Hollinrake: Hester’s comments ‘wrong’ and ‘racist’
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Hollinrake: Hester’s comments ‘wrong’ and ‘racist’
Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake has said that Tory backer, Frank Hester’s comments about Labour MP Diane Abbott were “wrong” and racist.” Mr Hollinrake insisted that his party has “the most diverse cabinet in history” and that he is “proud of [their] record of ethnicity.” Report by Covellm.
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Shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Kevin Hollinrake, says the Conservatives are in support “in principles” of the creation of pension "megafunds" to help unlock billions of pounds of investment in businesses and infrastructure.
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At least eight convictions predating the Horizon Post Office scandal are being looked at by the body investigating potential miscarriages of justice, Sky News.. Sky News
The Post Office has announced that 115 larger crown branches - those owned by the company directly - could close with the possible loss of hundreds of jobs. Sky News
Alan Bates says he wrote to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer twice last month to set a deadline for compensation for the victims of the Horizon IT scandal. But the former subpostmaster says he has "never received a response". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Angela Rayner has paid tribute to former deputy prime minister John Prescott following his death aged 86 following a battle with Alzheimer's. The deputy prime minister described Mr Prescott as "an incredible figure in politics" and revealed he would often ring her after PMQs to offer words of encouragement.
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Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto to 10 Downing Street on Thursday. Mr Subianto, who was inaugurated last month, met the prime minister earlier this week at the G20 leaders’ summit in Brazil.
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Gordon Brown has paid tribute to former deputy prime minister John Prescott following his death aged 86 following a battle with Alzheimer's. The former prime minister credited Mr Prescott with transforming "our view of climate change" and being the "pioneer of levelling up."
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Sir Keir Starmer said the UK must "double down" it's support for Ukraine after returning from the G20 summit in Brazil. Addressing the House of Commons on Thursday, the prime minister said it "could not be more clear" that "this is a man that wants destruction, not peace".
"After 1,000 days of war, I am clear that we must double down in our support. We will not be deterred or distracted by reckless threats," he added.
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Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge has responded to speculation that Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time. Mr Cartlidge said: "We do support giving Ukraine maximum autonomy because ultimately they're trying to fight for their lives - this is an act of self defence." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer used Prime Minister's Questions to raise the case of Tory donor Frank Hester, asking Rishi Sunak: “Is the Prime Minister proud to be bankrolled by someone using racist..
Shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth said that the prime minister should return “every penny piece” of the £10 million donated to the Conservatives by major Tory backer, Frank Hester, who..
Labour's Sarah Jones calls on the Conservative Party should "give back the money" from a major Tory donor amid allegations of racist remarks. Frank Hester, one of the Conservative's biggest donors,..
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