Summary

  • New works and pensions secretary Stephen Crabb rules out more welfare cuts

  • David Cameron defends his record in the Commons amid Conservative infighting over welfare and economic policy

  • Despite his sadness at Iain Duncan Smith's resignation, the PM says compassionate conservatism is not over

  • No 10 says David Cameron has "full confidence" in George Osborne as the chancellor misses Commons statements

  • Labour says the Budget has an "enormous hole" in it and should be withdrawn

  1. SDLP calls for permanent Westminster proxy votingpublished at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    Claire Hanna says the Covid-19 pandemic has brought about long-lasting changes to how people work.

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  2. US envoy's 'last-minute' Taiwan visit angers Chinapublished at 06:13 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2021

    The trip comes as Washington lifts long-standing curbs on official interactions with Taipei.

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  3. New strangulation law planned to tackle abuserspublished at 16:12 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    Justice Secretary Robert Buckland says too many abusers' sentences are not tough enough.

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  4. Protect family incomes, Starmer urges ministerspublished at 13:50 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2021

    The Labour leader calls for tougher coronavirus restrictions and says help for low earners must continue.

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  5. Starmer: 'Status quo isn't working' for Scotlandpublished at 12:39 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    The Labour leader rejects a second independence referendum but calls for other changes to devolution.

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  6. Drop 'absurd' 5% council tax increase - Starmerpublished at 11:00 Greenwich Mean Time 10 January 2021

    The Labour leader urges ministers to give councils more money instead to protect family budgets.

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  7. Salmond accuses Sturgeon of misleading parliamentpublished at 22:04 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2021

    He claims her evidence to an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against him was "untrue".

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  8. Bid to improve trans rights 'breaches law'published at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2021

    Plans to expand the legal definition of the word "women" falls foul of equalities laws, the Court of Session hears.

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  9. WHO Covid investigators denied entry to Chinapublished at 08:57 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2021

    The investigators were turned back, with Beijing saying "there might be some misunderstanding".

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  10. Boris Johnson's Brexit claims fact-checkedpublished at 18:19 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2021

    The prime minister gave examples of the benefits of Brexit for "ordinary voters". How do they stack up?

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  11. Calls for a new non-fatal strangulation offencepublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 5 January 2021

    A fresh move to make non-fatal strangulation a specific criminal offence is under way.

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  12. Full lockdown plea by leader of largest UK councilpublished at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2021

    Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward says the government needs to act amid soaring virus rates.

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  13. The week ahead in Parliamentpublished at 08:51 Greenwich Mean Time 4 January 2021

    The House of Commons isn't sitting, but peers are keeping busy as the new year gets going.

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  14. PM says indyref vote should be once-in-generationpublished at 13:59 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2021

    Boris Johnson says the gap between referendums on Europe - 41 years - is "a good sort of gap" for independence referendums.

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  15. A Hogmanay like no other as UK cuts ties with EUpublished at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2020

    The UK leaves the European single market and customs union an hour before midnight and a new relationship with the EU begins.

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  16. Beyond Brexit and Covid: Year ahead in Parliamentpublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2020

    Covid and Brexit look set to dominate the early months of 2021 - but what happens after that?

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  17. UK's best years lie ahead, says Starmerpublished at 00:39 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2020

    Labour's leader uses his New Year message to say the country can "rebuild" after Covid.

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  18. Post-Brexit trade deal signed into lawpublished at 00:33 Greenwich Mean Time 31 December 2020

    The UK's hard-fought agreement with the EU is set to come into force at 23:00 GMT on Thursday.

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  19. Brexit deal mentions Netscape's long-dead browserpublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 29 December 2020

    Experts suggest officials saved time by copying and pasting text from old legislation.

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  20. May 'not ousted' as PM by ERG, deputy chair sayspublished at 00:08 Greenwich Mean Time 29 December 2020

    Former Brexit minister David Jones denies the Eurosceptic group brought down the ex-prime minister.

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