New peerages list in full: Sue Gray joined by Therese Coffey and controversial Tory columnist

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The New Year Honours list 2025 in full: Every person celebrated this year

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Sue Gray handed peerage months after being sacked by Keir Starmer

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Keir Starmer puts ousted aide Sue Gray in the Lords: Ex-civil servant turned Labour apparatchik handed a peerage after losing No10 power struggle

Daily Mail

Keir Starmer has handed his ousted former aide Sue Gray a peerage, it was confirmed today. Ms Gray, a former senior civil servant, stepped down as the Prime Minister's £170,000 chief of staff in October following reports of a clash with other senior aides. The Tories, for their party, handed peerages to Liz Truss's former deputy PM Thérèse Coffey, ex …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Cabinet minister hints at ‘strong set’ of new Labour peers

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1 month ago

Sadiq Khan ‘set for knighthood’ in New Year Honours list

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1 month ago

Sir Chris Wormald confirmed as UK’s new top civil servant

The Independent

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Muddled Labour ministers aren't up to the job

Daily Mail

With huge fanfare, the Government today launches an ambitious drive to ‘get Britain working again’. Having promised to be more pro-business than Tony Blair, Rachel Reeves has produced a Budget that ‘milked’ companies with a punishing National Insurance rise. Coupled with the cost of a higher minimum wage and new workers’ rights, companies are cutting jobs or not hiring new …

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2 months ago

Tories mocked for appointing Sussex MP as shadow secretary for Wales – after losing all Welsh MPs

The Independent

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2 months ago

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch names her defeated rival Robert Jenrick as shadow justice secretary, while Priti Patel becomes shadow foreign secretary and Mel Stride is shadow chancellor as she puts to

Daily Mail

Kemi Badenoch has started appointing her top team as the new Tory leader insists she can defeat Labour at the next election. Ms Badenoch has made Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary in a stunning comeback for the former Cabinet minister, while Mel Stride becomes shadow chancellor. She also tonight named her defeated rival Robert Jenrick, who she beat in the …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Sue Gray takes break amid doubts over new role

The Telegraph

Ms Gray was subject to hostile briefings during her time as Sir Keir’s chief of staff, which critics have noted came to an end before the Prime Minister could reach 100 days in office. “It is for that reason I have chosen to stand aside, and I look forward to continuing to support the Prime Minister in my new role.” …

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3 months ago

The fall of Sue Gray proves one thing, once and for all...

The Independent

I hate to use the expression, not least because it’s such a terrible cliche, but the fall of Sue Gray proves, once again, that too many cooks spoil the broth. It seems that Cummings’s problem, like that of Sue Gray, was simply that he lacked the special skills needed to make this kind of political role work under the present …

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3 months ago

Who is Sue Gray? Career timeline of ex-Starmer chief of staff, from dismantling Partygate to £170k pay row

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3 months ago

UK PM Keir Starmer's chief of staff resigns, takes up new post in Labour govt

Hindustan Times

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff Sue Gray has resigned just over three months after the Labour Party won a parliamentary election, after rumours about in-fighting in Starmer's team. Chief of Staff to Britain's opposition Labour Party leader, Sue Gray, listens to a speaker on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, northwest England, …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Conservative leadership hopefuls Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat address party conference

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Sue Gray is a hypocrite – according to those who worked with her

The Telegraph

“She really was a very toxic influence in government,” says a second former Conservative special advisor. If you’re Starmer, why would you walk in and immediately p- - - off the team that helped you get into government and immediately p--- off the team that you’re depending on to reach into Whitehall?” “When she was in the Civil Service she …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sue Gray to miss Labour Party conference

The Telegraph

During broadcast interviews on Sunday morning, as the conference began, Cabinet ministers defended Ms Gray and dismissed speculation she could soon leave No 10. Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister, said Ms Gray would still be in Downing Street come Christmas. Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary, voiced support for Ms Gray following a series of leaks about her actions and …

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4 months ago

First a peerage, now a new plum job – why does Boris keep promoting Charlotte Owen?

The Independent

Whatever happened to Baroness Charlotte Owen of Alderley Edge? In addition to the above, she also made a maiden speech last November in which she promised to take her new role “incredibly seriously” and thanked Boris Johnson “who put a great deal of trust in me…. Within the last month Charlotte’s register of interests shows she has a new paid …

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4 months ago

Boris Johnson firm gives Charlotte Owen top job after ex-PM made her UK’s youngest peer

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4 months ago

Who is Charlotte Owen, the youngest peer now working alongside Boris Johnson again?

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4 months ago

Labour signals end to Sunak’s crackdown on ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees

The Telegraph

Speaking at the Universities UK annual conference in Reading earlier this week, Mr Kyle suggested that Tory rhetoric around “rip-off degrees” has likely deterred low-income pupils from applying to university. “That is a psychological barrier, not to people who come from affluent, assertive families, but to people from lower incomes for whom the consideration about money has a far more …

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4 months ago

Former Tory ‘kingmaker’ takes seat on red benches in House of Lords

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Labour donor named in alleged cronyism row advises Chancellor on Treasury summit

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tories demand investigation into Labour donor’s appointment to Civil Service job

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sue Gray and who really rules the roost in Labour’s muddled pecking order?

The Independent

When Keir Starmer’s team drew up its “first 100 days” in power plan when a July election was called, after an initial policy blitz, they planned to use the normally quiet political month of August to complete the transition to government by fine-tuning the new machine. In Conservative-supporting papers, there is repeated speculation of a power struggle between Starmer’s two …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Tory minister Therese Coffey applied for job in Labour government

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Who is in Sir Keir Starmer’s Government?

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Who are the six new Reform MPs elected across the UK? Everything you need to know

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6 months ago

David Cameron steps back from frontline politics after election defeat – but keeps Lords seat for life

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6 months ago

Labour’s new cabinet: Who is in Keir Starmer’s top team?

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6 months ago

Who’s who in Britain’s new Labour government led by Keir Starmer

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LONDON — Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed a Cabinet of Labour Party lawmakers and a few outside experts as he tries to tackle priorities including boosting a sluggish economy, building more homes and fixing the creaking state-funded health service. Labour has spent 14 years in opposition, so few have held government office before. Here’s who is in …

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6 months ago

Who's who in Britain's new Labour government led by Keir Starmer

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6 months ago

UK Cabinet: Rachel Reeves Becomes First Female Chancellor Of Exchequer, Angela Rayner Named Deputy PM

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Rachel Reeves has been confirmed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, making her the first woman to hold the post in its 800-year history. "To every young girl and woman reading this, let today show that there should be no limits on your ambitions," she posted, emphasising the "historic responsibility" that comes with being the first female chancellor. pic.twitter.com/PchJFePDJa …

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6 months ago

What happens now to the Tory party? Another leadership race of course

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6 months ago

Rishi Sunak's final act? PM hands peerage to top aide minutes before polls close alongside a slew of retiring Tory big beasts including Theresa May and Chris 'failing' Grayling - and they will be join

Daily Mail

Rishi Sunak has handed a peerage to his right-hand man in dissolution honours announced just hours before he is expected to be ousted from power. The Dissolution Honours list, announced less than an hour before polls closed in the General Election, also includes former PM Theresa May and Tory backbench leader Sir Graham Brady. For Labour, there is also a …

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7 months ago

Mapped: List of all the MPs standing down at next election as Michael Gove and John Redwood join the exodus

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7 months, 1 week ago

Meet Georgia Gould the smart young Blairite ‘heiress’ who could be Labour leader one day

The Independent

She’s been called one of “Blair’s babies” – and, given Georgia Gould’s political pedigree, it’s not hard to see why. In her defence, Campbell, her father’s best friend, called Gould “a wonderful young woman of deep values and convictions and whose dedication to Labour and progressive causes matches that of anyone I know, whatever their age”. Any genuine nepo baby …

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1 year ago

Nadine Dorries lashes out at Michelle Mone: ‘Why was she made a peer in the first place?’

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1 year, 1 month ago

Tory reshuffle: Who’s in and who’s out as Rishi Sunak reworks his cabinet

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1 year, 1 month ago

Former Prime Minister David Cameron appointed U.K. Foreign Secretary

The Hindu

Returning from Deepavali celebrations in his hometown of Southampton, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak kicked off the week by reshuffling his Cabinet on Monday morning, sacking controversial Home Secretary Suella Braverman and resurrecting the political career of former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, whom he appointed Foreign Secretary. Although he had been away from active politics for seven years, his …

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1 year, 2 months ago

RICHARD EDEN: William and Kate quietly boost their charity with a TV bigwig while Harry and Meghan desperately try to establish themselves as a Hollywood 'power couple'

Daily Mail

While Prince Harry and Meghan Markle desperately try to establish themselves as a Hollywood 'power couple', the Prince and Princess of Wales are quietly boosting their own showbusiness links. I can disclose that Prince William and Catherine have appointed the producer of hit BBC drama Call the Midwife as a director of their Royal Foundation. Dame Pippa Harris will also …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Labour reshuffle latest: Starmer 'offers no new ideas' with shadow cabinet changes

The Telegraph

Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet reshuffle showed the Labour leader has “no new ideas”, the Tories claimed. But Sir Keir said he believed Labour now had a “strong team on the pitch” which was ready for the next general election after he made a series of changes to his top team. Sir Keir said: “I’m really pleased that having put …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Hopes on Claire Coutinho to speed up net zero drive

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Charlotte Owen is the youngest peer in the House of Lords. But the newly minted baroness is outraging Britain

ABC

Britain's House of Lords was once a place reserved for bishops, magnates and nobleman, but still in the 21st century the appointment of a 30-year-old woman has sparked national controversy. The new Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge Former British prime minister Boris Johnson granted Lady Owen and six other individuals life peerage in his resignation honours list, labelled as his …

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1 year, 5 months ago

I went to university with Charlotte Owen. If she’s a worthy lifetime peer, I’m a baroness

The Independent

To say that Baroness Charlotte Owen’s rise to power has been meteoric would be something of an understatement. The 30-year-old, who was awarded Britain’s highest honour in Boris Johnson’s resignation list and has now taken her seat in the House of Lords, has gone from parliamentary intern to baroness in a matter of just six years. We both studied at …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Charlotte Owen: Former Boris Johnson aide becomes youngest ever peer after taking seat in House of Lords

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

Tory ministers at war over grooming gangs

Daily Mail

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been dumped by one of her closest political allies for claiming child sex grooming gangs are 'predominantly' made up of British-Pakistani men. Steve Baker, the Northern Ireland Minister who ran Ms Braverman's Tory leadership campaign last year, is understood to have withdrawn his personal support for her in the wake of her much-criticised remarks in …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Sitting Labour and Tory MPs recognised with awards in King’s Birthday Honours

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1 year, 6 months ago

Woman appointed Lord Chief Justice for first time in history of role

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1 year, 6 months ago

Boris Johnson nominates partygate pals for honours

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New peerages list in full: Sue Gray joined by Therese Coffey and controversial Tory columnist

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