UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson has said it would be “shameful” for Theresa May’s g overnment to request an extension to the Article 50 proc(...)

Theresa May discusses no-deal Brexit with cabinet
- UK
- December 18, 2018
Theresa May met her cabinet members on Tuesday to consider ramping up no-deal preparations with little more than 100 days to go to Brexit, having effe(...)

Theresa May has called on Conservatives to unite behind her Brexit plan, warning that divisions within the party could lead to Britain remaining in th(...)