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Met Police officer accused of 21 counts of rape to face trial
A Metropolitan Police officer who has been accused of 44 offences, including 21 counts of rape, will face trial in February next year.


Changes to ministerial code ‘hardly likely to restore trust’ in PM, Tory MP Sir Bob Neill says
We were joined by the Tory MP Sir Bob Neill who said tonight that he'd put a letter in calling for a vote of confidence in Boris Johnson's leadership.


Justin Welby on free speech, Rwanda and partygate
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby responded to the Sue Gray report on Twitter this week saying: "Standards in public life are the glue that holds us together - we need to rediscover them and abide by them."


Johnson changes ministerial code to remove need for resignations over breaches
Boris Johnson has changed the rules on the ministerial code, allowing ministers to apologise instead of having to resign if they breach the rules.


‘I would encourage women who have concerns to speak out’, says maternity review chair
Senior midwife Donna Ockenden led the inquiry into maternity failings in Shrewsbury and will now head the independent review into Nottingham's failings.


Nottingham maternity services ordered to improve
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has been told to make immediate and significant improvements to maternity services by the healthcare watchdog.


Sue Gray ‘probably to thank’ for energy grant timing, Martin Lewis says
The chancellor's £15 billion package which sets out to soften the impact of the cost of living crisis has been welcomed by struggling households.


Child protection in England needs fundamental change review into deaths of two children says
A national review into the deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson says concerns by members of their extended families were ignored. There was weak decision making and poor information sharing within child protection services, and the way chi...


Maternity Scandal: Midwife who led Shrewsbury probe will now chair Nottingham review
A review of failings in maternity services at Nottingham NHS trust will now be led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden.


Partygate: Four more Tory MPs call for PM to quit
After yesterday’s publication of Sue Gray’s report containing lurid details of Downing Street’s lockdown parties – today the acting commissioner of the Metropolitan Police was asked to defend the decision to issue just one fix...


‘How do I feed my children? How do I survive?’ Parents on the cost of living crisis
The government’s cost of living support package amounts to £15 billion – designed to help households facing quickly rising energy bills. But with inflation at a 40-year high – and expected to rise – is it enough for those alr...


Windfall tax is response to ‘extraordinary’ global situation, says Chief Secretary to the Treasury
We were joined by Rishi Sunak’s deputy, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Simon Clarke.


Energy firms face windfall tax after government U-turn
It sounds attractive but it doesn’t work. It’s disastrous – just a selection of what members of the cabinet said about a windfall tax in the last few weeks. But now Rishi Sunak is hitting the oil and gas giants with a levy, promptin...


Boris Johnson ‘caught bang to rights’, says Shadow Health Secretary
We’re joined by the Shadow Health Secretary, Wes Streeting.


‘PM still has mandate to run this country,’ says Tory MP Miriam Cates
We spoke to the Conservative MP Miriam Cates - and began by asking her whether she still backed the Prime Minister after what he said today.



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