Gavin Cordon

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey (Joe Giddens/PA)
Politics

Sir Ed Davey: The leader hoping to end the Lib Dem wilderness years

The former climate change secretary won the party leadership at the second attempt.
By Gavin Cordon
22 May 2024
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay are targeting four seats for the Greens in the election (Ian West/PA)
Politics

Green leaders look to increase tally of MPs

Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay have said they will be targeting four key seats in the General Election.
By Gavin Cordon
22 May 2024
Reform Party leader Richard Tice (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Politics

Tice: The insurgent threatening Sunak’s election hopes

The Reform UK leader hopes his anti-establishment message will win over disaffected voters.
By Gavin Cordon
22 May 2024
Sir Keir Starmer (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Politics

Sir Keir Starmer: The one-time ‘lefty lawyer’ with his eye on No 10

He has been depicted by opponents as the epitome of a self-satisfied liberal metropolitan elite, remote from the concerns of ordinary voters.
By Gavin Cordon
22 May 2024
Rishi Sunak (James Manning/PA)
Politics

Sunak the Tory ‘golden boy’ who struggled to meet his pledges

At the age of just 42 – and after only seven years in Parliament – Rishi Sunak entered No 10.
By Gavin Cordon
22 May 2024
Frank Field (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Frank Field: the political maverick appointed to ‘think the unthinkable’

The MP championed the cause of welfare reform over the course of 40 years at Westminster.
By Gavin Cordon
24 Apr 2024
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Politics

Tony Blair backed return of Elgin Marbles to boost London Olympics bid

No 10 believed the Parthenon Sculptures could be a ‘powerful bargaining chip’ in the race to host 2012 games

By Gavin Cordon
29 Dec 2023
The front cover of Spycatcher by Peter Wright (PA)
Celebrity News

Thatcher’s losing battle to stop Spycatcher publication

Peter Wright caused a sensation in the 1980s, with his lurid allegations.
By Gavin Cordon
29 Dec 2023
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UK

‘Lightweight’ Betjeman overlooked for poet laureate

Newly released government files reveal bitter in-fighting over the prestigious literary appointment

By Gavin Cordon
19 Jul 2023
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Victoria Jones/PA)
Politics

UK agrees to join trans-Pacific trade partnership

Critics say the impact will be limited, with official estimates suggesting it will add less than 1% to UK GDP

By Gavin Cordon
31 Mar 2023
Containers are unloaded from cargo ships at the Port of Felixstowe (Joe Giddens/PA)
Business News

Joining the CPTPP trade bloc: What does it mean for the UK?

Britain has been accepted as the first European member of the Indo-Pacific grouping.
By Gavin Cordon
31 Mar 2023
A Labour government would freeze council tax bills this year, Sir Keir Starmer will say as he launches his party’s local elections campaign (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Politics

Starmer says Labour would freeze council tax bills this year

The Labour leader is launching his party’s local elections campaign in Swindon, Wiltshire.
By Gavin Cordon
30 Mar 2023
Dominic Raab said other countries were encountering problems with rule 39 orders (Yui Mok/PA)
Politics

Raab to hold fresh talks with Strasbourg court on injunction reform

The Justice Secretary said other European countries are experiencing problems with rule 39 orders used to block the Rwanda deportation fight.
By Gavin Cordon
29 Mar 2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt giving evidence before the Commons Treasury Committee (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)
Politics

Hunt says no decision yet on extra funding for public sector pay awards

The Chancellor has told the Commons Treasury Committee that there is ‘no room for complacency’ on inflation.
By Gavin Cordon
29 Mar 2023
Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy (Aaron Chown/PA)
Politics

Labour will ‘retool’ Foreign Office to make it fit for future, says Lammy

The shadow foreign secretary says Britain’s diplomats lack industrial and economic expertise needed to deal with modern global economy.
By Gavin Cordon
27 Mar 2023
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris speaking to the media at Hillsborough Castle after his meetings with Stormont leaders (Brian Lawless/PA)
Politics

Sunak’s new Brexit agreement is a done deal, says Heaton-Harris

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said there can be ‘no renegotiating’ of the Windsor Framework.
By Gavin Cordon
23 Mar 2023
Albanian prime minister Edi Rama has hit out at the ‘disgraceful’ way migrants from his country have been singled out by Home Secretary Suella Braverman and other UK ministers for political purposes (Chris J Ratcliffe/PA)
Politics

Albanian premier hits out at ‘disgraceful’ Braverman attack on migrants

Edi Rama said the Home Secretary’s comments about ‘Albanian criminals’ crossing the Channel marked a low point in relations.
By Gavin Cordon
23 Mar 2023
Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London (Victoria Jones/PA)
Politics

No 10 staff wouldn’t swap pens but happy to pass drinks, says Johnson

The former prime minister said the guidelines on social distancing were not always ‘enforced rigidly’.
By Gavin Cordon
22 Mar 2023
Rishi Sunak is facing a rebellion from Tory MPs over his Northern Ireland deal (Victoria Jones/PA)
Politics

Sunak facing rebellion from Tory hardliners over Stormont brake deal

The European Research Group of Tory MPs said it is ‘strongly recommending’ its members to oppose the regulations.
By Gavin Cordon
22 Mar 2023
Money (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Money

Rise in state pension age put on hold – report

Ministers had reportedly wanted to bring forward a planned rise in the state pension age to 68 to the 2030s.
By Gavin Cordon
22 Mar 2023
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Politics

Sunak faces possible Tory revolt over his new Brexit deal with Brussels

MPs will vote on a key element of the Windsor Framework agreement on revised trading arrangements for Northern Ireland.
By Gavin Cordon
22 Mar 2023
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